Thu Sep 2, 2021, 09:03 PM
applegrove (111,798 posts)
All canadians at home and abroad:
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applegrove | Sep 2021 | OP |
Fiendish Thingy | Sep 2021 | #1 | |
applegrove | Sep 2021 | #2 | |
Fiendish Thingy | Sep 2021 | #3 | |
applegrove | Sep 2021 | #4 | |
Hiawatha Pete | Sep 2021 | #5 |
Response to applegrove (Original post)
Thu Sep 2, 2021, 09:32 PM
Fiendish Thingy (12,180 posts)
1. Voting NDP - that's beauty of a 5 party parliamentary system.
I fully expect the NDP will form a government with the Liberals, even if the Conservatives get more seats (they won’t get a majority).
My riding is one of two with a Green Party MP, but I feel it’s time for the NDP to step up and wield their influence in a coalition government. |
Response to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #1)
Thu Sep 2, 2021, 09:45 PM
applegrove (111,798 posts)
2. I'm watching the French debate and Trudeau said we don't do coalitions
in Canada. That being said I love the NDP and have voted for them many times. I think the coalition talk is right wing US meme because they don't want NDP and greens fliocking to the Liberals to block a conservative win like often happens at the last moment. Just a bit of US rat****ing in a Canadian election. If Conservatives win the most seat but a minority, and if the NDP and liberals together will have a majority, the Conservatives will still be named the Government.
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Response to applegrove (Reply #2)
Thu Sep 2, 2021, 10:10 PM
Fiendish Thingy (12,180 posts)
3. He has a coalition now- NDP could have blocked him from forming a govt.
Ok, so it’s not a power sharing coalition, but the liberals hold power at the pleasure of the NDP, who could dissolve the government with a no confidence vote if they chose (strategically unwise, but nevertheless possible).
P.S. winning a plurality does not guarantee control of government https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority_governments_in_Canada |
Response to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #3)
Thu Sep 2, 2021, 10:24 PM
applegrove (111,798 posts)
4. No the NDP could not have blocked Trudeau from forming the minority
government he did a few years ago. They are not consulted. GG asks Trudeau if he wants to form a government when he won the most votes of any party. Trudeau says yes. It is done. He had a minority.
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