Very strange. I was just amazed by the first and walking home to tell my parents when I glanced back again to see the other briefly flash perpendicular to the first.

It was very beautiful, and I want to say it was something from space, but it was so low. My first instinct was to Google Space Shuttle crashes. Apparently, when the Columbia was destroyed, the falling pieces looked similar to what I experienced.

Greens vote GPC because they believe in the party’s policies. GPC voters are idealistic enough to keep voting Green election after election knowing full well that they stand little chance of winning.

AS GAB says, any non-compete arrangements would need to ensure that the GPC gets a good shot at winning about 7%-10% of the seats in Parliament. I think that such an outcome would require a two-way GPC-CPC race in more that 10% of the 308 ridings.

A truly unpalatable feature: to surmount the sense of disenfranchisement that the supporters of parties who have no party representation on the ballot, the non-competing parties must campaign locally on behalf of the chosen runner. At the very least, they must wholeheartedly and publicly endorse the non-CPC candidate and thus, a party other than their own.

I voted strategically once, a few elections back. The race looked close enough that I felt it was worth voting for the lesser evil. In the end, the greater evil prevailed and I was left with a feeling that I had betrayed my principles for nothing.

I figger the GPC should take a page out of the Reform playbook. We oughta swallow up the Grits like they swallowed up the PC’s. With the Grits in such disarray, now might be the best time for us to initiate a takeover. I betcha more Libs would want Lizzie May at the helm than MI.

JB

As for bullshit, maybe you’re right, I don’t think it would destroy the Greens, but apparently the vote funding is half their money so I could be wrong. Your idea is great though, I’d be even more in favour of a joint aggreement for the NDP and Libs to strategically step aside to let the Green’s get their fair share. They also have to actively endorse those candidates and the Greens would step aside in a few contentious ridings where the vote splitting might lead to a Conservative win. There would still be those complaining that ‘voter choice’ was being removed, as if there is any now, perhaps this could be reduced by having just one of the NDP or Libs step down in these strategic ridings so that voters aren’t forced to choose between an unacceptable Conservative, and untested Green and not voting.

So that leaves the NDP which would not gain enough seats through a Green gift to make a difference but would ensure the green party was dead with no funding and reduced credibility.

Besides, having the greens pull their candidates would be circumventing the democratic process and would rob those voters of choice, Very unNDP. If the NDP was being truthful to their so called ideals they spouted last election about Central Nova, they would never want to accept these immoral, tainted votes.

Everytime someone invents a new format for cooperation it always involves the greens self destruction, bullshit. do it fairly and have the NDP and libs drop out of say 20-30 ridings where the greens could win with consolidation and also sign an agreement to bring in PR should we get a group win, likely we would be willing to throw our support to someone else in the other 280 ish seats,