Right, but suppose these percentages turned directly into seats via PR.
With 42% of the seats, the Conservatives wouldn’t have much trouble forming a coalition with the Bloc to get to 50%. It could come right down to 1 seat but in all likelihood they could make it.
I doubt the Tories and the Bloc would form a coalition, Tories went hard against coalitions and framed them as illegal and a power grab back in the Harper years, when they prorogued parliament to effectively kill it, the Bloc was in a supply agreement with that proposed coalition, the Bloc themselves don’t align with Tory policies.
It’s not that simple. The Bloc support a number of positions (mainly around immigration and language laws, minorities, and religious clothing) that we would consider hard right in the rest of the country. They could definitely find common ground with the Conservatives on an anti-immigration bill, for example.
It’s fine but I think the person’s problem is that they think anything they don’t like is right wing and they don’t view parties as having opinions across the board
they don’t view parties as having opinions across the board
And if you follow the other chain then you’ll see they mistakenly thought it didn’t apply to Christians so after being corrected they most likely agree with the law
I suppose yeah. I think the hard part about convincing the Liberals to pass PR is that they probably fear this sort of thing becoming a permanent arrangement: Conservative pluralities, coalitions, and never getting a shot at a Liberal majority again.
Right, but suppose these percentages turned directly into seats via PR.
With 42% of the seats, the Conservatives wouldn’t have much trouble forming a coalition with the Bloc to get to 50%. It could come right down to 1 seat but in all likelihood they could make it.
Would you be happy with this outcome?
I doubt the Tories and the Bloc would form a coalition, Tories went hard against coalitions and framed them as illegal and a power grab back in the Harper years, when they prorogued parliament to effectively kill it, the Bloc was in a supply agreement with that proposed coalition, the Bloc themselves don’t align with Tory policies.
Bloc are left of the Liberals
It’s not that simple. The Bloc support a number of positions (mainly around immigration and language laws, minorities, and religious clothing) that we would consider hard right in the rest of the country. They could definitely find common ground with the Conservatives on an anti-immigration bill, for example.
That’s left wing
Right wing are the religious people
They could with the NDP but not the Cons who promise to make immigration easier
It’s almost like we need more axes to describe political views than just left and right.
It’s fine but I think the person’s problem is that they think anything they don’t like is right wing and they don’t view parties as having opinions across the board
The CAQ who implemented the law is right wing.
The comment you replied to already addressed that
And if you follow the other chain then you’ll see they mistakenly thought it didn’t apply to Christians so after being corrected they most likely agree with the law
Except for the fact that the religious clothing rules do not apply to christians.
It does though….
The only exceptions are tattoos (banned in Christianity) and hair (nothing specific in Christianity)
It’s better than a majority conservative government.
I suppose yeah. I think the hard part about convincing the Liberals to pass PR is that they probably fear this sort of thing becoming a permanent arrangement: Conservative pluralities, coalitions, and never getting a shot at a Liberal majority again.
40 liberal MPs compared to 3 conservatives MPs voted in favour of advancing an citizen’s assembly
The Conservatives want majorities even more.
EVERYTHING is better than an American-style con government.