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Originally Posted by FireFly
My response to that is that one extra seat allows them to form a coalition with any of the other parties instead of restricting them to two. In the case of the Liberals allowing Belinda in, they did not need her support, nor did they need to give her a Cabinet seat for support in an area where they were lacking.
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Uh, maybe you can correct me if I'm wrong on this, but as I recall it, the Liberals + NDP + their independent supporters (Cadman and Parrish) were just shy of a majority. The Stronach defection gave the Liberal + NDP just enough seats to form a majority. Now, you're saying that the Liberals didn't need her support? As I see it, they needed her support far, far more than the Conservatives need Emerson.