Quote:
Originally Posted by flylock shox
This is getting circular...
The majority of voters rejected Harper as Prime Minister. He was only PM because of the way our system works. It also happens that, because of the way our system works, coalitions can form which can oust him as PM.
I'm not saying what's happening is right or wrong in making this argument, just that the system is built for this to happen. If I were going to spin this I'd say that Harper is just the least unpopular of a bunch of losers - guys who couldn't lead their parties to be the favourite of even half the people in this country.
|
But Harper did take more of the vote than any single other leader, and a significant portion at that (like 12% more than Dion I believe), while Dion ran his party into the ground and lost seats. That's a pretty clear mandate for Harper. Dion has absolutely no mandate to govern other than what's given him by the coalition - which is
directly against the way Canadians just voted. There is no way around that, no matter how you spin the figures.