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  • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
    14·
    11 hours ago

    It’s not even a coalition.

    Coallitons are when the party with the most seats (but not a majority) doesn’t form government because the other parties all work together to form government.

    When the party with the most seats (but not majority) forms government with the help of another party on non confidence votes , it’s just a minority government.

    They just try to scare people with the coalition talk to try and make it seem nefarious, such as when it almost happened to Harper, but it’s a legitimate part of how our government works.

    There was a point while votes were being counted tonight, we could have theoretically had a con+bq coalition government.

    Edit: and even as of right now, the cons+bq+ndp could form a coalition, but I can’t imagine those 3 parties ever working together other than to trigger an election via vote of no confidence.

    • Warehouse@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      3 hours ago

      Well, sure.
      But the point was the timing of the statement. After he said that they prevented a Liberal NDP coalition, the NDP, seconds later, gained a seat, allowing a Liberal NDP coalition of 172 seats, if they chose to do so. If they did a coalition now they would have 175.

      • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
        2·
        15 minutes ago

        I get that, and it was hilarious, but there was never going to be a coalition government which was my main point. He was using the wrong language intentionally. Essentially he didn’t even almost prevent it because it was never going to happen.

    • FarFromIt@lemmy.ca
      5·
      7 hours ago

      Not quite true. Coalitions are typically starting with the party with the largest vote count to invite others into coalition talks. If they find willing partners that make up a majority and there are enough commonalities between all the coalition partners they enter into a contract. And each party in the coalition participate in the government with ministers and everything.

      • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
        1·
        10 minutes ago

        Interesting, I guess I’m wrong on this one, I thought it was only with the minority parties (as in not the seat leader), but it’s minority parties that would be pretty much forced to do it to make it work.

        We’ve never had a federal coalition government, only that almost one when Harper prorogued parliament to avoid it.

        edit: I do suspect we may have had one if the Conservatives won a small minority though.

    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      9 hours ago

      And the BQ wouldn’t form a coalition with the current CPC, they would need to get their house in order and move left a lot for that to happen.

      There was a point where the BQ could have been the only party keeping the Liberals in power though, the NDP and Greens didn’t have enough seats to help them pass a vote, but I just woke up and we’re back to the same situation as before the election… Would be funny if the Liberals get 171 and the Greens also hold the balance of power.