Can I give my perspective as a Canadian? In our political system, we rarely talk about bipartisanship. First, because we don’t only have two political movements

Can I give my perspective as a Canadian? In our political system, we rarely talk about bipartisanship. First, because we don’t only have two political movements. Second, because we do nonpartisan politics. Examples include judges and district boundaries. Those two things are qualified as nonpartisan in Canadian politics. Another very telling example: parliamentary tour guides. The US Congress hires tour guides that are meant to reflect the political party that is responsible for their hiring. The Canadian Parliament insures their guides are nonpartisan. Of course if you dig you will find problems, it’s far from perfect. However, the fact that what is collectively outside the realm of partisan politics is not decided by two partners who need to agree is what’s important here. There is a collective tradition. With our judicial system able to give binding decisions on unwritten parliamentary traditions, you even have legal protection for nonpartisan politics. The US system counted way too much on the kindness of political adversaries. You need to find a new way to do politics, because American conservatives have decided that they will abandon democracy rather than give up power.