Ex-PM Jean Chrétien predicts NDP-Liberal merger

[CHIMO]

Former prime minister Jean Chrétien is reopening the debate on a Liberal-NDP merger, arguing that a merger turned out well for the Conservatives.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with Evan Solomon, host of CBC's Power & Politics, Chrétien said the merger will happen soon or not at all.

"It will be done one day. It will come very quickly or not happen. Look at the way that Harper did that — Harper had MacKay there. made a solemn promise in writing that never he will talk merging with the Reform . He's now the minister of defence. Things happen and they happen, sometimes, at moments unexpected."

In 2003, the Progressive Conservatives, led by Peter MacKay, merged with now-Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Canadian Alliance. The Reform Party was the forerunner to the Canadian Alliance.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/09/06/pol-chretien-merger.html
Sep 6, 2011 6:59 PM ET

[polly7]

1. I love Mr. Chrétien, but I so hope he's wrong. nt.

[RedSock]

2. why?

Why would the NDP - coming off a historic gain because they offered a vision that was not the lame Conservative-lite the Liberals have been peddling for years - join up with the Liberals, who suffered the party's worst showing in the history of the country?

The NDP is on an all-time high and the Libs are on an all-time low. So the NDP is going to say: "I know what we should do. Squander everything we gained in the last election and hitch our wagon to the biggest losers in Canadian history!!!"

That this is even being seriously discussed in the media is hilarious - and sad.