This is very interesting. One thing about the notion of switching every once in a while being healthy....
I'm putting this to you, Mr. Schwartz. You talked about switching political parties, but then, when you referenced the European context, you talked about switching some of the ideas and ideologies that come into government as being more important than whether you switched political parties.
Canadians went to the polls last year and changed the political parties in power, yet we're left with the same climate targets, apparently. The idea didn't necessarily change on a fundamental question.
More to that point, if I'm a voter in regions of the country in which under first past the post I see no representation—I'm in downtown Toronto and I'm a Conservative—why am I meant to be satisfied simply because the country switched? How am I any happier, if I still don't have representation for my values and my voice?