Conrad Black Has An Opinion?

Not that's it great to be back in Salluit, but it is good to be back to a regular routine.  The wind is currently gusting well over 100Km/hour (I'm surprised that we still have power), the windchill is less than -20, the house is shaking, and the dogs refuse to go outside (I don't blame them).  Environment Canada states that our sunrise is at 4:30am and the sunset is at 9:30pm, but that's taking into consideration the fact that we're between mountains and those times are for when we can't actually see the sun.  In reality, when I take the dogs out before bed at 11pm there is still light in the sky behind the mountains, and I don't care to know when the sky starts getting light in the morning.
Long before the polls closed on Monday, Conrad Black (no relation... I get asked all the time) made a few comments that I found very interesting.  His first comment was that it was a good thing that we might now be down to a two party system again (the way it's supposed to be).  That's of course assuming that the Liberals and the NDP will merge, or one of them become non-existent.  As an aside - when I was taking political science in university, my professor always mentioned the pointlessness of the Liberal party and that he couldn't understand how they ever come into power.  Our political system is basically founded on the idea of having a left-wing and a right-wing party, and generally the balance of power would swing back and forth creating some middle ground.  The Liberals really are just middle ground, so it seems kind of odd.
The other comment he made was that since the NDP (left-wing side of the pendulum) party has been traditionally Anglo, and the majority of their seats are now Franco, this could drastically change the dynamics of the whole foundation of the party.  My question becomes - if the foundation is built on catering to Anglos, but they'll be forced to cater Francos (the majority of their voters), will that make them more left-wing (and therefore less likely to merge with the Liberals), or closer to centre (which would make a merger seem more attractive)?  Very interesting.

Stay tuned.