albyagolfer

Not sure how that math works. None of those patries had more seats than the Conservatives. Together, yes; seperately, no. And you and I and everyone else in Canada who sees any semblance of reality knows that an alliance with the Bloc will not work. An alliance between only the NDP and the Liberals might but the philosophical differences between them and the Bloc are enormous.

The comment indicated above is patently ridiculous. The GG would not allow parliament to be prorogued for frivolous reasons. The fact that prorogue was granted is because the GG sees the danger in allowing a coalition that does not necessarily represent the wishes of the voters to run the country. It is obvious that this coalition has the potential to be held to a stalemate, at the mercy of the Bloc. The Bloc could simply refuse to vote with the NDPs and Liberals thus negating the coalition's majority. Canadians already said that they didn't want to be governed by these parties. If the parties want to run together as a coalition party, fine. They can call for a non-confidence vote and, if they win, they can run in the general election as a coalition party.

The question of whether they started planning the coalition before the election because the party(s) didn't believe they had the ability to beat the Conservatives or after the election results came in is moot. The fact remains that it is not morally responsible to the voters for the NDP and Liberals to join forces with a party whose entire party platform is diametrically opposed to everything the NDP and Liberals supposedly stand for. Whether a person supports the Conservatives or one of the other parties it is awfully hard to see how the coalition could effectively govern Canada with such radically differing political philosophies. However this pans out, it won't be good for Canada.

Absolutely, the citizens of Canada did not vote for a coalition of two legitimate parties and one regional disgrace who only wishes to promote the secession of Quebec and has no interest in the good of Canada as a whole. There are many supporters of both the NDP and the Liberal party who are dismayed that their favoured parties would get into a binding agreement with the Bloc. Let's put this coalition thing to a vote and see what the Canadian people think about it. After all, this is a democracy and something this important should be decided by the people.