The federal Conservative Party in the Canadian Federal election that was held on 14 October 2008 won more federal ridings than any other single political party. However, the Conservatives did not win a majority of the seats in the House of Commons. As a result, the Conservative won enough to form a minority government. However, there is an alternative scenario, that would be more representative of Canadians. That alternative scenario would be a 'coalition government' formed of the Liberals, the NDP, and the Bloc Quebecois. However, this alternative scenario would only be feasible if Stéphane Dion immediately resigns as the Leader of the Liberal Party.
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Stumble It!
Ah, from what I see, they`re all bought off.
The more of what I see, the more I am inclined to agree. It's either threats, bribes (or promises for the more naive)..........
I also think that it IS in the cards-, that the Liberals are going to move in fractions to the centre-left into this "alliance", and right in no small numbers either to a BC style alliance with the Conservatives. The NDP, at least major elements of its leadership, has long coveted Liberal positions, of course, and is already essentially Liberal itself, so it would add to the reformation of a "majority government" two party system in the country. Which I don't think any working class, or if you prefer "middle class" person, if they think about it a moment, at this point in our political and economic fortunes within the Empire and the capitalist economy such as it is, should in all prudence desire a return to.
What really needs to occur, whether this "reformation of the centre and the right" occurs or not, and I think it will, is for the emergence of, initially at least, a powerful "street active" serious/radical left, looking to the eventual creation of a movement away from capitalism, and toward economic democracy and more truly representative political democracy. What is, including the NDP and Liberals, has been part of the problem bringing us to here. What is really needed is something really different, challenging the economic and political status quo in a serious way, giving them reason to fear for the continued existence of their System of Privilege.
An NDP-Liberal Alliance is/will be just another minor distraction, designed to catch the attention of the masses and lead them up another blind alley. The centre and the right are already over-crowded and part of the problem.
There are just those moments in history when the common man/woman, the "street rabble", really need to put the fear of the Day of Judgement into the ruling class order of things. And clearly, we are again moving into such a time.
Coyote
Ed Deak.