When I was in University I had the audacity to suggest that Canada was on its way to having a political landscape similar to Italy. Back then, it struck me that the fragmentation of the country and the devolution of power only conspired to make things more difficult to govern. While all this was seen as progress and compromise to me it meant our political culture was becoming more uncooperative and more rigid.
Of course, the comment was dismissed and did not elicit the debate I though it would (or should) spark. Everyone just scoffed at the notion Canada becoming like Italy.
Now with the prospect of a possible third minority government, and the constant threats of unholy political alliances, this is exactly where we're heading. Slate magazine eludes to it too. Ok, so it comes 16 years after my comment (I wonder if any student present at that time now mutters as they lazily lie around eating Cheetos, "You know, that clown probably had a point) but I won't hold it against them.
As for the article. Liberals are left-leaning? Nah. They're all corp. Millionaire socialists don't cut it for me.
Two for one: I also mentioned in an international politics class the nation-state was far from dead. This was a period when it was popular to argue that it was. There was even some distinguished (it's all relative to be so) elder guy in a suit with long hair and spectacles in the class I thought would at least see my point. He didn't. In fact, no one did.
Sigh.
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