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by fidotron 529 days ago
> Tying NDP support to their leader's pension is silly/lazy.

It really isn't - the alternative is it's the most unbelievable happy coincidence.

You have to wonder how blatant the personal moneygrabbing by Lib and NDP leaders has to be before their respective support bases actually accept what is going on in their faces. Those leaders see the parties purely as a way to secure power to use to gain personal wealth at the expense of the populous.

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> the alternative is it's the most unbelievable happy coincidence

It's not though.The NDP were faced with two choices:

1) Support the Liberals and get some of their policies pushed through 2) Support the Conservatives wish to call an early election in which the Conservative are sure to win a majority leaving the NDP powerless

The reason why the NDP choose this moment to pull their support is that it's an election year, so there's little chance any more NDP policy would be passed. One person's pension (a relatively wealthy person at that) is just a fun partisan talking point for Conservatives.