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Originally Posted by John Doe
Yes they do have to do what parliament wants, or they lose confidence of parliament. What part of that do you not understand? They lost confidence of parliament. They are as much to blame for the election as anyone else. The compromises they made in the budget were window dressing just so that they could claim that they made compromises without doing anything meaningful.
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No they dont have to do everything parliament wants...no matter how many times you keep saying it and all non PC members were free to vote as they wished but chose to bring them down...which is fine. That is their right to do so. The sitting government still has to govern based on their platforms they were elected on. Happens every single time Parliament is formed.
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The NDP, BQ, and Liberals have all made concessions to make parliament work. If they hadn't, we would have had an election 3 years ago, as we have a minority government.
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We had an election LESS than 3 years ago...another one Canadians didn't want.
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As an aside, do you seriously condone what the Conservatives have done? What possible motive can they have for withholding costs of programs, proroguing parliament or disrupting committees that is for the benefit of Canada? I see the benefit to Conservatives, but if the Liberals, NDP or BQ tried to do any of these things you would be screaming about it.
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Do I think they have been a perfect government? Not even close but i have never seen such an animal. Beyond that prorogueing parliament was absolutely the correct thing to do IMO. Canadians DID NOT WANT the proposed coalition so in that case the CPC gave the people what they wanted.
The Liberals/NDP/BQ DID TRY and do something...something the vast majority of people in the country did not want and after lying to the people about not doing that exact thing 6 weeks earlier.
I think the Libs are in for a real rough ride unless Ignatieff can become a super personable guy who somehow catches the ears of the nation, otherwise it could be a catostrophic fail for the Libs and could take years to recover. The left has a big problem on their hands...vote splitting at a level not seen before. The last time something like that happened was when the PC's were coming of the Mulroney debacle and handed the reigns to Kim Campbell while the reform party was coming up the rear....the PC's ended up with 2 seats after consecutive majorities IIRC.
Going to be a fascinating watch for me. Can the CPC stay out of their own way and if they can how badly do the Libs fall and how much do the NDP actually gain.