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Originally Posted by killer_carlson
Any talks of a Trudeau led merger with the NDP would be a tremendous concern. I would hope there would be very detailed analysis on what that would look like for Alberta, by Albertans.
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The NDP wouldn't consider it unless it meant the end of the Liberal Party as an entity.
Layton hated the Liberal's more then he hated the Cons and Mulcair is even more virulent in his hatred of the Libs. The NDP are pretty much in the drivers seat and would only agree to a merger if the NDP held the power in that agreement which would mean that Mulcair would head up the party with key NDP'ers in the shadow cabinet.
There's no point in the NDP considering a merge and the Liberals are not the big red machine anymore.
Any fantasy that the Libs have that a merger would allow the Lib brand to remain strong is delusional.
Even under a don't compete against each other strategy the Liberal's would lose in that agreement too based on NDP seat strength.