McParland: How I learned to love the Greens without knowing anything about them
Kelly MacParland, National Post
Jack Layton must look at the results of the Ontario election and shudder. Not just because in the past three elections the provincial NDP has managed to increase its seat count from nine all the way up to 10. But because support for the Green party grew from 2.8% in 2003 to 8% this time around. That puts them half way to equalling the NDP.
The Greens didn’t win a single seat, and don’t look like they’re about to. They’re still a bity iffy at the top, and the average voter hasn’t got a clue what they actually stand for, other than the vague notion that they favour a cleaner environment. That’s exactly what makes them so scary: people barely know a thing about the Greens and they vote for them anyway.
