Recently Duncan Cameron proposed that a unite-the-left effort between the Green Party and the NDP would help promote a Green agenda in Parliament.  I believe that is an excessive way to go about things when the option of electoral reform is ready and waiting.  Then Green Party MPs can start working in Parliament with all other parties to promote and implement our policies.

I'm not sure how many people are aware that the Law Commission of Canada proposed such reforms to our federal electoral system:

Recommendation 1:

The Law Commission of Canada recommends adding an element of proportionality to Canada's electoral system.

This change and the other electoral reforms proposed by the LCC would help ensure that parties that have fundamentally different policies, objectives and values will not find it necessary to merge to achieve a few of their shared objectives.  The parties that do have representation in Parliament can and should make an effort to start implementing these recommendations now.