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Originally Posted by FanIn80
This keeps getting brought up... We're talking about two completely different Governments. The Liberal Government at that time was corrupt, and riddled with scandal after scandal. So much so, that the elected PM stepped down in order to save his own ass from getting tossed out the door. He then appointed his replacement, without so much as a Liberal leadership race, never mind an election.
That Government NEEDED to be taken down. Their approval ratings were in the tank, and it was indeed one of lowest times for Canadians, in terms of Government satisfaction.
This time around, the people are happy with the Government. We just gave them a renewed mandate (minority, yes, but mandate nonetheless) and we just finished re-electing them. It has already been proven that the NDP and Bloq started planning this coalition two days after the last election.
This coalition is not about "what's best for Canada" or "getting rid of a corrupt, lame-duck Government"... it is about power for Layton, Duceppe, Dion and all of their political friends.
The two scenarios are on opposite sides of the spectrum.
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Scandal after scandal? NEEDED to be taken down? Because the party you support was not in charge? So you wanted the Liberals out because of the multi-million dollar adscam.
One point that seems to be loss in all this is that we are in a Recession now. Billions of dollars have been lost in retirement accounts. More important than the Adscam and something Harper and his government didn't think was important enough to address UNTIL after the talk of the coalition.