Please fucking no - majority governments suck.
Compromise is a necessary part of the political process.
this post was submitted on 19 Mar 2025
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Minority governments are unstable, unpredictable, and result from very close-call elections. They may be okay-ish at getting progressive domestic policies passed, but the priority should be strong foreign policy for the near term. A majority is at least stable and consistent.
I'm a Canadian-US dual citizen - the US can only exist in two forms: supermajority and dysfunction. Trump is an outcome of this binary choice because either someone can do everything they want or nothing - majority governments are a terrible outcome because the divisions of us, the populace, get subsumed by the party platform and policies that may represent just over a quarter of the population can get forced through.
When you have a minority government you need to give and take and policies end up better aligned to the public will - including priorities that the plurality party may not focus on (like the NDP's new dental plan).
Everyone except the CPC is united in rejecting American expansionism. If we have a minority government there will be no hesitation when it comes to telling Americans to fuck off.
I'm really hoping for a minority Liberal + NDP government with an electoral reform deal. Imo it's the most important policies that need to be passed.
NDP wasn't interested last I saw them asked about election reform.