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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I agree with this. The political spectrum shouldn't be divided simply between left and right. There is room to have left, centrist and right parties. The only reason I like the Liberal party in theory is that they are supposed to be centrist enough that if you drew a Venn diagram, they would encompass aspects of the left and right, but as soon as they start to take on too much from one side, I think it defeats the purpose as they lose focus. It's definitely more difficult I think, to manage a centrist party because the very definition means there will be some fluidity on policy.
I do think there are some NDPers (and Conservatives for that matter) that could fit in with the centrist point of view, but all 3 parties should stay as they are all important for different reasons.
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With first-past-the-post, 3 parties just results in crazy vote splits. If you really wanna see centrist parties, push for electoral reform (i.e. some kind of proportional representation).