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Originally Posted by crazy_eoj
The GG allowed Harper to prorogue Parliament, rejecting the coalition demands to refuse such prorogation and in effect rejecting their entire backdoor claim to power.
Afterwards, of course, the Liberal Party leader was forced to resign. Many Liberal party members strongly agreed there was no way Canadians could accept a Prime Minister who so recently lost an election.
I don't believe the GG would ever allow a coalition to be made so shortly after an election where the option of a coalition was so strongly rejected by it's own members. It is the definition of undemocratic and would undermine the very foundations of responsible government.
If they want to form a coalition, then so be it. Go ahead and run under those principles. But there is no reason to mislead and deceive Canadians, no matter how much the extreme left "hates" Harper.
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That is a pretty liberal recall of the facts. There was no coalition (just an agreement to form one after the non-confidence vote) and definitely no "coalition demands to deny prorogation".
The Liberal leader (Dion) was not forced to resign because of the "coalition crisis". He had already stated that he would step down after the election and before the fiscal update that started the whole ball rolling.
I could be wrong, but it seems to me that most coalitions are formed (granted?) immediately after elections. I don't know why the proximity to the election date would be a deterrent to the GG deciding in favor of a coalition.
Once again, coalitions are not "undemocratic" and would not "undermine the very foundations of responsible government". This is a construct created by the Conservatives in 2008 to try to win over public opinion. While it did indeed to that, it is not based in facts. Coalitions are perfectly legitimate ways to form governments, regardless of what kind of spin is used. Yes, Trudeau said he would not formally enter into a coalition, but Mulcair and Harper (as he also did in 2008) promised that they would not run deficits. Can we expect the GG to dissolve parliament if they do run deficits (as many are predicting) since they will have lied?