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Originally Posted by Caged Great
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.
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Not when there was specific information given to the voters that they woud NOT do that. If Dion or Ignatieff were to say they were open to the idea, then yes it would legitimate. Since both have said they would refuse to entertain such an idea, its isnt. People very well may have not voted for the NDP or the Liberals knowing they would use a seperatist party to steal away power.
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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)
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And then ran under one banner...and it isnt even close to getting in bed with a seperatist party.....let's be real here.
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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.
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If the Libs and the Dippers together can do it without the Bloc, I would agree as I have stated already.
And since there was no coalition government in 04, its moot.