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Why I Voted for the Green Party

Green Party? Who votes for them anyways? But I didn't like any of my other options. I first considered choosing the Green Party, not necessarily to vote for them, but to vote against everyone else. Politics is a slippery slope, and the "Big 3" are losing their footing. NDP : I don't know that I would ever vote for this party, but I did sort of like Andrea Horwath. She grew up in an environment where everyone in the family worked, she put herself through school working part time, and wanted to give back. I have respect for that, and perhaps had she been either with the Conservatives or Liberals, I may have voted for her.  However, while the NDP platform has great specifics on trying to boost the economy, improve transit, health care wait times, education opportunities, their explanations on how they are going to get the money leaves much to be desired. The NDP plan sounds great, until you start looking at the fine print.* Having trouble diagnosing the problems o