Comment 62596

By Shempatolla (registered) - website | Posted April 22, 2011 at 13:45:27

Coalitions do happen in Parliamentary Democracies. Witness the UK. However, they are usually formed by the party which won the most seats, aligning with one of the other parties.... again witness the UK with the Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition. They are typically NOT formed by a coalition of parties wherein neither one has actually elected the most MPs. This is where Mr Ignatieff is being disingenuous and dishonest with Canadians. While technically correct in his description of how the system works with his interview with Peter Mansbridge the other day, he neglected to speak to the realities of parliamentary tradition.

Further, his refusal to man up and simply admit "yeah I will attempt to form a coalition" has damaged both his credibility and his parties' image and relevance in this election. Before the writ was dropped there could have been no one in the LPC who thought they were going to actually win the most seats in this election. Now in light of polls across the country in the last few days that seems a certainty. The LPC may be lucky to even form the Official Opposition. These facts beg the question then: Did/does Mr Ignatieff plan to do an end run around Parliamentary tradition, bring down another Tory minority and in concert with the NDP and Separatists assume the mantle of Prime Minister? It's a legitimate question, one he has refused to answer honestly, instead hiding behind semantics.

Comment edited by Shempatolla on 2011-04-22 13:46:09

Cheers

Greg Galante

Hamilton

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