Green Party Support

[cybercoma]

Also true. Point being they're not a single-issue party.

[Smallc]

What makes you think I'm a conservative?

I guess my handle, smallc, would do that come to think of it. It's actually a play on the term. It says small c, as in just a little - as in, I'm a little bit conservative.

[G Huxley]

Which is what you claim the Greens to be.

[G Huxley]

"They aren't for strict gun control, and are actually for a review of the restricted registry. They're also against enshrining special status for Quebec in the Constitution."

I differ from the Greens on this, but think the environment is far more important than either issue.

Edited October 24, 2015 by G Huxley

[Smallc]

Which is what you claim the Greens to be.

The Liberals are also a little bit conservative. They're also pro pretty much everything I am. They finally, half way through this campaign, gave me a reason to vote for them.

[G Huxley]

I just hope the liberals don't go the free trade route again and continue conservative policies with the oil sands.

Edited October 24, 2015 by G Huxley

[Smallc]

I just hope the liberals don't go the free trade route again and continue conservative policies with the oil sands.

Then you'll be disappointed.

[ReeferMadness]

I just hope the liberals don't go the free trade route again and continue conservative policies with the oil sands.

Canada will be under huge international pressure to do something meaningful on climate change. Whether they can do that without affecting the oil sands remains to be seen. And the oil sands are already getting hammered by the price of oil It may recover or it may not. That depends on whether the world economy grows faster than the switch away from fossil fuels.

[biotk]

Yet they still continue to increase the number of votes that they're getting each election, even if their share is down.

That is not true. The GPC has run 5 campaigns with a full-slate of candidates. 2 of those elections were pre-May, 3 post-May.

In 2008 they received the most votes, followed by 2006 (pre-May), 2015, 2004 and 2011. With the exception of 2008, the Greens have shown over the last 5 elections that they are essentially a 600K vote party.

In terms of vote share the last two elections they have received 3.91% and 3.45%. In the two elections prior to May they received 4.32% and 4.48% despite being essentially invisible during the campaign, and with a leader that no one could name.