Harper’s plan to scrap per-vote subsidies to political parties would create two-party state, says Nanos

But Tom Flanagan says if the per-vote subsidies were eliminated without any replacement, it might force some consolidation among the Liberals, Greens and NDP, but it wouldn’t lead to a two-party system.

PARLIAMENT HILL—Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s plan to scrap the $2-a-vote subsidy for qualifying federal parties would lead to a “two-party” state leaving the smaller parties out of the action, says one of Canada’s leading pollsters and political experts.

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