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Originally Posted by Bertuzzied
Mr. Harper, who was leader of the Opposition at that time, held lengthy discussions with Mr. Layton and Mr. Duceppe aimed at supplanting Paul Martin's Liberal government without an election in the fall of 2004.
Those talks did not invoke a coalition, but rather revolved around replacing the elected Liberal minority with a Conservative government led by Mr. Harper and supported by the New Democrats and Bloc on an issue-by-issue basis.
They are all politicians. I'm loving how everyone is outraged by this 'coup'.
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While I do agree, I was posting that to illustrate that the comparison to Harper's move in 2004 is false. He never suggested a coalition but rather a true pragamatic approach to dealing with things on an issue by issue basis.