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Originally Posted by ADL Colin
Thanks for answering my questions. So are you saying that even though there are two political powers which tend to win the overall election the other parties are more represented and have a greater voice in Canadian government than the smaller parties do here in the US? (libertarian, green party, constitution party and so on)
And if so, how are they represented and how and where are their voices being heard? Parliament?
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The "lesser" parties here, especially the NDP, when they win seats in parlaiment (and they do) they can serve to bring a kind of balance to government. They can actually side with one of the other parties in order to create a majority when certain issues are being decided, for example.
We basically have a three party system here along with a good handful of other lesser parties, while the US basically has a two-party system for all intents and purposes, the lesser parties being relatively immaterial.
Btw I would have loved to see Jesse Ventura in this election as an independant/libertarian candidate, maybe with Ron Paul as his VP running mate. Paul seems to have a small but loyal group of voters in his camp but he just doesn't have what it takes to win enough votes on his own. I'm not saying Ventura does either but he certainly cuts a wider swath than many, and he's a hell of a speaker.