Harper started the coalition idea

Letter to the Editor, The Toronto Star:

Re: Former PMO staffer warns of coalition, March 24

According to this article, a Conservative aide claims that a minority government for the Tories would mean a coalition government of the Liberals and NDP and possibly the Bloc Québécois.

I may be missing a point here, but on the televised news Jack Layton stated that in 2004 when Paul Martin led a minority government, Layton was a signatory to a letter of accord led by Stephen Harper, the official leader of the opposition at the time, that a coalition be formed between the two parties to seek a takeover of the government by a coalition. This letter was intended to be presented to Michaëlle Jean, the governor general of the day, and Harper was to be the leader of the government if this was granted.

Now the Tories claim, with no proof of the fact, that a coalition would be in place if they did not win a majority of seats. They accuse Michael Ignatieff of wanting to be prime minister when all along the signs point to the fact that they themselves crave power.

Leonard Moccio, Welland