Don't Buy into Harper's "Evil Coalition" Garbage

So the Harpernator is reviving his "evil coalition" mantra. That's if he ever really abandoned it.

Apparently, Iggy has let it slip that he would be willing to work with the NDP if Harper gets the most seats but does not have the confidence of the House. Something I'm pretty sure he said he would not do at the beginning of the election. This could certainly be used as fodder for anyone looking to take pot shots at his credibility. 

But pot shots aside, Iggy should never have allowed himself to be maneuvered into a corner where he had to reply one way or another about a coalition. This pressure resulted from Harper manipulating the media around the "C" issue in order to take the heat off the REAL "C" issue, CONTEMPT! And it worked. Iggy ended up making a comment regarding not forming a coalition that could well come back to bite him in the derriere.

The only good thing to have come from all those shenanigans is that a national discussion on the democratic legitimacy of coalition governments has occurred. And surprise of surprises, they are VERY legitimate. In fact, several countries around the world including England have functional coalition governments. 

So despite the repeated attempts at autosuggestion from the Harper Cons, trying to plant the "evil coalition" notion into our collective subconscious, it's been generally recognized that Harper is full of hooey! Coalitions in fact, are an exercise in democracy in action. 

A coalition as envisioned, one such as the 2008 model, are a reflection of the MAJORITY of  the members of Parliament which of course, represents the voices of the majority of Canadians  who elected these Parliamentarians to speak for them.

So any coalition that should arise after May 2nd would not be a result of anti-democratic back room deals as Harper would have Canadians believe. It would be a matter of the majority of MPs saying "we have no confidence in this man's leadership. He has repeatedly lied to us, and blocked the democratic process".  And if the Governor General buys the argument, he could well ask the opposition parties to try to cobble together a deal that would keep Canada from going back to the polls.

So don't buy into Harper's rhetoric that only the party "first past the post" has the right to govern in a minority situation. In a democratic society, the majority still rules. And if the majority does not happen to include the Harper Cons, then so be it. The people of Canada have spoken with their votes.