This is my take on it, purely opinion.
I would think Canada is just as, if not more partisan than the US.
We have the East, the West, and Quebec. It's tough to think of Canada as a whole when we have these separations.
The greenness of our politicians. There was a pair of NDPs that bashed our own policies outside of Canada and I would like to think that would have been avoided with more experience. The NDP put a lot of green candidates in last election with their surprise wins. And just green in politics, but green in business experience, and maybe even life. 17 member of the NDP party are below 30.
And bring in that the Conservatives has some members that went through the same growing pains. They have candidates that were in their 20s when they got elected. They are now in their 30/40s.
So, I guess I'm blaming our political system and how we approach politics in Canada. If we had better people in there, we could have a better "team". But why be a politician in Canada? There are better opportunities and more prestige in the business world. Politician is a dirty word to the average Canadian.
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