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In response to "To your IM, I would respectfully disagree. Dion and Layton were both asked point blank during the election, "Would you do a coalition?" and both..." by Name Withheld By Request

regardless of what they said, I don't think in a minority a coalition is ever off the table.

Posted by mafic Dec 2 '08, 08:39

thinking otherwise is naive, even if it hasn't happened in 90 years.

I think Harper was trying to push through some crap he knew was controversial, but assumed he'd get away with it since no one was on the footing to have another election so soon. I don't think the tories saw this one coming at all, which is why they're getting so shrill about it.

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I think most Canadians don't appreciate that fact. Again, people here aren't political. They know I am. You should hear the questions I've been... - Name Withheld By Request Dec 2, 08:48 2
- this makes me want to institute a test for voting privleges. -- nm - mafic Dec 2, 08:51
- I had one guy ask why confidence of the house was such an important thing "all of a sudden. They never had to worry about that when they're a majority - Reagen Dec 2, 08:49

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regardless of what they said, I don't think in a minority a coalition is ever off the table.

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