Reddit reviews Party of One: Stephen Harper And Canada's Radical Makeover

Yes. If you are interested in reading about how it happened read Party of One

Basically back in the day there were two conservative parties. One was more extreme than the other. They used to split the right wing vote and would allow the liberals to power through the left wing split. Then the progressive conservatives and the reformers merged. The progressive conservatives got no power in the new party. The party run's center right but asks and they believe. It has been a perfect storm for the conservatives because while they were merging and getting stronger the liberals were messing up at the same time. The liberals were in power for a decade and had gone through the sponsorship scandal and they had lost the confidence of the electorate. While at the same time they had an internal power struggle between Martin and Chrétien.

Eventually the conservatives got a minority didn't do anything too crazy except be found in contempt of parliament. Meanwhile, the liberals tried to find a new leader. The conservatives eventually got a majority and started creating what you see now. The liberals have settled on Trudeau and it has been enough to pull them ahead in the polls but even that bump seems to be fading.

I had to stop reading "Party of One" because of how depressing it was to realize just how maniacal and well planned Stephen Harper is to create the Canada he wants. It reads like a blueprint by a master criminal.

Once Harper is out of power I'll return and finish reading the book.

Wait this is actually a thing? Oh good god. I may be wrong but doesn't most of the democratic world have a similar system where a party can be elected with a majority? In fact the first government ever elected in Canada was a majority! It certainly wasn't and still isn't a one party state.