With Duverger’s Law (i.e., in non-PR electoral systems, a trend towards a two-parties), we are running out of time to act. Canada’s 2021 effective number of parties is 2.76 - this number will decrease over time, and will eventually end Canadian democracy as we know it today.
The only way to prevent this democratic backsliding is proportional representation: !fairvote@lemmy.ca
For anyone who has more knowledge of politics, is there a big difference between the liberal and NDP parties? I wonder why they don’t merge?
The Liberals are closer to the Conservatives than they are to the NDP.
For example, Greens/NDP consistently support proportional representation. Liberals and Conservatives play games to delay and distract.
And because that would be a disaster for Canadian democracy: Watching Canada’s decline into a Two-Party System: an r/Ontario post with +1.7k upvotes “Is it time for a Liberal-NDP merger after Doug Ford’s Tories win third straight majority in Ontario election?”.
The only way to prevent this democratic backsliding is proportional representation: !fairvote@lemmy.ca