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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
I don't see why the NDP would do that. Their best case scenario for them is basically what they have now.
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I dunno, I think they might see it as a "best case" if they were to increase their seat count by a significant margin and create some positive momentum in that area. They were already polling at a "hold steady" rate before all of this stuff came out, weren't they? I would think that by being the party of "we shall not stand idly by", they'd carve more than a few seats off the Liberals. And if CPC minority happens as a result, they're probably not the official opposition, but they're the only opposition with any real credibility to hold the government to account.
I guess what I'm saying is they might end up having less influence on the laws that get through Parliament, but wind up in a considerably better spot politically speaking (and more likely to further increase their share of seats in future).