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Throw them out of parliament... (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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Am I so out of touch? No... it's the children who are wrong

Obviously its everyone else's fault. Abusive relationship anyone? Pp decides that he hates people leaving him.

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[–] 10 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I'm convinced that Poilievre is there to be so terrible that the opposition rallies around a single leader/party (Carney ATM), and squeezes out the alternative (NDP).

In other words, his job isn't to win, it's to turn Canada into a two-party system.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    I think the most honest thing that Poilievre has ever said was when he told Joe Rogan that (paraphrasing) "if Carney is implementing my agenda, the I've won".

    Like, forget a two party system, we're almost at a one party system at this point.

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  • [–] -2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    Federally, Canada is already a two party system, in practice.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Not by a long shot.

    The fact that only two parties swap leadership back and forth is true, but we frequently have minority governments in Canada; and thst means third parties can act as the deciding factor, and bring pressure on the sitting government.

    The reason that the Liberals and the CPC hate the idea of PR is that it would just about end the prospect of majority governments.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago

    Agreed. The CPC and LPC want to be able to performatively oppose a majority government when not in power, because both parties now basically agree on dismantling major social programs, expanding fossil fuels, and funneling public money to the corporate and financial elite.

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