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Lefties, a little progressive merger wouldn’t hurt
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
Sep. 08, 2011
… there’s no reason the first talks need be about merger. Instead, they could be about picking the seats in which one party could win if the other stepped aside… Abolishing public financing of political parties – which gave incentives to run in every seat – makes this feasible. It would also help the decades of enmity erode gradually… Unlike the divided right, the NDP and Liberals have already co-operated – think four minority Parliaments in Ottawa, plus two more in Ontario and Saskatchewan…
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