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If Harper wins a smaller minority will he pursue a coalition? Fact is that its not undemocratic at all. It's totally legitimate and in a parliamentary democracy you sometimes need to build concensus. Obviously Canadians are fairly divided right now, so what's the big deal about a parliament that reflects those divisions?
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IMO it is when one of the parties involved is not a federal party and has stated goals to break up the country. If its among the Cons/Libs/NDP then yes it legitimate...but otherwise? No way.
As resolute points out....Ignatieff wont give a simple answer to a simple question when it comes to this whole idea. He saw the corner Dion was painted into previous to his debacle and doesn't want to repeat that.
Funny thing is that Ignatieff himself stated just recently that he wanted no part of a coalition either...
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"I don’t want to create a coalition,” he told the Vancouver Sun. “I’m the guy sitting here who turned down a coalition in 2008. The Liberal Party of Canada wants to form the next government of Canada.”
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http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Opp...447/story.html
Now that was spoken just 2 months ago, but now he has no definite answer?