As progress on some measures in the Liberal-NDP confidence-and-supply agreement continue to play out publicly, the two parties have quietly been in talks to table electoral reform legislation before the next federal vote.
As progress on some measures in the Liberal-NDP confidence-and-supply agreement continue to play out publicly, the two parties have quietly been in talks to table electoral reform legislation before the next federal vote.
Better late than never, even if this is almost guaranteed to be an NDP effort.
A minority government has been in power for all of Canada’s best achievements. This isn’t a surprise. The NDP would seem short-sighted in the office and bludgeoned in the press, but as the conscience of the Liberals they have the power to push them for our good.
It’s an interesting one-two punch to the cruelty and PR of the Cons. The Libs can defend in the press and play victim to the Dems’ horrible machinations - insert dramatic swoon here - and the Cons have to fight both fronts. Accidentally, while no one’s looking, Canadians’ long-term happiness improves in every way that isn’t American Rat-race cool.