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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
That's fair, but the counter argument to that and its come up in the past is you release your platform and the other party steals it and takes credit for it, that's why opposition parties won't do it, and that's why incumbent parties campaign more on their track record and are vague going forward.
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Originally Posted by northcrunk
Harper was good at this move. Stealing the platform of the opposition to make it look like there are fewer differences between them causing people to vote for the incumbent.
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This is only a problem if the goal is to form government. The goal is to govern Canada effectively. If a Party "steels" a policy everyone should be happy. The opposition for implementing their platform and the public and government for compromise rather than Dogma.
The system should not be about winning it should be about good governance. The problem is the incentives are built around winning.