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Originally Posted by EddyBeers
1) the Libs and NDP are suggesting a coalition government, not an election, so there would not be an election "forced" on anybody.
2) Better a 25 million dollar budget item than nothing, which is what we had in September
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How long do you honestly think a coalition government would last, especially if they don't give into the Bloc on every single policy decision. The Libs and the NDP don't have near enough votes to hold off the Conservatives without the Bloc. One of the first things that the Bloc and Layton would do is turn tail on Afghanistan, the budget would be changed to go after business to keep Layton happy, then this coalition would go after Alberta's energy sector because those are key points to both Layton and Duceppe.
Whether they call the election now, or form a coalition, we go to the polls in early spring at the latest.
Coalition governments are inherantly unstable, in this instance especially with Jack Layton as a key member, and the Bloc as a policy driver.