Stephen Harper Is A Joke

Paul Sigmundson
Well if the conservatives won't seek consensus and tries to bankrupt the other parties while calling it an economic measure, why should we pay any attention to their complaints? The conservatives were not the only party to receive votes and they seem to think that they can disregard any other point of view because of their minority control. I can't see why we would allow any minority party to rule in Canada without forming a coalition that would give them a majority of votes in the House.

Matt from Oshawa
Do the members of the Conservative Party not realize that here in Canada we do not vote for who we want to be prime minister? We vote for our Members of Parliment. So their argument that this will give us a Prime Minister and government we did not vote for is seriously flawed. Not only that but the majority of Canadians did not vote for the Conservatives so in reality democracy will be better served and the Canadian population would be better represented with a coalition government.

Dave from Winnipeg
Harper stirred the hornet's nest by breaking his own fixed election date law! If he had not done so, in my opinion, the issue of the opposition going forward with replacing the government before 2009 would never have arisen. He has to live with the consequences of his self-centred and opportunistic agenda.

Dean from Edmonton
Allan Eizinas
I would assume that a coalition government would be far more democratic than that of the Harper Conservatives. He is the PM, the leader of his party and since there is no revolt over this style then he continues to function well through its use.

MDM
The Conservatives were indeed elected in the last election -- as a MINORITY government! There were given a clear mandate to work with the other parties to govern. Instead, they decided to bulldoze and bully their way through, right from the start. If they fall, it is of their own doing. This isn't about the Liberals trying to overturn the results of the election. It is about the Tories not respecting these results. Coalitions form governments is many other places in this world -- and Canada can do it too.

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