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Originally Posted by Bertuzzied
But then how do we know or not know if Harper was working at setting up a Coalition government against Paul Martin's minority back in 2004. I like how everyone ignores the fact that Harper had to work with the Bloc back then.
Harper did that on purpose? He is going to bring down his own government with it. Kinda extreme don't you think?
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Peter12 tried to explain this in another thread. Harper made a deal with the NDP and Bloc to vote down the minority government, and since there were no glowing press conferences, handshakes and signed contracts, we can deduce either he was unsuccessful, or he didn't try for more.
When approaching the GG,
they have to say all options at disposal... as they are not in a position to dictate to her.
They did not sign an agreement like this, nor did they claim they could run a unified government.
It is not the same situation at all, notwithstanding the fact that when the CPCs made a deal to vote down the Government, the sitting government was under investigation for a multi-million dollar SCANDAL. Even Trudeau recognized you can not change the head of government without an electoral mandate.