Maybe it has to do with the NDP not actually being progressive and just being Liberal Light. I mean that’s kind of Lucy Watson’s thing. She did it to the Ontario NDP and is now doing it to the federal party.
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There's a fundamental difference between the NDP and Liberals that's often overlooked: proportional representation.
The NDP consistently supports proportional representation, while the Liberals have repeatedly promised and abandoned it. This isn't a small policy disagreement - it's about whether every vote should count in our democracy.
The NDP's declining support is partly structural - our First-Past-the-Post system inherently punishes third parties through Duverger's Law. Canada's effective number of parties is already down to 2.76 and declining, pushing us toward a two-party system.
The Liberals are actually closer to the Conservatives than to the NDP on many issues. Remember when 107 Liberal MPs (68.6%) voted against a Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform?
The NDP's challenge isn't being "Liberal Light" - it's fighting against a system mathematically designed to eliminate parties beyond the big two.
They’re centrist but the Liberals are centre-right
It’s because everyone shifted a party to the left when the Reform party took over the Conservatives
Though to be fair, the federal party has been doing it to themselves before she started corrupting their ranks. I mean Mulcair was a fantastic Liberal, he was just accidentally leading the wrong party.
I would vote for them if they had any hope of winning in my area, but they Poll around less than 10%. Not even sure if my riding will have an NDP candidate