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Re: The Liberal Coalition and what it means to Canadians

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From: Canuck57
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:41
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"Sharx35" <sharx35@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> "Andrew Ostrander" <apanda@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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>> "Sharx35" <sharx35@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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>>> "Andrew Ostrander" <apanda@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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>>>> "snowman" <x@x.x> wrote in message 
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>>>>> Andrew Ostrander wrote:
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>>>>>> "snowman" <x@x.x> wrote in message 
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>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 4 Dec 2008 08:09:02 -0600, "Andrew Ostrander"
>>>>>>>>> <apanda@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>> Harper wasn't elected into office.  I didn't see any choice on my 
>>>>>>>>>> ballot for Harper.  I voted for my local mp.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> And was your local MP a Liberal, an NDP or a Separatist?  Or was he 
>>>>>>> 1/3 of each?  Were you voting 1/3 for each one or just *one* party? 
>>>>>>> See, that's the problem with this little coup, it is one vote, one 
>>>>>>> party. That's something that Dion, Laytoon and their Separatist 
>>>>>>> allies fail to understand.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't really get your point.  The Canadian people collectively 
>>>>>> elected mps from 4 parties, and send them to Ottawa to work out a way 
>>>>>> to run the country.  The way they've worked out doesn't have Harper 
>>>>>> as PM.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've repeated this enough but for your sake, I shall do so once more. 
>>>>> After the loss of a confidence vote, it is the people who decide the 
>>>>> government, not three individuals who make backroom deals outside of 
>>>>> the public scrutiny.  Why should it matter just how soon the last 
>>>>> election was?  This is a democracy, not a banana republic.
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, but what you learned about confidence votes seems to be 
>>>> different from what I learned about them.  I learned (years ago) that 
>>>> if a PM loses a confidence vote, the Governor General can appoint 
>>>> someone else as Prime Minister, and if that person has the support of 
>>>> the House of Commons, then he/she remains the new PM.  Go back and 
>>>> check your school books, or some other source of information.
>>>>
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>>> yes, the GG ****CAN*****   appoint..   CAN means having the power. It 
>>> does NOT
>>> be that the GG WILL appoint...just that the GG MIGHT.
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>> I think you're right, but I also think that in the present circumstances 
>> the GG should appoint Dion as coalition Prime Minister.  An election was 
>> just held, and I don't see any reason why another one would change much. 
>> Those who voted for Conservative, Bloc, or NDP winners are not going to 
>> change their votes, and after seeing Harper's real mean-spiritedness, I 
>> don't think Liberals will either.  So the results will come out the same, 
>> and what will the GG do then?  Reappoint Harper only to see  him defeated 
>> in the House again?
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>> Also, another election right now would mean Dion leading the Liberals 
>> again. I would rather wait until their new leader is chosen, and have an 
>> opportunity to vote then.
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> 74% of the voters indicated that they did NOT want the LIEbrawls in power. 
> Period.

Lets get that to 90%

Remind a Liberal and NDP would be voter they are voting Bloc with out cash. 
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