Re:Speaking Freely: Why I resigned from the Canadian Broadca...
by reallyagain on Monday January 03, 2022 @07:42PM
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The statement that "the NDP and Green Party aren't a political threat to the Liberal party" is a staggering misunderstanding of a situation on which you are speaking authoritatively.
With the utmost respect, I think an elementary understanding of multi-party democracies would be a useful first step for this discussion.
It may be instructive to look at some of the key Canadian swing ridings:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_Hill_(electoral_distr... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitchener%E2%80%94Conestoga#El... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Moody%E2%80%94Coquitlam#E... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitt_Meadows%E2%80%94Maple_Rid...
There's a reason that Canadian Conservatives have fought tooth-and-nail against any type of ranked-choice voting system. I genuinely believe that the Conservatives would not win another election in my lifetime in a ranked-choice system.
These two account for virtually nothing (unless I'm missinterpreting how seat allocation works up north). They aren't a threat.
> But, of course, that's not what happens. Why does that not happen? Because they're not a "propaganda arm" for the Liberal party
You seem to believe you have better information and political skills than their paid staff. That's a bold statement.
> but if any of them were in a meeting where it was discussed how to elect the Liberals in the next election, they would walk out on the spot. The idea that that happens is purely a Conservative fantasy.
I have no doubts that your friends aren't invited to these meetings. It's happening behind closed doors way above their paygrade.