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Kerplunk · 12-01-2008, 06:17 PM

I’m not really sure how to feel about this. Although I’m all for a coalition government if the current one isn’t working, I cringe at the thought of the NDP getting anywhere near Federal coffers.

That being said, two things really upset my. One is that, as far as I can tell, the current government is working. The Conservatives introduced something other parties objected to (no matter if they should have or not), and from what I understand they took it out of the mini budget. Sounds like democracy in action, so why are they trying to blow it up? Seems like a power grab.

So now the opposition is trying to become the official government by basically forming three parties into one (a simplification, I know). My problem is that each of these parties campaigned in the last election separately, with different platforms. Now instead of having the party making the decisions accountable to the electorate based on those platforms, they could very well do whatever the hell they want, then turn around and claim they had to compromise with the other parties involved. They have no published, detailed plan for the next year, other than “lets throw money at the economy”. If they want to become the government, they should be required to give a fully detailed plan of what they intend to introduce and spend over the next year. If they can’t do that, they don’t deserve to be the government and another election should be called.

12-01-2008, 06:17 PM	#727
Kerplunk Powerplay Quarterback Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Trapped in my own code!! Exp:	I’m not really sure how to feel about this. Although I’m all for a coalition government if the current one isn’t working, I cringe at the thought of the NDP getting anywhere near Federal coffers. That being said, two things really upset my. One is that, as far as I can tell, the current government is working. The Conservatives introduced something other parties objected to (no matter if they should have or not), and from what I understand they took it out of the mini budget. Sounds like democracy in action, so why are they trying to blow it up? Seems like a power grab. So now the opposition is trying to become the official government by basically forming three parties into one (a simplification, I know). My problem is that each of these parties campaigned in the last election separately, with different platforms. Now instead of having the party making the decisions accountable to the electorate based on those platforms, they could very well do whatever the hell they want, then turn around and claim they had to compromise with the other parties involved. They have no published, detailed plan for the next year, other than “lets throw money at the economy”. If they want to become the government, they should be required to give a fully detailed plan of what they intend to introduce and spend over the next year. If they can’t do that, they don’t deserve to be the government and another election should be called.