The Coalition is legit
D December 2nd, 2008
There are a lot of people in my area that are insisting that the coalition of Lib/NDP/Bloc is undermining democracy, and spreading disinformation to that effect. But at the end of the day let’s make sure we get our facts straight.
- These three parties (the opposition) have effectively lost confidence in the government. That’s why we are headed for a non-confidence vote.
- They are completely within their constitutional (a fairly democratic document) to topple the minority Conservative government.
- The governor general all of a sudden has a landmark decision to make.
Never mind the fact that if you add up the popular vote of the Lib/NDP/Bloc it comes out to ~60% of the votes cast in 2008.
This is not undemocratic under our Canadian system – it just doesn’t happen very often.
As to the governor general’s big decision, she can:
- absolve the government and call an election (how can another $300 million election with what would undoubtedly be a similar result fix this?)
- if Harper so requested, delay the first vote until January in order to debase the coalition
- recognize the coalition as the new governing party
Let’s face it, this is a tumultuous time for Canadian politics, but another election will not solve anything. This rag tag group needs a chance to either make great decisions in government, or screw up totally and give Harper the majority that he so longs for.
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