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Originally Posted by Ronald Pagan
Government is cabinet.
Coalition government is cabinet made up of more than one party.
Bloc quebecois will have no cabinet members.
Bloc quebecois is not a part of the coalition government.
Bloc quebecois will support the coalition government on matters of confidence.
I don't know how much more clearly I can spell it out.
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You can't have a coalition government with less seats than the Opposition. The idea is absurd and nothing more than a ridiculous ploy to make it seem like the Bloc has no role in dictating policy - the Bloc MUST be a part of the coalition or the coalition has no standing in asking to be named the government. If they aren't part of the coalition, then the Conservatives have the largest number of seats and remain the government, and no hair-splitting on Cabinet representation changes this.
For someone who thinks he has a good grasp of how parliamentary systems work, you seem very naive on this point. The leaders of the THREE parties are making the representation to the GG about forming a government, and that makes them part of the coalition. How power is shared out among these parties after the government is formed has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that they have combined together to form that government.
As I said earlier in this thread, the Bloc is delighting in this sham because it furthers their goals of showing the federal government to be dysfunctional. Do you think they didn't take any cabinet positions out of the noble desire to refrain from interfering in matters outside of the purview of Quebec? No, they did it to keep their options open to create as much disharmony as possible and to extract as much benefit as possible without any commensurate responsibilities.