I wonder how many years of Cons in power it’s going to take before people who switched to vote for them realize that the Cons won’t do jack shit about the affordability crisis either.
Based on Canadian voting history, we’ll flip flop between the conservatives and liberals until the end of time unless some kind of voting reform comes into place. The liberals were supposed to do that but didn’t.
I really wish we had some kind of ranked ballot system. I would rather vote for a third party, but even then, I question how much that would ultimately help. I feel like the people who get into positions of power often don’t prioritize the general population, but that’s my personal bias, and I have no idea what the actual statistics are on that.
It’s not the parties that are the issue, it’s the people.
If we want affordable housing, we need to absolutely tank home values, by as much as 80-90% in some markets.
Most people simply won’t vote for a party or a policy that does that, because most people (and especially most voters) own their home and aren’t willing to give away literally hundreds of thousands (or in some case millions) of dollars even if it helps other people.
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Conservatives: “Hold my beer!”
I wonder how many years of Cons in power it’s going to take before people who switched to vote for them realize that the Cons won’t do jack shit about the affordability crisis either.
Based on Canadian voting history, we’ll flip flop between the conservatives and liberals until the end of time unless some kind of voting reform comes into place. The liberals were supposed to do that but didn’t.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_federal_general_elections
I really wish we had some kind of ranked ballot system. I would rather vote for a third party, but even then, I question how much that would ultimately help. I feel like the people who get into positions of power often don’t prioritize the general population, but that’s my personal bias, and I have no idea what the actual statistics are on that.
Canada needs a new political party to really see a significant change.
It’s not the parties that are the issue, it’s the people.
If we want affordable housing, we need to absolutely tank home values, by as much as 80-90% in some markets.
Most people simply won’t vote for a party or a policy that does that, because most people (and especially most voters) own their home and aren’t willing to give away literally hundreds of thousands (or in some case millions) of dollars even if it helps other people.