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THE WEASEL, THE RAT AND THE SEPARATIST

Yesterday, the Liberals and the NDP signed a coalition deal with the support of the Bloc Quebecois in hopes that they will force a non-confidence vote in the House of Commons and bring down Harper and the Conservatives. Then they will form a coalition government with Stephane Dion becoming the Prime Minister until the Liberal leadership convention in May. The proposed cabinet would include both Liberal and NDP cabinet ministers. And the Bloc, although not officially a part of the coalition will be supporting it.
Currently the non-confidence vote is scheduled for next Monday, Dec. 8th. I would like to point out exactly how absurd this "coalition" actually is. We've all lived through Liberals governments in the past, unless you've been born in the last three years, and it can sometimes be tolerable. But for the NDP and the Bloc to have any say in the way this country is run is ridiculous. Only the Liberals could hatch a deal with a separatist party allow them some control over the country.
The NDP can be a great opposition party and I would rather them be the Official Opposition than the Liberals but again, they should not have a say in the way this country is run. The party with the most seats and the most support is the Conservatives and Stephen Harper, therefore, they are and should continue to be the government. Say what you will about it being a minority government and that they only got about 40% of the popular vote, the result is still the same.
Stephane Dion, who has just recently led the Liberal party to one of its worst turnouts in a hundred years, should be one of the handful Liberal leaders who never become prime minister. He campaigned in the last election campaign saying, "We cannot have a coalition with a party that has a platform that would be damaging for the economy. Period." He was referring to the NDP in this statement and I'm sure his feelings were even worse of the Bloc.
And now, here he is, less than two months later doing the exact opposite of what he said he was going to do. I bet if he campaigned saying that he would form a coalition with the NDP and the Bloc he wouldn't even get the chance to do so because the result would not be a Conservative minority... it would be a massive majority for Harper.
The leaders of the three opposition parties, Dion, Layton, and Duceppe, have signed a letter to the Governor General stating their intentions of forming a coalition and if they form a government it will last no less than 18 months. Harper is doing, and should be, everything he can to prevent this from happening because once those three parties are in power absolutely nothing will be accomplished. The vote is set for next Monday and we'll see what happens between now and then.
- DCM

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Anonymous said…
why, all of a sudden are we shocked when a politician acts in a way which contradicts a campaign promise? heaven forbid they do something that could possibly be in their own self interest....its the name of the game. if you're not in power, you're going to do everything possible to get there. can you honestly say that if harper was put in this position, he wouldn't do the exact same thing? o wait, he already tried....
Wed Dec 03, 01:17:00 am
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