NDP4Montreal

I'm okay with Dion since he has committed to resigning anyways...and he has scrapped the crappy carbon tax plan. He's moreso an interim leader that monitors the transition. He'll be Canada's 23rd PM...Michael Ignatieff will likely be Canada's 24th in May.

lol. Alberta can go ahead and separate for all I care. I'll enjoy watching their misery when the beg and try to crawl back into the rest of Canada when the oil boom goes bust.

This is going to go as far as a chicken walking through a pack of hungry wolves.

Yup...and some dumb Con (Screenname: Eastern) had the guffaw to PM me and call me an "Idiot, Jerk off, Separatist, S*heads who he fought against overseas, who were cowards who ran away in WWI and am continuing the french tradition" LOL I didn't realize having NDP in my name meant I was a BQ supporter....and if he honestly meant that because I didn't mind the BQ helping to support the coalition, well....2004 comes to mind there.

Oh, and might I add, that the Bloc's separatist views certainly didn't concern Harper and the Cons in 2004 when they started their little plot, now did it?

And again, a con forgets that when the parties who garnished 28% of the vote support the party leader of the one that garnished 26%, then that means that PM has 54% of the voter electorate behind them. I think your period after "nonsense" meant to be a colon. Everyone realises that the opposition can't take power without the Bloc's support. But to believe the Bloc will have a stranglehold on the government and Quebec will suddenly jump out of the confederation is a ridiculous slippery slope that the Cons seem to want to portray. Oh, and it will only ensure two Tory majorities if the coalition is awful at governing. Somehow, I doubt that happens. Can't be any worse than the Cons during the Mulroney and now Harper eras.

That comment was mainly for our resident Cons who insist that it is illegal/unconstitutional/evil/Uncanadian/whatever to do this without an election. At least with a coalition including the Greens, the left can cement it's majority vote %age. The biggest job ahead for the Conservatives is actually taking the partisan blinders off and realising that it is impossible for this to even be an option without Layton and Dion talking the the Bloc. The Bloc has already been duly informed, the Bloc has noted their support, and the Bloc will be rewarded for their support. This has all been noted already.

I can't believe you can honestly say that Dion would lead the Libs in a new election with a straight face. His demise has been in the works for a while.

lol. You're still underestimating the combined force of the other side. Hell, throw the Greens into the coalition for an election and the Cons are going to have a real problem with an unstoppable left. But keep telling yourself that the Tories have everything in the bag....it will make it more enjoyable when Harper is disposed of.

Bingo. We can't keep having elections every two months just because some group doesn't like the results when there are other, legal, constitutional means of obtaining a government. Another Bingo. If the crazy Cons on here can show me one place where it is illegal or unconstitutional for the opposition to do that (without twisting the words...I want word-for-word with an attached, reliable, independent source), I will leave this issue alone and say that the opposition should not be doing this. Just one place, come on, it shouldn't be that hard, should it? You guys are sooooooooo sure it's wrong....

We all have the same general system: It is called the Westminster Parliament style of government, and there is little if any difference with respect to allowing coalitions to form government. If you don't like it, try calling for a constitutional convention and getting a different form of government...and surely you wouldn't ask for an American style of government...because they, too, can form coalitions in Congress to get a majority (if there are multiple parties, not just 2). I'd like to see just how far you'd get...considering that the Westminster system is a tried and true method of obtaining a government. And Canadians did vote for their respective parties. If parties decide to band together to form a government, and they have the majority of the vote behind them in the previous election, then there is nothing wrong with it. But feel free to continue your temper tantrum about it...the patheticness of your argument is really getting hilarious. I'm sure the opposition is so scared, especially with their majority of seats. Harper is committing political suicide if he thinks not allowing the opposition to have a say is going to pass with Canadian voters...the MAJORITY of Canadian voters, no less.

We. Already. Voted. 63% of the voters voted against the Cons. 54% of the voters voted for the Liberals, NDP, and Bloc. If that 54% decides to get together to form a government, the majority, not the minority 37%, is represented as a government. It's democratic, because we voted on these candidates. It's democratic because the majority is represented in a government. If Australian and NZ right-wing governments can use coalitions to form governments, Canada's left-wing can too. There is nothing you can say that will prove that 37% of the voters should have the mandated say of government in this nation if the parties garnishing 54% of the votes can come together to form a government.

I'm not scared of anything. Two elections in a row, Conservatives were a minority....it would happen a third time despite your overconfidence. Canada is a left-leaning country and Harper is putting it in a crap hole. I just don't want the taxpayers to have to spend another $300 Million two months after a federal election when, as has been said before, there are LEGAL ways to change the government. You can kick, scream, and twist math all you want, but the fact is the majority of Canada voted against the Conservatives. If the MPs in opposition elected by the people decide to get together to form a government, and they work out the deal, then there is nothing wrong with that, especially since a majority of Canadians voted for them. The Liberals have a majority in the opposition, followed by the NDP and BQ. The same general percentages will be applied to the coalition government. Canadians will be getting what they wanted, albeit in a different form.

The Conservatives don't have a mandate. A mandate is not 37% of the voters. The bullying that Harper and the Cons have done, believing they have a 'mandate' (which has obviously trickled down to blind Con followers) has lead the other side, a majorty of voters and seats in Parliament, to join forces and oust them. If you're in minority and you anger the majority...no matter how broken up that majority is....expect a backlash.

Um, no. Sorry 'bub' but it doesn't work that way. It isn't the Liberals, nor the NDP, nor the Bloc governing BY THEMSELVES. The Conservatives are currently governing BY THEMSELVES. Together, the Libs (26%), NDP (18%), and Bloc (10%) account for 54% (a MAJORITY) of the vote TOGETHER (sorry about the 63% number...I forgot about the Greens...they're easy to forget about). No one party would govern by themselves. That's why they call it....a COALITION The Conservatives are not in coalition with anyone and only represent 37% of the vote. Period. You die hard Cons sure seem to have a problem with math and English definitions.