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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
A coalition gives the fringes all the power because the government is beholden to them to maintain itself.
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That's not exactly how it works. The parties have to work together on policies, like what happened when Tommy Douglas worked with the Liberals to get nationalized health care. It's sybiotic, not parasitic.
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Dion has made too many statements about unity and nationalism for him to swallow his pride to the point of being controlled by a separatist. Agree or disagree?
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Again, not CONTROLLED. But anyhow, like I mentioned in the french debate thread, throughout Duceppe and Dion were nodding at each others policies. They seem to agree on a lot of issues with separatism being the only major difference. I guess it depends on what is more important to Dion - forming power and working together with a separatist, or letting the Conservatives govern.
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Dion's already flat out rejected Layton's begging for power by rejecting NDP suggestions of a coalition. NDP economic policy is not good for Canada. Agree or disagree?
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I obviously disagree wholeheartedly. But as for Dion rejected the coalition, I can see him saying that during the campaign. But he didn't "flat out reject" ... he did not completely rule it out. He said they "might" not be able to work with the NDP (
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNew...on2008&no_ads= )
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The governing party in a coalition will bear the brunt of policies it enacts, even if said policy is driven by a fringe party. Agree or disagree?
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Again, it is a symbiotic relationship. The two (or three) parties would find issues that they could all agree on and work together to come up with plans they can all agree on. Yes, most times the larger party is seen as the one implementing the proposal, so they would have to agree with it before presenting it. Nationalized Health Care being an obvious exception as most realize that was driven by the NDP.
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This isn't a liberal vs. conservative answer, even if you want to paint it as one. A Conservative led coalition would be met with the same challenges.
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But that is exactly what they are - challenges. I don't necessarily see any of them being insurmountable.