At this stage, if the Liberals, the NDP and Greens established a formal coalition, before an election, it would be difficult for the Conservatives to try to discredit this. Importantly, the Bloc would not be part of it. The coalition should be upfront and in the open, as coalitions are in Europe and elsewhere. It's time that people in Canada came to realize that this is now the reality of the situation in our country -- that there is nothing wrong with the centre-left forming a coalition, with a combined platform that reflects the country's political and ideological structure.
Despite entrenched party loyalties, what centre-left Canadians need is a new political entity which the Liberals, the NDP, and the Greens could form if they acted creatively and courageously. If they did this it could be the dawn of a new era in Canada.