Why doesn’t the NDP of Canada at least briefly unify and make a coalition with other smaller, local Social-democratic parties, so that they could win a federal election with more wider support?
Like for example, Parti Quebecois, Bloc Quebecois, et Quebec solidaire in Quebec.
The NDP would generally not win a federal election even if they dominated in Quebec as they did in 2011. In theory if the NDP had enough support in the rest of Canada to form a minority government it would probably be relatively easy for them to get the support of BQ to maintain that government (assuming the BQ itself was popular enough to win significant seats in Quebec during the same election), but such a situation would basically need them to take over the Liberal electorate of 2015-today (i.e. large swaths of Vancouver, major urban areas in Ontario particularly Toronto including its suburbs, and the Maritimes)
- but such a situation would basically need them to take over the Liberal electorate of 2015-today (i.e. large swaths of Vancouver, major urban areas in Ontario particularly Toronto including its suburbs, and the Maritimes) -
Ah … by the way this system is working, it looks like the NDP would have to be more or less dissolved into the Liberal Party to take over the liberal electorate itself.
I guess, knowing the NDP’s current state of mind, it’s hopeless…