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Originally Posted by GirlySports
Ironically, Liberals have now forced the minority government to work the way it's supposed to. By working together and voting issue by issue. Liberals can't say they will no longer support the government ever. What if there is an issue they like? Will they vote against it just because?
The Bloc and NDP will vote accordingly, they don't want an election and it's an opportunity to make the Liberals (their main rivals) look stupid. They see EI reform as beneficial to their policies and to the country so they vote yes.
I think in the long term this will be political suicide for Ignatieff.
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What stops the Liberals from voting for a bill that they like? They'll bring in their own bill to take down the government, and if that's unsuccessful (it probably will be), they're under no obligation to continue to vote against the government.
It's remarkably difficult to commit political suicide in Canada. Appearing weak through your own words (Dion, Turner) or attempting an over-the-top character assassination (Kim Campbell) are pretty much the only way you can hang yourself. You certainly can't do it by saying one thing and doing another. Nobody (or very few people) still begrudge Harper for passing a law about regular elections and then using a loophole in that same law to call one when it suited him. Similarly, Ignatieff's unsuccessful coup is unlikely to be remembered.