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Canadian conservatives divided over trans policy (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

more people would vote for his destructive policies than hers

Smith won by just 1300 votes, if you look at the close ridings, and has done nothing but unpopular shit ever since - starting with an attack on CPP, which is a sacred cow to the most vote-y demographic. And it's still the first few months. So, yeah, she's not on track to re-election, to put it mildly.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

She won by 1300 voices but that's not something to be proud of or celebrate as her being close to losing because it just shows how fucked first past the post is, she had a majority of the popular vote in the province by a good margin, if those 1300 had voted NDP instead the NDP would have had the power with 44% of the vote while the conservatives would be in the opposition with 52.6% of the vote.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It's not my preferred system either, but it's what we have. In this specific case it works to the advantage of progress and stability.

If we had party list (preferably Norway style so there's not constant snap elections) then the UCP almost certainly wouldn't exist, and we'd probably have a coalition of centrist parties, with a sizable amount of more radical opposition parties, mostly on the right but also on the left (possibly led by Janis Irwin).

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Thing is, if we don't complain when it works to our advantage then there's no reason why it would change for something better. You should be celebrating the fact that for once the party that has the majority of the seats is the one that got the majority of the vote and that should be shown as an example of why a reform is necessary.

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

...and yet, she'd get reelected today.

She would, and she will. Rachel Notley has stepped down because she knows she can't beat the UCP (or any single right-wing party), no matter what deranged psychopath is running it.

Worst of all, Poilievre is courting her hard - and has every intention of copying every one of her policies that can translate to the national arena.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I don't know, her numbers seem to have gone slightly downwards since the election, and like I said she barely scraped in. Keep in mind this is FPTP and most of the real rednecks are stacked in the same rural ridings.

It's more like anyone's game than hopeless.

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Everything you say is true, I just don't believe in my heart that she would lose.

When she got the leadership nomination, we were cheering. "The UCP just lost the electiom by electing that psycho!"