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Originally Posted by MarchHare
That's business as usual for any party in opposition, though. Don't think for one second that the Conservatives did anything other than attack the Liberals prior to the 2006 election. It's just the nature of parliamentary politics; the party(ies) in opposition attack the ruling party. Indeed, that's the very role of being an opposition party. All parties at all levels of government do this.
That being said, I would like to see some more cooperation amongst the parties, especially since we have a minority government and all polls show that neither Harper nor Dion are capable of winning a majority, so we really ought to demand less attacking and more working together from our MPs on both sides of the aisle.
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Canadians are totally comfortable with this minority government. That's why we are seeing the polls see-saw between slight Conservative majority and parity with the Liberals. The degree of cooperation or at least civility among the parties is totally unprecendented in Canadian politics. Let's hope it stays that way.
It'd be nice if the parties could stop pretending it was otherwise. I mean, Dion has to make a fuss, you're right. But he doesn't have the personality to make a fuss, when he makes a complaint or an accusation against the Harper government, it comes across as a whiny, childish complaint and in my opinion, loses him respect among the voters.