[fvc-wat-disc] GREEN-NDP alliance?

[Matthew Piggott]

Yes, these sort of discussions are exactly why we need electoral reform.

In terms of the agreement out west, in addition to the items Jonathan
mentioned, I do note that the Liberal who was on the receiving end of the "
"pre-election alliance" didn't even bother to vote in favour of the ERRE
committee report. These deals are suspect to me in principle, and that
action absolutely took it off the table.

Sincerely,

Matthew Piggott

El mar., 30 abr. 2019 a las 11:03, David dirks (<daviddirks at rogers.com>)
escribió:

> Is this not why we need/want electoral reform so as not to be in a
> position like this?
>
> David
>
> On Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 9:08:24 AM EDT, Jonathan Cassels <
> cassels.jon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> None at all, in my opinion. They can't merge, the Green constitution makes
> that virtually impossible, as it requires 90% support and a majority vote
> at a party convention -- something they don't have time to do before the
> election, even if they had a hope of passing. By law, they can't coordinate
> during the election. And I'm unsure what a "pre-election alliance" would
> look like. They both advocate for environmental policy and election reform
> today, saying "We are now allied in advocating for the things we already
> advocated for" doesn't really change the status quo.
>
> In theory, Green local riding associations (which have *way* more freedom
> than the NDP equivalent) could individually opt not to run candidates in
> this election. There was one out west somewhere who chose to do that in
> 2015 to help the ABC movement. But that can't be coordinated, and it's
> unclear that a majority of Green supporters would go to the NDP in most
> ridings.
>
> The Maclean's article is a cynical attempt to collect clicks by arguing in
> favour of something which has some surface level appeal, but which the
> author knows is a practical impossibility.
>
> Unless there's some manner in which the parties could help one another
> which I haven't thought of?
>
> On Tue., Apr. 30, 2019, 7:09 a.m. Kevin Smith, <kevedsmith at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> So an article in Maclean's is saying that NDP and Greens combined would
> win a large number of seats, and hold whoever wins to a minority.
>
> I know the parties have major differences, but a pre-election alliance
> around Green New Deal and electoral reform would have potential, no?
>
> Kevin.
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