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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
Yeah, I think I posted that I think the "coalition" should have backed down as soon as the political funding issue was removed.
Show the CPC that you won't be bullied the way you were in the last session, and let them get down to work.
That hasn't happened, we have a Chamber filled with monkeys all throwing their own feces, and hopefully the time off will make them recognize that each and every one of them stink.
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For me, the political funding issue isn't even the major issue. Getting rid of the right to strike for civil servants, and halting wage increases (including the pay equity program that is trying to establish equal pay for equal work among genders) comes off as being anti-working class and anti-woman.
The real problem here is that every minority government in the past has enjoyed the support from at least one other party. After Harpers misjudgement of the other parties solitude on those issues, I wonder if he will ever get that support. Without it, the government can't work. I'm with those who hope that suspending parliament will allow cooler heads to prevail and that Harper can earn back some support, but I'm not optimisitc.
If we have another election with the same results, then what? If the Conservatives still can't get support from any opposition parties, I don't see how there is any other option than a coalition. Maybe those crazy Euros have it right and coalitions are the way to go? It would be nice though if the party with the most seats (in this case, the Conservatives) were the ones to build the coalition.