Comments on: Unite the Left? http://informedvote.ca/2009/02/15/unite-the-left/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unite-the-left Informed Vote (informedvote.ca) will keep Canadian voters informed on Canadian Politics such as Stephen Harper, Michael Ignatieff, Jack Layton, Liberals, Conservatives, NDP, Green, as well as foreign issues like the Israel palestine conflict and local issues like the CUPE strike Sun, 04 Dec 2011 07:31:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ian http://informedvote.ca/2009/02/15/unite-the-left/comment-page-1/#comment-1900 Ian Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:27:07 +0000 http://informedvote.ca/?p=723#comment-1900 NDP voters will not support a merger with the Liberals. If that happens watch as our voter turnout drops even further. We need more choices, not less, and until we reform the electoral system and achieve proportional representation we're never going to get a government that the people of Canada actually want. As for the coalition - that was a positive step, but not because the two parties merged (or even wanted to), but because they wanted to cooperate. Unfortunately, it turned out that Ignatieff only cared to use if for partisan gains. NDP voters will not support a merger with the Liberals. If that happens watch as our voter turnout drops even further. We need more choices, not less, and until we reform the electoral system and achieve proportional representation we’re never going to get a government that the people of Canada actually want.

As for the coalition – that was a positive step, but not because the two parties merged (or even wanted to), but because they wanted to cooperate. Unfortunately, it turned out that Ignatieff only cared to use if for partisan gains.

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