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Originally Posted by SebC
While I don't agree with Mulcair on Keystone, when the PM only has support from the rightmost 40% of the population, there's a case to be made that he the government does not legitimately have sole authority to speak on behalf of the country.
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In a non two party system where the government holds the majority of the seats in the Commons the current government absolutely does have the authority to speak on behalf of the government.
You would have an argument if the NDP and Liberal's were a shared party with a shared platform.
Mulcair was not speaking on behalf of the left, he was speaking on behalf of a non governing party with the second most seats in the house.
Beyond the fact that a member off the opposition is going out and basically slagging a project that is in his countries best interests is pretty dirt baggy.