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Originally Posted by Jade
Show me the document signed by the leaders of all of the parties involved that they promise to vote as a bloc as though they are one party for a predefined period of time. You can't? why not? Oh right, because it doesn't exist. There was not a formal long term arrangment in place, they were going to see what they could do. And when the liberals came to the realization that they did not in fact have a majority, but instead had to play nice, the conservatives did the right thing and backed off. Too bad the liberals can't say the same.
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Wrong election. This was the 2000 election when the Chretien Liberals won a majority with 172 seats. Before the election, there were informal negotiations between representatives of the three parties, including Joe Clark's chief of staff, to form a coalition that would see Stockwell Day as PM. A draft agreement was written up and a two page throne speech outline was created.
No, there was never a formal agreement that was signed by the three leaders, but there was no reason to continue the talks once the election results came in and the whole idea was moot. The fact remains, the two parties that form the current Conservative Party of Canada were open to the idea of forming a coalition in which the Bloc held the balance of power if it meant unseating the Liberals.