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Originally Posted by Flame On
The coalition as it stands now didn't come into effect until the liberals were brought on board which they decided to do after the funding issue; which then non-leader Harper got scared and went reactionary over and removed. He didn't do it for pragmatic reasons.
At least that's the way i read it.
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Of course he removed it for pragmatic reasons. He removed it in order to remain "in power" so to speak and be able pass at least some parts of his platform. He removed it to make parliament work under Tory leadership as was the mandate given to him by the country.
That's what the House is supposed to do in a minority siutation. The minority government comes to the House with some legislation they'd liked passed. The opposition says "hold on now wait a minute we don;t like that and we will vote against it even if it is a confidence matter and we are actually serious about it this time." The minority government then says "well crap they are serious so let's go back to the drawing board and remove some of these things that are less important to us but important to them."
But the NDP and Liberals have gone far beyond showing they are serious and won't duck out of the House when confidence votes come up this time (well the liberals). Far beyond that. They got the changes and continued on down the line when they themselves have no real alternative plan.