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Originally Posted by old-fart
I find Layton completely hypocritical in his comments claiming Harper lost the confidence of the house over the economy. If that is so, why was he having meetings TWO DAYS after the last election to setup this coalition? The Tories hadn't had a chance to do anything by that point, but already the talks were starting. The NDP and Libs never had any intention of abiding by the will of the people, and are only interested in a power grab in any way possible. Harper made a tactical error in not realizing how dangerous and partisan they could be, but I'd bet he won't make that mistake again.
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This is exactly the point, and why the coalition isn't necessary. The Conservatives in a minority mandatory are pretty palatable because they can't introduce any social right wing measures and have prudent fiscal policy (well, I'm hoping, at least).