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In an alternative, better world, Doug Ford would have a lot less power right now | Toronto Star (www.thestar.com)

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[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

For anyone who has more knowledge of politics, is there a big difference between the liberal and NDP parties? I wonder why they don't merge?

[–] AlolanVulpix@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The Liberals are closer to the Conservatives than they are to the NDP.

For example, Greens/NDP consistently support proportional representation. Liberals and Conservatives play games to delay and distract.

And because that would be a disaster for Canadian democracy: Watching Canada's decline into a Two-Party System: an r/Ontario post with +1.7k upvotes "Is it time for a Liberal-NDP merger after Doug Ford’s Tories win third straight majority in Ontario election?".

With Duverger's Law (i.e., in non-PR electoral systems, a trend towards a two-parties), we are running out of time to act. Canada's 2021 effective number of parties is 2.76 - this number will decrease over time, and will eventually end Canadian democracy as we know it today.

The only way to prevent this democratic backsliding is proportional representation: !fairvote@lemmy.ca