Short term sacrifice for long term survival

Harper has a realistic shot at a majority, given the media attacks on Ignatieff for wanting to help precipitate an election.

If Harper gets a majority, our vote subsidy will be gone almost the very next day.

We need a Liberal minority with Elizabeth in parliament. If that happens all the dynamics of how the media cover us change.

We will suddenly be taken seriously with the added benefit that Harper will be gone from the PMO and very likely gone from Canadian politics althogether. The media only cares about parties with seats. Period.

So for this election only, we have to put every available resource into Winning Saanich via a local ground war and forget about votes elsewhere that — let’s be honest — only split the progressive vote and help elect Cons ( they won 11 seats last time by less than 2,000 votes). 

This strategy will cost us overall vote totals this time, but the alternative is a complete loss of vote subsidies, putting the entire party in financial peril.

I don’t suggest this lightly. I have worked hard on Green campaigns and I have donated a lot of money to the party. We have the most rational vision. We are the only reality based party given what’s happening in terms of climate and peak energy. HOWEVER, sometimes you have to engage in a strategic retrenchment in order to survive for another day when the Conservatives are less dangerous.

I encourage lots of commentary on this idea …

My views are not to be taken as the official position of the Green Party of Canada

Short term sacrifice for long term survival