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Originally Posted by the Shemp
what is unconstitutional about what is happening?
Harper called an election... he failed to gain a majority....no other party agrees with his agenda...so he is screwed
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Correct. Like it or not, the move they're making to form a coalition government and usurp the tories is a provision within the constitution thus legal. Some are calling it a coup d'etat but I hope this is as close Canada ever comes to having one of those. Most coups I've read about have either started or ended with assassinations, many involved open warefare with much in the way of innocent bloodshed.
People thinking this is a coup don't know what one is.
The biggest reservations I have with this move is that I don't really place much confidence in the current liberal leader, and I don't much care for the idea of MPs with a separatist agenda moving from the opposition side to the side that's in the driver's seat.
Other than that I'm with you, it's incredible political drama unfolding before our eyes. I hazard a guess that we'll continue to see wounds like this opening and re-opening until we find a way to heal or deal with the separatist issue once and for all.