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Originally Posted by Jade
What I said was that the liberals are only willing to compromise if they are leading. The only way this coalition works is if everyone involved gets what they want.
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That's why is won't. Layton 2 elections ago thought he had gained some power and some clout with the Liberals and would be able to pass some NDP spending and other programs through with Liberal help. Martin basically laughed in his face after all the dust is settled.
Even though this time you think there'd be some concrete promises if Layton was smart and not get burned again, but as soon as the Liberals have thier leader in there, it will buy them the time to get their ducks in a row for Ignaltieff and ease him in there and ramp up for an election, and they'll once again turn their backs on the Bloc and NDP when they come calling for thier plans and bills to be pushed through. Then the coalition will fall apart, and election time.
The troubleome part is what promises the Liberals would have given the NDP, and goodness forbid the Bloc, in setting this up in the meantime...Dion will be the lame duck/easy scapegoat (by his own party) for whatever scheme the NDP and Bloc do get through, as he's easy to lay this on, even by his own party, as there will be a new liberal leader...but the damage will be done. Kyoto, and driving dump trucks up to the CAW and BC forestry unions, some sort of transfer payment increase to Quebec, and some sort of renewable resource tax. And then try and blame the subsequent increase in taxes on the mismanagement of the Harper government.