I wrote this back on Sept.15.

“ La Presse (newspaper in Montreal) has questioned if deal between Dion and May not to run opposing candidates in each others’ ridings is only part of deal for strategic voting across the country. Does anyone have suggestion of that in their riding?”

 Now May has made it official by calling on Greens to vote Liberal. Regretably, this hurts the Green brand in the long term and now makes it irrelevant and illegitimate. Instead of voting tactically, Green voters should now think strategically and choose another party, be it Liberal or NDP, and stick with them for the long term. 

Tactically, May did more than anyone to build the Greens into a legitimate force. Strategically, she has put the first nail into the Green Party’s coffin.