In terms of who has the power, Canada is not all that different: the first-past-the-post electoral system ensures that smaller parties don’t get represented and leaves two parties far stronger than all of the others. And those two powerful parties are a centrish, corporate-friendly party and a right-wing, corporate-friendly party. It’s not as insane as the USA, but it’s not as balanced as some European countries traditionally have been. Depressingly, even those European countries are lurching towards fascism these days.
And because most Canadians are paying attention just to Canada and the USA, it never occurs to many people that we could be doing quite a lot better. Or if it does, they react by flipping to the other one of the main two parties, and a few years later they flip back.
In terms of who has the power, Canada is not all that different: the first-past-the-post electoral system ensures that smaller parties don’t get represented and leaves two parties far stronger than all of the others. And those two powerful parties are a centrish, corporate-friendly party and a right-wing, corporate-friendly party. It’s not as insane as the USA, but it’s not as balanced as some European countries traditionally have been. Depressingly, even those European countries are lurching towards fascism these days.
And because most Canadians are paying attention just to Canada and the USA, it never occurs to many people that we could be doing quite a lot better. Or if it does, they react by flipping to the other one of the main two parties, and a few years later they flip back.