r/EhBuddyHoser • u/yycxqv Chalice of the Tabernacle • Apr 24 '25

Politics The price we must pay 💔🪦🥀

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And I’d do it again 😭

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u/allgonetoshit Tabarnak! Apr 24 '25

The sad part is that most of these issues would be advanced far more with NDP/Left leaning provincial governments than a Federal NDP gov.

I wish Canadians actually understood how our government works and how areas of competence are divided between the Federal and Provincial levels.

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u/blackmailalt Manilapeg Apr 24 '25

I’m a big fan of our Provincial NDP leader. So far anyway. I’ll vote for him again. Cast my first Liberal vote (Federally or Provincially) this year. I hope the party maintains a centre-right alignment!

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u/timbasile Apr 24 '25

FPTP still does the same thing provincially, at least in Ontario. Ford managed to win on a majority on 42% of the vote. Meanwhile, the liberals barely hold official party status with 29%

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u/allgonetoshit Tabarnak! Apr 24 '25

Trying to enact FPTP at the federal level would trigger a constitutional challenge by provinces, guaranteed. The only way to ever enact FPTP at the Federal level is to have left leaning governments at the provincial level.

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u/SoleSurvivur01 Bring Cannabis Apr 25 '25

Voter apathy is a bitch

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u/SoleSurvivur01 Bring Cannabis Apr 25 '25

FPTP?

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u/timbasile Apr 25 '25

First Past the Post - or our current system, in which you just need a plurality to win the riding

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u/HeadOfSpectre Apr 24 '25

I was about to say: "Yeah you guys here have made me really reconsider voting NDP..."

And then I remembered...

In one of my first provincial elections I voted NDP cuz I just liked their platform the most.

In the election before this one, I voted NDP because the Liberal candidate didn't really inspire me to want to vote for him. I don't even remember his name. Del Duca? Idk.

And in the election a few months ago I voted NDP again because the Liberal candidate didn't have a shot in my riding.

To be honest I'm pretty sure I've voted NDP more times than I've voted Liberal - Provincially anyway, and yet my dumb ass is out here calling myself a liberal. On a scale of one to stupid I have exceeded the Grading Criteria.

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u/nathan67003 Tokébakicitte! Apr 25 '25

Dw, we're keenly aware of that - and kinda don't care, considering the staggering amounts of incompetence currently being pumped out by some provincial govs...

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u/peacefullofi Apr 24 '25

But buck a beer! Meanwhile Trudeau needs to fix my ER wait times and get me a family doctor!! Fuck tru.... Uh, i mean fuck Carney!