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The problem is that, should they implement electoral reform, it would mean no more Liberal majorities ever.
They're okay with swapping seats with the Conservatives every few years, but having to cooperate with the NDP every day forever, and dragging Canadian politics leftward to meet the actual needs of the electorate, is a non-starter for the Calgary and Laurentian cheque-writers that underpin both the LPC and CPC.
The NDP aren't left wing anymore under silver-spoon Jagmeet. Dude's just another trust fund baby like Trudeau.
You donβt pay attention
The NDP are certainly not bold enough or left enough for my liking but to say they're not left wing at all is disingenuous
They're not very left-wing by objective standards, or compared to their roots, but by modern, Overton-window-has-shifted-to-the-right standards they're left-wing.
But there's a grain of truth in what the parent is saying: if you cost out the platforms of Jagmeet Singh or Andrea Horwath from the last elections, you'll find they're less economically liberal than Brian Mulroney or Mike Harris.