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Originally Posted by transplant99
Sigh. One party won more seats than any other party and therefore was mandated to govern. Period. Way it has always been in Canada except for once 120 years ago (that lasted any amount of time anyways)IIRC.
People don't vote to not elect a Gov't they vote for who they wish to run the damn country. And the % of canadians that voted is completely irrelevant....but an amazing spin on things there at the end.
Yeah...uhhh...no it isn't. Not when the leader who stood/stands to become PM specifically stated before the election they would not form a coalition and even moreso when a seperatist party is needed to pull it off.
And thanks for the heads up but I'm really not "fooled" by anyone, I actually have the ability to think for myself.
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The problem is that in a governing system like ours, it is democratic to have multiple parties form a government. While it's somewhat unusual in Canada, in Israel they usually have multiple parties form a government, and in England it does happen as well.
Similarly, the two Right wing parties formed a coalition in order to get into power even though they did not have much in common (social conservatives vs economic conservatives)
It's one of those "it's okay for me to do, but you can't do that" situations. If the NDP and Liberals had enough seats to form a majority and decided to work together, then they would be just following the example of the CA and PC's did by merging to get things done. Nevermind the coalition that the Conservatives tried to enter in 04.