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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Why would I do that, I don't remember stating that opinion at any floor crossing.
And if a coalition is legal under the rules of parliament, then so is floor crossings.
And to me anything that prevents Jack Layton from setting economic policy in this country is a good thing.
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Floor crossing might be legal, but it is still not ethical. If its right after an election then its downright undemocratic. People elected their representative based on that party and their principles. Switching parties at that point is leaving the people that elected you unrepresented.
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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I remember talking to a heavily involved NDP supporter once just a few years ago, and I asked him about a merger of the left.
The first thing he did was snort in disgust and tell me that the Liberal's weren't a left party, they were a power party which meant that they would take any stance to keep power.
Then he informed me that the NDP role was not to merge with the Liberal's, it was to supplant then destroy the Liberals.
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Well thats all great at this point, but you just never know. Remember the "Liberal, Tory same old story" line from the Reform party? That disappeared pretty quick when there was political power to be had.