We’ve done it, we got rid of another soulless right wing politician!

Peter Dutton first made his party lose this election and now also lost his own seat much like Pierre Pullover

We’ve still got a government that green-lit new coal power plants in it’s last term, screwed over the Aboriginal community with a poorly run referendum, and still doesn’t give a shit about climate change, but baby steps hey.

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[–] FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 5 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

In fairness, winning by like 2.4% in Canada is hardly "booting" anyone to the curb, in a country which does not have a blatant binary on their political processes, like the USA, or Australia.

[–] eureka@aussie.zone 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Australia's two-party system is consistently shrinking, possible in part due to the IRV ranked voting system removing the spoiler effect. They still get about a third each, so I don't think you're wrong that there's a near-binary situation.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Canada would really benefit from IRV right now. Due to FPTP, there was a lot of strategic voting involved. At the cost of the three smaller parties.

[–] eureka@aussie.zone 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

That's the problem, right? The people in power usually benefit from preserving the system that gives them power. Even the major Australian parties have been adding laws which make it harder for minor parties to receive as much funding.

[–] FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Quite true. Trudeau literally ran on voting reform and that is partly why he got elected, then once in power, realized that it actually benefited his political ambitions and then lied and bail on it, back in 2017.

Most Canadians and almost all Liberals that I have spoken to have forgotten this because they are too biased and fail to look at the party and their actions, objectively.

Just to prove that the Liberal party can be total hypocrites: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/01/justin-trudeau-abandons-voter-reform-canada

I wished people were more objective rather than merely vote due to political tribalism.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 points 17 hours ago

Yes. Canada should celebrate but know that it is not out of the woods yet. We need a real progressive alternative and we need to stop the momentum of the far-right cult. Right now we have neither; we have just seen off the most immediate threat.