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Maureen Ebel's avatar

Alberta NDPer here. I agree 100% with this assessment. I despised how Singh made outrageous personal attacks against PM Trudeau but then voted to prop up the government. I support the Alberta NDP but the Federal Liberals. I do not just mean I mark an X on election day. I am a generous donor and provincially work for the NDP at election time!

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Ken Schultz's avatar

Evan, you vote Red and I voted Blue.

Having said that, I absolutely agree that the NDP should not be treated to party status. Simply put, they are totally irrelevant - according to the voters! - to the Parliament that we have. There has for many years been a threshold of twelve seats for a party to be recognized in Parliament; there should be no waiving of that rule.

Put differently, if you waive for the NDP, why not waive for the Greens? [Shudder, shake in horror!] Why not waive for a party that did not win any seats? The threshold has existed for a number of decades. To waive that rule which is truly well known is an insult to the voters.

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