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Time to pull out that electoral reform idea you've had in your back pocket for the last 8 years.
Seriously, if there was ever a time for something like that, it's now. The CPC seems poised to take a landslide victory in the next election. We might be able to avoid that looming disaster by making a vote against Trudeau not equate to a vote for polievre.
You assume they want electoral reform at all
They don't.
They'd rather lose now and keep the system that would net them another majority of seats (without a majority of votes) in the future, then implement a system that would see them never realize another majority ever again.
The Liberals would rather lose every seat in Parliament and be reduced to zero than implement real electoral reform.
Would be a great time - especially knowing there's a slim chance that he'll win the next election. Instead of handing out country over to an insane christian bag of hot air, implement a voting system that might pass the vote over to somebody else.
Nobody is 'poised' to do anything. The next election doesn't need to happen until the back end of 2025. Thats more than enough time for the Liberals to do what they do best and convince everyone that, bad as they are, they're the only safe choice.
I hate this country's politics. Voting our leaders should not be about the least bad option.
You're not gonna lie any other country's politics then, either.
Some countries actually have politcal debates about the positives a leader will bring rather than the negatives the oposition will. Some countries have even had leaders step down when their policies left their politicians or citezens too divided.
True. Things have gotten worse, though. I remember being fairly shocked by the first Harper campaign, the depths they went to amplify anger towards the Liberal party. To be fair, the Liberals had it coming and needed to be replaced, but they needed to be replaced by the Tories, not the Reform party (which is what the Conservative party was and is)
Electoral reform was an election promise and nothing more.
There really should be a way to hold politicians more accountable for promises they have no intention of keeping.
We are expected to believe the accountability comes at the next (first past the post) election lol
I'm not convinced it's a landslide. I don't think PP is winning the female vote. He's not winning the Toronto vote either, so this is already starting to get pretty murky. You can't lose both and have a bonafide path to majority. So who is going to prop them up, the NDP?
That's a reasonable take, and I hope with all my heart it turns out that way. At the same time, I think it would be a mistake to underestimate the effectiveness of the "axe the tax" rhetoric. People are willing to overlook a lot of dubious political behaviour if they think it will make a them a couple of bucks.