[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by lchoy

Just throwing it out there
The Conservative governement is really tightly controlled so that people aren't voting for an individual anymore but the party line. Unless the MP candidate is unusally powerful, who ever you vote in would normally just vote the party line. That may turn off potential voters

That has nothing to do with the Conservative government.
That is how Canadian politics has always worked.
It's been going on since long before you or I could vote, and it'll probably continue in the future regardless of what party is in power.

Damn Ironhorse beat me to the point. I should have read to the bottom before replying.