Sticking To It

One of the many delights one will encounter on the Mill Lake stroll.

On my May 9th post, I made a prediction that the NDP and Liberal parties of Canada would merge. They have just taken one step closer to that reality. The NDP Mp Pat Martin is making noises that he is going to run for the leadership of the party with a platform of seriously starting a dialogue with the Liberals with the view in mind of working closely together or merging. He has a powerful endorsement from the big union boss of the CAW (Canadian Auto Workers), Ken Lewenza. They both give the example of the Conservative alignment that met with great success, namely the Reformers and Conservatives, both parties frustrated with splitting the anti-Liberal vote for so many years. 

For the NDP and Liberals to now do the same only makes sense for both of them. The Liberals are decimated and floundering, the NDP have gone as far as they can go, and they did that with a charismatic leader who is now deceased. 

The fly in the ointment here is that there is a perception that a two party system is an evil thing. Why? Because, of course, the USA has a two party system, and every good Canadian citizen knows that we do not want to be like the Americans. It is a big part of our identity to 'not be like the Americans'.

If the two parties do not merge, we will have Conservative majorities for a long time to come. And that is why I think the merge will happen. Conservatives are so evil in the minds of the left that we can easily risk being like the Americans in order to prevent the insidious Conservatives from forcing their right wing agenda down our wimpy throats. Don't you love politics? I am sticking to my prediction, and if I am wrong, all the better.