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Originally Posted by Charlatan
1) No, I wasn't going to label you a Conservative rather I would say that you are holding the Liberal's party line on this whole mess. The Conservatives were backing the NDP on this move.
2) As for voting Green, they are largely a fiscal Conservative (not that that's a bad thing)... they are nothing like the greens in Europe.
3)As for them being a waste of taxpayers money... why not just abolish Parliament entirely?
4)What we really need is electoral reform so that representation is given to all the voices rather than just first past the post. With this sort of system, the Green party you support and spent your vote supporting would actually have representation in Parliament.
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1) Actually, I said before "anyone" labels me a Conservative, not you specifically.
2) I find they are middle of the road financially, certainly more to the right than the NDP, and socially liberal. Ideally, I like fiscally conservative and socially liberal - and the Liberal Party actually fits this mold best, given how economically sensible they've been over the years. Fiscally, they are more conservative than the Republicans in the US, who spend like drunken sailors and run up their credit card bill to no end. However, I'd like to see the Greens get more of a push here and the Liberals, who always win my riding, don't need my vote.
3) I'd just prefer the NDP doesn't keep getting special treatment. Even when they lose official status (as they did federally under McLaughlin and in Ontario under Hampton) they keep getting the rules bent for them so they have more of a voice in parliament than they deserve based on performance.
4) I agree - I'd rather see a form of proportional representation, but one more workable with 4 or 5 major parties than you see in Europe or Israel where often, nothing gets done and governments fall every 6 months.