Today Liberals and the NDP are denying media reports that secret merger negotiations are under way.

Of course the Liberals and NDP deny they are in Coalition negotiations. Michael Ignatieff laid out the strategy last weekend when he told the Canadian Press that he was open to forming a coalition with the NDP but that he would not talk about it until after an election. (Canadian Press, June 6, 2010)

And the NDP is no stranger to secret deals. Jack Layton admitted in December 2008 that he had been secretly talking to the Bloc Quebecois about forming a coalition government to seize power for some time. ( Ottawa Sun, December 1, 2008)

It is becoming clear that Canadians cannot trust the Liberals and the NDP. In the last election, then Liberal leader Stéphane Dion promised he would never form a coalition, and then promptly tried to do so after leading his party to defeat.

Michael Ignatieff said previously that he would support a coalition but now has changed his tune and refuses to tell Canadians exactly what he has in mind.

In this time of great global uncertainty Canada a government that will provide stability and keep the economy on track. A coalition government with the NDP influencing economic policy and the Bloc Quebecois having a policy veto cannot provide that stability.

These latest rumours prove that once again Michael Ignatieff and the Liberals aren't in it for Canadians. They're just in it for themselves.

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