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Originally Posted by Slava
Well in reality I'm just not terribly afraid of a coalition. Its really just a little more formal arrangement as far as what we've seen over the past five years. I just don't want that coalition to include the BQ formally. Needing their support issue to issue is just the nature of the situation. The CPC would be in that exact spot if they didn't get Liberal or NDP votes.
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That's a pretty disingenuous sentence though. The Conservatives (if current polling numbers are somewhat accurate) would require a few more votes, perhaps as few as 3, to pass any vote. Those three votes could come from any party.
The Libs and/or NDP would REQUIRE the support of the Bloc to pass anything and everything. There is a major difference in needing support from one of the other parties on an issue by issue basis, and needing the support of the BQ for everything. That support will not come - frankly based on the current polling numbers for the BQ in PQ - CAN NOT COME unless and until there are MAJOR MAJOR concessions to the BQ and, by inference the PQ.
The surge of the NDP has shown that the BQ is losing its relevance to the voting public in Quebec. If they can't squeeze every possible concession out of a minority coalition with the NDP/Libs, what good are they? Might as well have voted for the NDP/Libs in the first place, or voted for the Conservatives and get an actual voice in government.
That's not a situation anyone should be comfortable with.