You can't invite everyone to the debates; there has to be some threshold. It just so happens that neither the Libs or Greens meet it right now. Now then ,if you vote Lib or Green then maybe that will change ...
One of the most effective things a third party can do is collect votes. This forces the two parties to examine the third parties issues and incorporate some of them in to their own platforms. Thus third party votes end up dragging the two major parties towards their positions.
Greens get a lot of votes? Both parties start supporting more environmental causes. libs get a lot of vote? Both parties start talking about smaller and more efficient government.
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