The withdrawal of BC United (formerly BC Liberals) from the BC election is nothing to celebrate. When first-past-the-post robs us of choices, we all lose.
Given the North American systems and current political climate we’re not only seeing more party consolidation but also parties shifting to further ends of the political spectrum.
Will be interesting to see if the Federal Liberal survive without shifting dramatically.
With the current system the only reason parties shift like that is because they have to. The Erin O’Toole 2020-22 Conservatives experimented with shifting left a bit lost the election before going PP and the far right.
Biden and Trump were fairly close in the polls for the 2024 election with Trump being the favorite. Then Kamala replaced Biden and the campaigned policy certainly moved further left. I’m also going to drop in why the current NDP is such a failure because they randomly started shifting right when they were providing with so much opportunity for success on the other side.
I’m also going to drop in why the current NDP is such a failure because they randomly started shifting right …
You can thank Jack Layton for that. He moved to centrist to give the party a chance at leadership of Canada, and that’s where the party has stayed since. :(
Now they’re a far cry from their Tommy Douglas (father of universal healthcare) and Ed Broadbent days.
Given the North American systems and current political climate we’re not only seeing more party consolidation but also parties shifting to further ends of the political spectrum.
Will be interesting to see if the Federal Liberal survive without shifting dramatically.
Well, further end, at least. There’s been very little in the way of movement leftward in the last 40 years.
Giving a sliver of a shit about PoC and vulnerable minorities is not a shift leftward.
With the current system the only reason parties shift like that is because they have to. The Erin O’Toole 2020-22 Conservatives experimented with shifting left a bit lost the election before going PP and the far right.
Biden and Trump were fairly close in the polls for the 2024 election with Trump being the favorite. Then Kamala replaced Biden and the campaigned policy certainly moved further left. I’m also going to drop in why the current NDP is such a failure because they randomly started shifting right when they were providing with so much opportunity for success on the other side.
You can thank Jack Layton for that. He moved to centrist to give the party a chance at leadership of Canada, and that’s where the party has stayed since. :(
Now they’re a far cry from their Tommy Douglas (father of universal healthcare) and Ed Broadbent days.