In Maclean’s, Andrew Coyne correctly describes Mr. Ignatieff’s inability to explain his stance on coalitions as “an astonishing debacle.” Some Liberal partisans seem to have convinced themselves that there is literally no issue here — that it’s 100% Conservative fear-mongering that nobody takes seriously. Wrong. “It is a cancer eating at the Liberal campaign, and it is only going to grow over time,” says Coyne. By not ruling it out, or ruling it in, or setting some kind of rules of engagement — e.g., party with the most seats gets first crack at government; no NDP Cabinet ministers; no Bloc, period — the Liberals are inviting Canadians to make blind choices about their votes. It could easily drive centre-right voters to the Conservatives, and it could drive centre-left voters to the NDP.
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