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The amount of “left-right” entrenchment seems to be at an all-time high and increasing.

No matter what side of the political spectrum you fall on, what would it take to get you to vote for a new party?

Would implementing a better electoral system that would eliminate the two-party see-saw and allowing for more granularity in candidates help (See Single Transferable Vote or STAR depending on the type of election)?

Do you have other solutions to this issue?

  • TroyEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Been idling in the volunteer chat for the “Our Canadian Future” Party – formerly known as the Centre Ice Canadians. They seem to be solidly focused on pragmatic centrism, while still trying to be big tent enough to pull from all walks. I hate the name, but every interaction I’ve had with them so far seems like they are trying to do things logically and thoughtfully, even if they never get anyone elected.

    Policy framework (general direction – these are not official documents yet. Those will need to be ratified by members eventually). https://www.ourcanadianfuture.ca/policy

    There’s a good chat with retired General Hillier here: https://www.ourcanadianfuture.ca/events

    Some media coverage:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/centre-ice-canadians-looking-to-form-political-party-1.6839129

    https://nationalpost.com/opinion/michael-taube-canadian-future-a-party-for-losers

    I particularly like that the right is already attacking it publicly. I suspect they’re worried about vote losing the pragmatic right wing to a centrist party that isn’t the Liberals. When in reality most of the people voting OCF will be coming from the Liberals.

    • Ace T'KenOPMEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Huh! I hadn’t heard of them before, but I like the policies I’m seeing there.

      I agree that I kinda hate the name (and their website).

      I’m big on pragmatism, so it’s nice to see people trying something real with it. I wonder if I’d be able to run locally under the banner… Hmmm…