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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
This really has nothing to do with whether or not they’re a viable third option.
Rube’s point was that this isn’t and never is a binary choice between the Liberals or the Conservatives. And his point that the NDP may be better financial stewards than either of the two “top” choices that people default to.
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Green Party, PPC, Bloc are also a choice.
None are viable to form a government as they currently are but they certainly are a choice, so your argument is nonsensical. The NDP in its current state is as viable as the others mentioned. And considering the NDP is in a coalition with the Liberals, and will ho and hum about the budget for a bit and proceed to support it after claiming victory on a half baked compromise, they really are just Liberals at this point and do not have much separating them as a party (hence why they aren't gaining support). Their flailing around on carbon tax certainly is not helping them, and likely hurting their ideological base.
The federal NDP is not a viable alternative party right now and are not taking measures to become one. It's the 'viable' part that is in contention, not that they are a choice.
That's the problem when you choose to join a coalition in the shadows of the main party for short term gain rather than attempt to stand out to the population as an alternative. In a year they be will fully back to irrelevance and forced to redefine themselves.