I know it’s legal, but certainly not moral.

Interesting point about the possibility of a group of NDP MLA’s jumping ship to form a Green Caucus.
The fact of the matter is, the NDP and the Greens should be talking about an “affair”, not a marriage, to be formed about six months before the next election.
They need each other and there is one issue that, if they used their brains, could bring them together – electoral reform.
I am an NDP supporter, but I worked exclusively on the STV campaign, along with a lot of Greens. I know the NDP establishment (not necessarily the rank and file) have a preference for MMP, as opposed to STV. Actually the Greens, as far as I know (Andrea Reimer, for one and Adrienne Carr for another)also prefer MMP.
I actually prefer STV, but I would be more than happy to work for STV, if that’s what it takes to rid ourselves of FPTP. OK, so there’s the first compromise to be made. All STVers, by into MMP.
Forget any more referenda on the subject of electoral reform. It has to be fought as a political issue as part of an election if ever we are to see it happen.
If the two parties contine to go tehir separate ways, neither will ever achieve what they want. The NDP won’t get power, because the Greens are taking away the votes they need. The Greens will never elect an MLA under the FPTP system.
So, have an affair, for one election only. Work out a deal. If they can’t work out a compromise to benefit themselves, how will they ever be able to work together if MMP was to be introduced.
Both parties need to demonstrate that they can work together, as they would have to in a minority government situation, which MMP would likely produce.
If neither party is interested in a compromise, in which both parties could benefit, we are destined to be ruled by the corrupt Liberals for a long time to come.

Wayne Taylor