Roystin and Fidel, it is a fantasy to assume that all 62% of people who voted against the Conservatives were indeed in favour of a coalition.
Roysin, It is a fantasy to assume that all those who are in favour of a coalition think that concentrating on it is the best current policy for the NDP
It is a fantasy to assume that all those who do not agree withyou are not NDp supporters, are Conservative plants and are not open to a coalition if one could be possible.
I am an NDP member. I have signed all pro coalition petitions. My support is public on my facebook page.
I still do not believe that a single minded coalition stance is the best for the NDP. I think it was right in early December but we should have admitted that the Liberals were not ready to lead and then waited for the budget to come down before restoring the idea. In the meantime it would be good for grass roots Canadians not in the NDP leadership to continue to call for a coalition in the hope that the added support would be enough to allow the Liberals and NDP to return to the idea. It is never a good idea to continue to claim an agreement is there when oneparty clearly is reviewing options. Also I have never supported the NDP prejudging a specific budget. I do not believe that we should assume a position until the document is there as that undermines our opposition when that is the most likely result anyway. If you still think I am a Conservative plant, I guess I have nothing that is polite further to say to you.
If you feel the need to check out what I am saying you can do so with my full name. If you wish it, message me and I'll give it to you to check out my face book page etc. My name has been posted here before so it is no secret who I am and there are years of my comments here to clearly indicate that I am a progressive who believes any party is richer for having a debate about disagreements rather than blind loyalty. You, who have only joined in the last week should stick around and read more before you start identifying long-term posters here as trollsor Conservative plants. And by the way if you read back only one month you will see that I posted a statement that I then sent as a letter to the editor criticizing the proroguing of parliament. Not very difficult research to figure out who I am and what I support. But I guess in your 4 days here you have not had time. Maybe you should read abit more before you attack people-- much of the poeple you disagree with are people who have long been established not to be Conservative plants- you have not been here long enough for us to know anything about you.