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Originally Posted by rubecube
I don't get the NDP and Liberal supporters who don't see this as anything other than an assault on democracy. How the hell do you now tell anyone that voting is important?
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Just curious, but did you just find out today that coalitions were a possibility with our system? It's always been this way so I don't see why people are so shocked about it. I wonder if the backlash was this bad when Borden and Laurier formed their coalition in 1917? I believe there have also been coalitions in provincial parliament in the past.
It's not an assault on democracy. In the parliamentary system, parties can combine their seats and form mixed governments. Actually, if every government contained some kind of coalition, it would probably be more democratic as more people from all over the spectrum would have their voices heard.