E minus 40 Days

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Now this platform announcement from the Greens looks interesting, even given that I'm not a party member:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-green-party-platform-1.3220976

Full platform as voiced by the party's campaign team themselves (French edition also available):

http://www.greenparty.ca/en/platform

Comments

Re: If only

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Would the votes be wasted if they were intended to put a Green Party with such a platform into that role?

Absolutely not. Lord, I would love to see the NDP as the centre (or better yet, the right wing) of the Canadian political spectrum! My mum has said for decades that, should the NDP ever take power, we would need a new socialist party to be the nation's conscience.

If you (or anyone) votes Green out of conscience, you'll have my moral support (if probably not my vote); but if you vote Liberal to oust Harper, I'll tell you you're being fooled again.

Voting Plans

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Not planning to do that. Trudeau the Younger turned his back on the Charter, after all, with the C-51 vote.

And parachuting a "celebrity" candidate into my riding for his team didn't help matters, however competent in military/defence/peacekeeping issues that candidate may otherwise actually be. Certainly, General Leslie (retired) has a useful contribution to make to Canadian politics, but not in this fashion.