SpankyMcFarland Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 Other than my orange team's short stint as opposition, when exactly have we had a viable choice between team blue and red? We are not much better, let's face it. We have had some rebranding and mergers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercoma Posted March 22, 2016 Report Share Posted March 22, 2016 FPTP incentivizes two party systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McQuaid Posted March 31, 2016 Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 Years ago, I had a chat with an American friend. We were discussing American presidential elections and specifically the election of 1988 when Dukakis lost. (Remember the head in the tank ad... ) In 1989 or 1990, Dukakis, ex-Democratic Presidential candidate, ex-Governor of Massachusetts, was in Canada, Ottawa or Toronto, and on the front pages of Canadian newspapers. And I recall, my American friend said: "You Canadians don't understand America. In America, he's a loser. He lost. No one cares about Dukakis. In Canada, when you have an election, the other guy doesn't lose. He leads the opposition. He's still important. But in America, he's a loser." ====== To his credit, Stéphane Dion remained in the House as an MP. So did John Diefenbaker. Michael Ignatieff was a tourist. I reckon Mulroney, Chretien and Martin Jnr have large egos - such is the Americanization of Canadian federal politics. Harper? If I were Stephen Harper, I would keep my seat in the House of Commons - like Winston Churchill did. I agree. Harper should sake active for the sake of the party. Besides he is too young to retire. What is he doing now anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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