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Originally Posted by mykalberta
Its my understanding that no 2 opposition parties have enough votes to defeat the conservatives.
Lets say the coalition takes power. The NDP+Liberals dont have enough votes to pass a bill. They need the blocs votes, essentially giving the bloc power over the bills if they dont want another election.
Its true the bloc will have no ministers - that would be a major faux pas on the NDP and Liberal part of course, but they need the votes to pass any bills so to suggest the bloc has no power is crazy IMO.
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Yes except that the Bloc have committed in writing with their leader's signature to an accord that says they will support any confidence measures that are put to vote by the coalition government in June 2010. Reneging on that deal would put them in a very tight battle in Quebec against the Liberals. That is why they've only committed to 18 months to allow this coalition to govern.