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Originally Posted by Bertuzzied
Whoopsies.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1961618/
On Tuesday, Mr. Harper faced questions about a 1997 interview in which he discussed how parties in the Commons could form a “coalition” to oust Liberals as government even if that party won the “largest number of seats” in the House.
It appears to contradict the Conservative Leader’s campaign message, in which he repeatedly disparages the idea of a minority government being replaced by a coalition of other parties that won less seats in an election.
The TV Ontario interview shows Mr. Harper predicting a day will come when the Liberals win the most seats in the Commons but do not have enough to form a majority government.
“The way the Liberals are eventually going to lose office, whether it’s in this election or the next one, is they’re going to fail to win a majority,” he says in the clip.
“That’s where I think you’re going to face some day a minority parliament with the Liberals maybe having the largest number of seats,” he says. |
He never said anything about forming a coalition with the Bloc. Thats the sticking point in all the coalition talk. Besides I'd be curious what Ignatief was saying 14 years ago, probably something about being an American.