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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
It probably serves the interests of the NDP to give the Liberals as much time as possible to build back up a little. Unless they actually believe they can win the election themselves, their power comes from being able to push the Liberals to include their desires into the agenda. The sooner the election is held, the more likely it is a Conservative majority and the NDP goes back to irrelevance regardless of whether they have more seats than the Liberals.
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This is really short term thinking though. The reason the NDP will go back to irrelevance is because they aren't giving Liberal voters a reason to switch to them. The NDP should make it their long term goal to replace the Liberals as the progressive option, to be the the default option for ABC voters. The Alberta NDP did it, the federal NDP almost did it under Layton until Layton died and a "celebrity" saved the Liberal brand.
To do that they need to stop being the Liberals enablers and run against them with the intention of eventually forming government and being actually able to enact their policies. Even in this Parliament, if they were going to prop up the Liberals long term they should have made a 3 year deal where they get cabinet seats then in the 4th year ran against them saying they couldn't do everything they wanted without being the dominant party in the deal. Calling the Liberals horrible and then voting to keep them in power every single vote just makes them look weak and not a serious alternative.