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Originally Posted by highthief
I'm surprised the Greens haven't managed to wrangle a name to lead their party. The people are intelligent, earnest and have great policies, but they keep getting shut out of national debates and the like. If they had someone with more notoriety (not say I want one of these people, but say a prominent provincial politician to lead them - a Bob Rae, a Mike Harris, former premier, big city mayor type) they could be ignored and would win a few seats.
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I agree that this is just what they need. Perhaps they will get a better share of the votes this time... most likely not all that many.
The funny thing is, the NDP missed a big opportunity a few years back, before Layton became the leader, to become more like what the green party is today. They floundered through the 90s with some weak leadership and were in need of "something".
Given the new NDP (no deficits, tax cuts, etc.) they are much more like the Green's. Reading their policies, they have many similarities... if they were to unite or form a coalition of some sort, they might avoid splitting their votes.