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Old 10-10-2015, 06:06 PM   #3163
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Article is from a few weeks ago, but speaks to what we've been talking about in the past regarding what could happen if the Conservatives only claim a minority.

http://www.hilltimes.com/news/news/2...43518?mcl&muid

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If the Conservatives win a minority government on Oct. 19 and the opposition parties decide to defeat the government on the Throne Speech, Governor General David Johnston would not agree to call another election immediately and would instead invite other parties to form government if they can, experts say.

Mr. Johnston “would not call an election because the Throne Speech is so early in the session that somebody else has the right to try to prove they enjoy the confidence of the House,” said Prof. Ned Franks, a professor emeritus of political science at Queen’s University, in an interview with The Hill Times.

Prof. Franks said that regardless of the election outcome, Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Calgary Heritage, Alta.) would have the first right to form government. But if he fails to win the confidence of the House, Mr. Johnston, a former professor of securities regulation, information technology and corporate law would invite the other parties to seek the confidence of the House before agreeing to call another election.
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NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair (Outremont, Que.) told reporters last week that there “isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell” that his caucus would prop up a Conservative-led minority government.

“I think that anybody who has attended a single Question Period over the course of the last several years would be able to tell you that there is no likelihood that the NDP would ever, under any circumstance, be able to support Mr. Harper,” Mr. Mulcair told reporters last week.

Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) echoed that view.

“There are no circumstances in which I would support Stephen Harper to continue being prime minister of this country,” Mr.Trudeau told reporters in Montreal last week.

The New Democrats have expressed interest in forming a coalition government with the Liberals but the Liberals have rebuffed the offer. But Mr. Trudeau has not ruled out the possibility of working with the NDP without forming an official coalition in case no party emerges as a clear winner on Oct. 19.

“One of the nice things about elections is that it is Canadians who get to decide who sits in their Parliament, and the Liberal Party has always been open in minority situations to working with other members of the House to pass legislation that serves Canadians,” said Mr. Trudeau in Montreal last week.
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