Carol Levesque's Blog

Many people have been referring to the coalition as a ‘coup’ or ‘undemocratic’. But that is far from the truth. I think a lot of that comes from watching too much American TV. I have to admit I’m not that familiar with all the rules regarding the parliamentary system, but have been learning a lot the last few days.

The Conservative’s greatest skill is understanding the minds of the ignorant and using that understanding in politics (Thanks to @buzzbishop for the quote). Hence some public outcry over what is going on in Ottawa.

The coalition is a perfectly legitimate possiblity in our parliamentary democracy. You may not like it, but it doesn’t make it ‘undemocratic’.

Here is a great article in the Toronto Star regarding this subject:
The Star – Constitution and precedent are on coalition’s side – Ignorance of parliamentary rules is distorting debate over legitimacy

Another point that the Conservatives keeping hammering is that the Liberal-NDP-Bloc coalition is a ‘separatist coalition’. In 2004, Harper was willing to have a coalition with the Bloc, but now that it doesn’t fit to his ideas it is a ‘separatist coalition’. (globeandmail.com).