Tell me, how many times have the 3rd parties had a majority in the house of commons?
Once again, NDP has won Opposition before
And the U.S. had the federalist party which once held power. An extra party being previously viable in the past has little to do with whether or not a legislature is controlled by 1 of 2 parties.
And because of how our legislature works, if the winning party wins by a minority (Less than 50% of legislative seats), the NDP can team up with the opposition to outpower the party that won and use that to attempt to get legislation that it wants pushed through as a compromise.
"X party can team up with y" also doesn't negate the definition of a two party system. Cooperation or not, the conservatives and liberals control the overwhelming majority of the seats.
your last paragraph is false and only serves to entrench the 2 most powerful parties.
I'll be honest, I'm not Canadian and rarely speak about Canadian politics. So in no way am I entrenching the two most powerful parties.
And my last paragraph isn't false. There are 338 seats in your house of Commons, and 81% of them are held by the two dominant parties. That is objectively true. The final sentence is a subjective one.
Sure, 3rd parties in Canada fair considerably better than they do in the U.S., but it seems pretty clear that they have no shot of getting a majority.
So with all of these things together, Canada is a two party system as well, largely due to the use of FPTP voting. We need more representative systems like approval and star voting.
It's yet another tactic to delay.
Or the CIA. We all know how trigger happy they are after all.
I used to work at a place where an entire department was like that. They'd always have Jordan Peterson's latest talk/show/podcast on in the background, MAGA merch, etc. They'd always have the facial expression of an inmate mugshot. And they'd always be super short with people. One of them made a point of saying the N word as much as they could.
Any time I had to interact with them I'd dread it. I can only imagine how terribly it would have gone if I had dared say anything political in earshot of them.
Canada is a two party system, because they fit the definition, the majority of the legislature is controlled by the main two parties:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Canada
Of the 338 seats, 81% of them are held by either the conservative or liberal party. The other parties have no shot of winning a majority, or taking away any significant number of seats from the big two parties.
If he does become a true dictator, I wouldn't be surprised by him dying of old age. The fascist he hands his power down to however, they might see the fate of kings.
Don't worry, I've been playing plenty of Linux factorio for the last few weeks to make up for it.
I made a similar switch around January or so. I haven't really notice much of a change in the bill.
It wasn't a particularly high bill to begin with, and I haven't really compared the actual price per kwh.
So overall I'm still pleased even if it hasn't been noticeably cheaper. All my power is on renewable, and my bill hasn't gone up.
In my experience, the liberals lose games like that 9 times out of 10. Either they kill a liberal and doom themselves, or they kill a fascist and then lose the game anyways because the deck is stacked.
What this would actually look like in effect would be if Biden had Trump assassinated by their own rules, either Biden would get impeached by the republicans + a few breakoff dems, or it would start a precedent of political assassinations in the U.S., which would end with a lot of blood.
Either way, it will be a disaster. I don't want to be a doomer, but I don't see a way to salvage this shit show.
I don't know if anybody else has noticed, but this area has been hit particularly hard by creepers. If you come across this chest, please donate some dirt/sand to fill these holes in!
I couldn't think of a name for this bridge/river, so if you think of one you are more than welcome to name it.
I'm aware, but it doesn't have to for my point to stand. 3rd parties lacking the ability to get majority power means it is a two party system.
The answer to my question was zero.