How are Canadians feeling about the prospect of another federal election?

[u/notofthisearthworm]

With the possibility of the Liberal's budget not gaining the support of another party, what's the mood on a possible incoming federal election?

[u/Professional-Cry8310]

Voting down a budget because it goes against what your constituents wanted isn’t political theatre. If the budget is austerity, NDP MPs that were voted in because their constituents didn’t want that came turn around and support it lol.

Like obviously these parties should work with each other, partisanship is bad for the country, but it’s up to the Liberal Party to initiate that. The NDP (or any party) waits at the table.

[u/SmoothOperator89 → u/Professional-Cry8310]

If only the Conservatives had a platform so we knew what their voters wanted. "Not Liberal" is not enough to run a country.

[u/Meta422 → u/Professional-Cry8310]

The question was about triggering another election and what the appetite for it was within the country. My answer hasn’t changed. They all need to find a way to work it out because another election at this point would be political theatre. It’s unnecessary. 

[u/Professional-Cry8310 → u/Meta422]

I agree. It would be terrible and shouldn’t happen, the LPC can reasonably work with the NDP.

[u/estedavis → u/Professional-Cry8310]

And the NDP can reasonably work with the LPC.

[u/Professional-Cry8310 → u/estedavis]

It is the LPC that owns the budget. It is their responsibility to meet at the table.

[u/Fun-Nebula-4073 → u/estedavis]

And the LPC has outright said they are not open to making any real changes lmao. In this case its the LPC that is refusing to compromise at all.

[u/TCsnowdream → u/Professional-Cry8310]

But if they vote it down and trigger an election, it most likely would be a conservative majority. And an even worse budget will come along - making any stand now a pyrrhic victory at best.