Why A Lot of People Think This “Coalition” Is Bad
If you didn’t vote Conservative in the last election, here’s the view from the other side:
1) Nobody voted for this alliance. Sure in total the coalition parties got more votes, but that wasn’t an option on the ballot six weeks ago.
2) The Liberals and NDP (who will hold the real power) were the second choice for a majority of Canadians. That’s the same way we got Ed Stelmach.
3) The economy and markets (who value our dollar and investments) prefer strong governments. These aren’t exactly good times. The last thing we need is for our purchasing power to drop.
4) To maintain control, the Liberals will have to keep “socialists and separatists” happy. Not sure what your defination of socialist is, but the Bloc are indeed separatists.
5) A large part of this coalition has never governed. Most of the qualified MPs from previous Liberals governments are gone and the NDP and Bloc have never held power.
6) The optics of this are bad. We just barely got over an election. The Liberals were handed one of their biggest defeats ever. But now feel qualified to govern.
7) Just cause it’s allowed in the constitution, doesn’t make it democratic. Let me introduce you to the Senate.
If anything, this story highlights why Canada needs some of serious electoral reform.
