I'd rather see the NDP gain at the PCs' expense than at the Liberals'. A Liberal collapse and NDP surge, combined with a Hudak majority is worse than the status-quo.
Thank-you. I'm glad to see someone say this here - it is so rare on this board. Most posters here often sound like they hate the Liberals so much they would rather the Conservatives win (which is ironic for people who are supposedly 'progressive').
Unfortunately, the NDP does often split the vote and take more away from the Liberals than the Conservatives. This happened in the 2011 federal election, and that is why Harper got a Majority. And in the 2011 provincial election, the 6-7 seats that Horwarth picked up all came at the expense of the Liberals - she didn't take any from the PC's. It was the same for Layton outside Quebec in 2011 - he only took away ONE Conservative seat in English Canada (Surrey North).
The Liberals remain the best option for beating the Conservatives, which is why it is puzzling why some people here want Justin Trudeau to be defeated (and even in his own riding, which won't happen, but it's odd that people wish for that). Mulcair has been NDP leader for 2 years now and has not been able to grow NDP support outside of Quebec and is in 3rd place. Trudeau has been able to emerge as the main alternative to Harper, including in Western Canada (take last fall's Manitoba by-elections, for example). That may also be the case in next month's Alberta by-elections. We'll have to stay tuned.
1)The Liberals were going to lose to Harper in 2011 no matter what. No poll had shown them beating the Cons for at least two years.
2)The Liberals didn't significantly disagree with the Cons on the major issues, and the Chretien/Martin era shows that a Liberal government elected in 2011 could actually have ended up being to the RIGHT of Harper on economics and social spending(the issues that really matter). it would be pointless for progressives to ever again give their votes to the party that made more cuts to sicial spending and transfer payments than Mulroney did-and who did that, in part, to finance a totrally unneeded tax cut for the .001%.
3)The Liberals aren't automatically entitled to anti-Conservative votes. If they want those votes, they have an obligation to do what PET did and actually offer policies that would EARN them those votes. Why aren't you pushing 'Lil Justin to follow his dad's example?
Why do people in your party still sound so arrogant and entitled after falling to THIRD place in the last election? The days when the only choice for a governing party in Canada are the Libs or the Cons are done now...and done forever. For your own good, lose the smugness already.