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Originally Posted by Slava
Ok, so if Harper doesn't get a majority and fails to win the confidence of the house what are you all hoping takes place exactly? Another election?
At these numbers and projected seat totals him not having the confidence of the house means that none of the other three parties are going along with him. It's not a pure Liberal ploy here.
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The old argument is that its a three way battle for power.
On the suppossed right/center there's the conservatives
On the suppossed left there's the NDP and the Liberals
On the regional destroy Canada there's the Bloc
so lets say the election ended today
The right wins 147 seats (308.com)
The left (NDP and Liberals) they win a combined 115 seats (308.c0m)
The bloc wins 45 seats
The argument that the Left outnumbers the right goes out the window, and in order to secure power you need to engage the destroy Canada Party who is only going to support the Left coalition if they get major concessions everytime there's a budget or possible confidence motion.
If the lib/NDP coaltion outnumbered the Cons and amalgamated to form the government thats one thing.
But this is a dangerous political move when you give the Bloc a swing.
One thing I'm fine with is that Ignatieff has put it out there, let the people vote on if they're interested in this kind of arrangement, but then Jack Layton has to be honest and support it in his stump speeches as does Ducceppe, do that and coalition away.
But I find it cynical that the Liberal's are already talking about working to topple a government within days or weaks of an election.