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Old 05-04-2011, 12:31 PM   #4626
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The reality is that all parties run candidates who are not "qualified" from time to time. Its the nature of finding 308 candidates to run to represent the party on May 2, 2011. It might seem like a foreign concept here because the Liberals and CPC are larger organizations in general. The NDP, Greens and others are just smaller groups in general. The NDP wants to field a full slate of candidates and in order to do so there are candidates who are either inexperienced or parachuted in. I wouldn't doubt that when the Reform party was still growing it did the exact same thing.
Yes, yes. In fact, I recall saying the exact same thing in this thread earlier:

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I don't blame them for it. They needed to have candidates in every riding and they didn't think they had a chance in those ridings. I'm sure every national party has done the same thing elsewhere, the only difference is, those candidates lose. I just think it could have been very interesting had the CPC not won a majority and Layton had been given an opportunity to form a coalition and become PM.
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