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Originally Posted by Ford Prefect
The way the Libs are going about this it's nothing more than a coronation. There's nothing democratic about it all. It's just a king-making exercise by the Liberal elite. They'd better be pulling out of this coalition since their new leader will have no legitimacy whatsoever, whoever it turns out to be.
Wouldn't Dion being replaced make that signed coalition agreement between the three amigos null and void anyway? In it Dion was supposedly cited as the PM under the signed and witnessed coalition agreement. Doesn't changing who would serve as PM change the agreement in such a fundamental and substantial manner that the whole agreement should become void? Or are the legal documents these guys sign as meaningless as their oaths?
This is all a farce.
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From what I can gather and have read between the lines, Ignatieff wants nothing to do with the coalition.
Effectively, the coalition will be dead. Officially maybe not, as he still wants to be able to use it as a threat against the Conservatives in order to get what he wants in the budget. The upcoming budget will have to pretty be much a disaster before he pulls the coalition rabbit out of the hat.
Igantieff wants to become PM for sure.... but not by getting the position by going through the back door. He'll take his chances on a general election... not a parliamentary coup.