Other countries have multiple viable parties because that's just how they roll. Canada uses the shitty FPTP system and while at the federal level it's mostly b

Other countries have multiple viable parties because that's just how they roll. Canada uses the shitty FPTP system and while at the federal level it's mostly been two parties, several other parties have held significant clout over the last century. It's not impossible for it to work, it's just difficult. At the provincial level you see a lot more variety because they don't need to appeal country-wide, they can focus on local issues (e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parti_Québécois https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parti_Québécois, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildrose_Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildrose_Party) Sadly electoral reform here has recently been put on hold much to the frustration of many as it was an election platform issue. I'm sure part of the problem with reform is there's too many options and some of them are so dizzyingly complicated to explain that most people prefer the "simple but busted" FPTP method to something more mysterious and formula-based.