Didn't I say that?
In the Toronto Star, via NealeNews:
Here's a scenario to curdle the blood of some voters: Conservative Leader Stephen Harper wins the most seats but Prime Minister Paul Martin stays in power.
Governor General Michaelle Jean is entitled to choose the next prime minister and it's not just a question of which party has the most seats.
Jean could favour the Liberals if she had indications they would get support from the New Democrats, for example.
Canada had a coalition government during the First World War, when Robert Borden's Unionist Conservatives joined forces with the pro-conscription section of the Liberal party.
In 1985, an NDP-Liberal coalition entered a formal two-year deal that toppled the Progressive Conservative dynasty in Ontario, even though the Conservatives won the election.
Now go read my piece from January 20. I think I nailed that one, and I didn't even need to find a constitutional expert.
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That would be the fastest way to split up the country if that's what she wants. But then again, isn't she a sepratist?
Bill in Calgary
Posted by: Bill at January 23, 2006 08:02 PM
We assign these people such lofty goals, imagine clever conspiracies that they've hatched... Only to find they're just looking out to enrich themselves and their friends... Kinda disappointed, when you consider that the people who manage to dupe a majority of voters time and time again, aren't that bright.
Posted by: Curtis at January 23, 2006 08:17 PM
Right on, Angry...
Even an immigrant Duck worries about these things...as we did last night. Helluva way to run a railroad. <a href="http://www.wildduckdiary.com/wordpress/2006/01/22/uh-i-think-ill-take-the-hanging-chads-if-you-dont-mind/">Uh, I think I’ll take the hanging chads, if you don’t mind…</a>
As we've stared at numbers, and put on our tinfoil hat, it appears that a Liberal seat lost to the NDP conceivably does no good for the CPC. N'est-ce pas? Oops, I was in a French mood, because Liberal seats lost to the Bloc probably do help the CPC in a minority situation.
I still say Jack's the next head of the Liberals, if Buzz can bring him toward the middle...then the parties merge. All the other candidates are too far back, and it will take too much time for the Liberals to hold a leadership review, etc., before the CPC can call an election.
Posted by: The Wild Duck at January 23, 2006 08:51 PM
All I can say to that is...
Citizens on the streets,
with guns,
in Canadian cities,
put there by Governor General Michaelle Jean
we're not making this up.
Posted by: DemocracyInCanada at January 23, 2006 11:19 PM
 
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