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Originally Posted by vicphoenix13
No, the move backfires either way. Say Harper bankrupts the Liberals and NDP by abolishing funding for political parties from the government. What do you think happens next? Its obvious the next step would be for the NDP and Liberals to merge into one united left-wing party. Thus, Harper would have created an monster opposition party.
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Wouldn't happen.
Liberals and NDP are different beasts. Liberals are centrists and chase the votes. NDP (on the federal level) are to the left.
They were pushed together in this case due to the political funding issue and the union issue, but I doubt the coalition would have been formed voluntarily otherwise.
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