Interesting comments, Hilo. There used to be a national party. It was called "the Liberals". But it's not a national party anymore. There used to be a moderate, centre, small-c conservative party also which could serve reasonably well as a national party when elected. It was called "the Progressive Conservatives". That party is gone. The present Conservative Party is a radical Reaganite neocon party that is utterly out of touch with the traditional aspirations of a majority of Canadians...but they are profiting from the fact that the majority of Canadians have no national party to vote for anymore and are splitting their vote between Liberals, NDP, Greens, and Bloc Quebecois.

I agree with your assessment of the NDP. They are out of touch.

The Conservatives know exactly what they're doing...the only trouble is, what they are doing is wrong...and they do not represent the majority of people in this country. They represent their corporate friends in Big Business.