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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I'd rather have our parliament use coalitions or have run-off elections than have another minority government no matter who is running it. Minority governments are good once in a while, but not constantly.
I never understood why Canadians are so opposed to coalitions.
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I think the opposition was as much an ethical thing as it had to do with how much of a surprise it was. Dion dismissed the idea of forming a coalition during the campaign, lost seats to the Conservatives in an historic fashion and seemingly out of the blue there was a coalition with Dion to be the new PM.
I don't think that the aversion to coalitions will last in the long run because it won't be such a surprise next time. I still think that coalitions that explicitly include the BQ will still be poisonous, as implied by Ignatieff's comments on the issues in the article I quoted.
If the Liberal + NDP seat count is more than the Conservatives, I can see them voting against the Throne Speech and going to the GG with a coalition agreement.