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Originally Posted by peter12
No, they voted for a myriad of other left of centre parties that share very little common ground and who could never form a stable coalition government.
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Well the ability to form a stable coalition government is something that I guess only you can determine. It seems to me that if the government falls over the lack of stimulus provided to the economy by a party that has pissed away a 13 billion dollar surplus, the GG has an obligation to see if these left of centre parties could form a coalition government before going to the polls.
It seems to me that very few people seem to understand the reality that the governing party needs the confidence of the House to govern. That is how our system of government works, the government is not the party that wins the most seats on election night, it is the party that has the confidence of the House. If the Tories lose that confidence by providing an inadequate fiscal update, or by not properly cleaning up election financing by eliminating 10 percenters, riding subsidies, tax credits for political donations, or for whatever reason the Loyal Opposition deems is appropriate, then they lose the confidence of the House, plain and simple. The GG then has an obligation to see if there is another party that can gain the confidence of the House. It is not like we do not have a precedent in Canada for this exact type of thing happening before....