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Resolute 14 · 10-10-2008, 05:45 PM

I would say that a Liberal-NDP, Liberal-Bloc or Liberal-NDP-Bloc coalition are completely out of the question.

In all cases, Dion gets to wear the Prime Minister's sash, but in all cases, he is a puppet, and nothing more. Given some of his huffy comments about fighting for Canadian unity, he's not about to want his strings pulled by a separatist.

Same thing with Layton. Even the Liberals know a government where Layton and his band of looney toons hold any real power is going to end up a disaster. Dion would have to enact NDP policy to maintain his government while facing the fallout from the damage NDP policy will do.

In as much as everyone likes to paint the Liberals and Conservatives as mortal enemies for whom no price is too high to knock the other one out, I also think most everyone realizes that Canada is better off if the balance of power lies within these two parties. We're in trouble if the fringes start to get too much influence.

10-10-2008, 05:45 PM	#850
Resolute 14 In the Sin Bin Join Date: Jan 2003 Exp:	I would say that a Liberal-NDP, Liberal-Bloc or Liberal-NDP-Bloc coalition are completely out of the question. In all cases, Dion gets to wear the Prime Minister's sash, but in all cases, he is a puppet, and nothing more. Given some of his huffy comments about fighting for Canadian unity, he's not about to want his strings pulled by a separatist. Same thing with Layton. Even the Liberals know a government where Layton and his band of looney toons hold any real power is going to end up a disaster. Dion would have to enact NDP policy to maintain his government while facing the fallout from the damage NDP policy will do. In as much as everyone likes to paint the Liberals and Conservatives as mortal enemies for whom no price is too high to knock the other one out, I also think most everyone realizes that Canada is better off if the balance of power lies within these two parties. We're in trouble if the fringes start to get too much influence.