POD for potential Canadian politics timeline...

[BolivarianHero]

http://www.democraticunderground.com...ss=102x4852373

I'm thinking of doing a timeline where either Jean Chretien's duplicity in the Iraq war is caught before the 2004 election or where the Chretien Liberals explicitly join the Coalition of the Willing.

I need to figure out how to this without it being an NDP wank. I genuinely see an NDP-led coalition with a dissident faction of the Liberal Party and a supply agreement with the Bloc Quebecois being the result of such a scenario. But what about how it effects the development of a united right? and its impact on the Quebec Question?

[theReturner]

So basically, Canada invades Iraq?

[d32123]

As a potential Canadian Studies major who is falling in love with Canadian politics, I would love to see this timeline.

Let's go NDP!

[Marc Pasquin]

Originally Posted by BolivarianHero

http://www.democraticunderground.com...ss=102x4852373

I'm thinking of doing a timeline where either Jean Chretien's duplicity in the Iraq war is caught before the 2004 election or where the Chretien Liberals explicitly join the Coalition of the Willing.

I need to figure out how to this without it being an NDP wank. I genuinely see an NDP-led coalition with a dissident faction of the Liberal Party and a supply agreement with the Bloc Quebecois being the result of such a scenario. But what about how it effects the development of a united right? and its impact on the Quebec Question?

I think Chrétien would only enter openly the coalition if he thought (rightly or wrongly) that it would win him some votes on the right but he would be well aware this would cost him some of his base.

This leaves us with a smoking gun POD. If a journalist simply revealed that some canadian ships were still in the straight of Hormuz helping the coalition, I'm sure the government could spin it without difficulty. Its only if for exemple he somehow discovere that a member of JTF-2 got killed in Iraq that it would be hard to explain.

What then happen might be a vote of no confidence with "outraged" liberal backbenchers crossing the floor over the PM lying to the parliement. If the liberal brand is too damaged, these backbenchers might jumped ship and if you have enough, the NDP might not even need to enter into a coalition with the Bloc.