Green Party gaining electoral strength in Toronto’s suburban areas?

Numbers like this show the value of Dion’s deal with May.
Now if we can figure out a way to get some Greens into Parliament w/o hurting the Liberal vote.  McKenzie King defeated a Tory regime by running joint candidates with the Progressive Party (+-10) and letting a few (+-5) seats go …  like May in Central-Nova.

Blogging Horse,

This is a continuation of Lizzie May following Jim Harris’ tack to the right for the Green Party, to the detest of far-left Greens like Stuart Parker.

You should be happy with May’s move towards the centre as it left the NDP monopoly of the left.   However, Layton seems to run a urban-first policy to the detriment of gaining further support in rural  and suburban areas.

The example of the recent provincial election says it all, in my riding a local unknown became the candidate several hours before the dead line rather than let a parachute fill the spot. (the party quite willingly stood aside to let the local run),  With no experience , no money, no organization a newbie recieved 9.4 % , 2.2 points over the NDP who was an experienced campaigner.

Now the NDP does have the advantage in centralized organization, infrastucture, and money raising yet in recent years they can no longer expect union support, nor the "anti establishment" vote.  Despite these advantages they are losing ground and moving to 4th in more areas, Once the GREENS get the knack of turning sentiment into donations, many NDP will get bulldozed in those areas where they do not historically take seats.

Are Greens going to take seats with 40%? probably no, will they find  ridings where a tight 4 way races will allow 25.1+% - 27% to win? soon, very soon.

So I definately see this poll as good trending, that represents what I see on the street! 
for the whole left/center/right arguement, since when does the health of people or the planet belong exclusively to any one part of the spectrum?   The NDP have claimed they were the ecological party but the environment is not a a topic of ideology rather rationality and despite their barbs about being Greens being a Rightist party, So %$#&& What?  Right or Left is irrelevant, having a plan that does not compromise in order to coddle labour unions and car compaines is.  The environment is not a socialist issue.  Yes, some few ultra left Greens have left the party, some believed that sitting in coffee houses and acting superior was more important than being noticed and making a difference, each one of them is replaced by 10, 50,100 people who believe progress is the goal, not moral superiority.

Some of those 10, 50, 100 people are coming from the NDP so don’t get so high and mighty about people leaving our party.

"Yes, some few ultra left Greens have left the party, some believed that sitting in coffee houses and acting superior was more important than being noticed and making a difference, each one of them is replaced by 10, 50,100 people who believe progress is the goal, not moral superiority."

C’mon, Stuart Parker is cool.  A bit of a maverick, but, he captured what the Greens should be for some. 

"this is nothing more then “parked votes”. That’s a good point, but for the Greens to have such strength now shows that voters in suburbia are seriously considering them as an alternative."

I don’t follow you here, Scott.  The definition of "parked votes" is essentially people’s opinion about how they’d vote when they aren’t ’seriously considering’ their options.  That’s why they’re parked votes.