Until they elect an M.P. they remain a protest party... .
With no elected MPs, Greens face uphill battle
Despite the largest federal campaign the Greens have ever staged, and a high-profile spot for leader Elizabeth May in the national televised debates, the party has again found itself in the political wilderness.
Not only did May fail to unseat Conservative Peter MacKay in her riding of Central Nova, but her party was completely shut out from the House of Commons.
Worse, the Greens spent a reported $4 million on the campaign -- a record amount for the party which includes $2 million worth of loans.
Even British Columbia MP Blair Wilson, who changed his political stripes to Green earlier this year after he was elected Liberal back in 2006, lost his seat to Tory candidate John Weston.
Still, the party did see an upswing in popular support across the country, garnering more than 900,000 votes, or about seven per cent of the total. In the 2006 election, the Greens received 4.5 per cent support -- about 660,000 votes.
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I'll admit, the problem I have with the Greens is that they split the vote away from the Liberals and allow the Conservatives to keep winning. It's ironic that one of the factors that allowed us to stay in power so long is now denying us said power.
I wish the Greens would come home to the Liberal party, we on the left would be better served by that.
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