Liberal-NDP Coalition: Facts
- 1:19 AM Jonathan - I’m going to try to keep track of all the interesting points I hear in the media about the Liberal-NDP coalition that may form the Canadian government
- 1:20 AM Jonathan - Dion will be resigning as the Liberal party leader in May. That is unchanged, so the perspective Liberal party candidates may have a shot at becoming Prime Minister
- 1:21 AM Jonathan - Dion would be the Prime Minister of Canada
- 1:21 AM Jonathan - Harper may try to convince the Governor General that a coalition government could not govern, and that she should call another election
- 1:23 AM Jonathan - Harper could ask the Governor General for prorogue, that would close parliament for 1 1/2 months. He could do so to stop the momentum of the coalition
- 1:30 AM Jonathan Keebler -
- 1:31 AM Jonathan Keebler - The Bloc has agreed not to challenge the coalition for a minimum of 18 months
- 1:32 AM Jonathan Keebler - The NDP will get 5 members in the caucus including Jack Layton
- 1:32 AM Jonathan Keebler - The Bloc has agreed not to table separatism while the coalition is intact
- 1:36 AM Jonathan Keebler - The coalition will be in a position to take over power by next week if Harper doesn’t do something drastic to stop it
- 2:40 AM Jonathan Keebler - The Bloc is not part of the coalition. They have merely agreed to 18 months of “stability” in parliament by not challenging the confidence of the coalition government
- 2:41 AM Jonathan Keebler - There was a Canadian flag at the press conference (photo above) despite Harper’s claim to the contrary
- 2:41 AM Jonathan Keebler - Harper has said that he will ask the Governor General for prorogue. It is yet to be seen if will grant it.
Related Posts
This entry was posted
on Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 at 12:24 am and is filed under Election, Featured.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.