Here's the thing: Liberals and Conservatives solutions will always rervolve around giving more money to entities that already sit on variously sized piles of money. Even NDP won't risk alienating home owners. Political and economic system requires massive rework to actually address underlying issues. However I know of no Canadian political entity ready to sacrifice themselves and go through with necessary changes, including changes to electoral system that sustains current status quo. I'm in Alberta and AB NDP has walked away from the electoral reform as soon as they figured how to win in current system (sort of) so I'd expect the same from gederal NDP, or any party, really as reword system is wired for that. "Small steps" are all cute and heart-warming but they will never solve real problem and with major parties eager to rip out legislation of previous "other party" moving forward is unlikely. Not arguing for dictatorship, rather the opposite - real multi-party system that has to represent all Canadians. Any decision made has to be supported by 51+% of Canadians, not 51% parlamentsrians. (end of rant)