Well, this is about Canada so I'll bring the thread back.
Funny, a friend of mine in London called it the coalition of Larry, Curly and Moe.
I have already signed the petition and have sent it on to all Canadians I know. Hopefully someone out there will pay attention to the will of the people.
While I didn't vote for the current government, it is the lesser of all the evils at this point in time.
A deal with the devil, who's only purpose is to strive to separate from Canada, makes me shake my head in disbelief.
On the bright side... Canadian politics hasn't been this interesting since Trudeau.
The "hostage" like tape of Dion last night certainly didn't help their cause.
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PM expected to request suspension of Parliament in GG meeting
CBC News
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to ask the Governor General to suspend Parliament when he meets with her Thursday morning in a bid to avoid a confidence vote that could topple his minority government.
Harper, who has pledged to use "every legal means" to prevent a Liberal-NDP coalition government, backed by the Bloc Québécois from taking power, will visit Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean at 9:30 a.m. ET.
His visit comes a day after he took to the airwaves to make his case that his government should remain in power.
In a five-minute, pre-recorded statement Wednesday night, Harper spoke bluntly against a proposed Liberal-NDP coalition backed by "separatists," saying the federal government must stand unequivocally for keeping the country together in the face of the global economic crisis.
It is widely believed Harper will ask Jean, who returned to Ottawa on Wednesday after cutting short a two week trip to Europe, to prorogue, or suspend, the current session of Parliament until the end of January, when his party is slated to table a budget.
If she agrees to prorogue Parliament, Harper's Conservatives will be able to avoid a no-confidence vote in the House of Commons on Monday that could precipitate the rise of a Liberal-NDP coalition.
But the Governor General faces other political options as well. She could refuse the prime minister's request and decide to call an election should the Conservatives lose the confidence vote. Or she could allow the proposed Liberal-NDP coalition to govern if the no-confidence vote is successful.
Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion, who would head the proposed coalition, said he sent a letter to Jean on Wednesday, urging her to reject any attempt by Harper to prorogue Parliament.
Dion responded to Harper's address with his own taped rebuttal in which he defended the notion of a proposed coalition government "as normal and current practice in many parts of the world."
The Conservatives have lost the confidence of the majority of members of the House of Commons — largely because of their, in the opposition's view, inadequate reaction to Canada's financial crunch — and thus, "have lost the right to govern," Dion said.
The coalition sprang up after the Tories released an economic statement that was lambasted by the opposition parties.
They accused Harper of doing nothing to address the current economic crisis and slammed what they saw as ideologically driven measures such as the proposed elimination of subsidies for political parties, a three-year ban on the right of civil servants to strike and limits on the ability of women to sue for pay equity.
Harper has since backed down on those contentious issues, but the opposition has pushed forward with the coalition.
The coalition — which would have a 24-member cabinet composed of six NDP and 18 Liberal MPs — has vowed to make an economic stimulus package a priority, proposing a multibillion-dollar plan that would include help for the auto and forestry sectors.
With 77 Liberal MPs and 37 New Democrats, plus the support of 49 Bloc members, the three parties have more seats than the 143 held by the Tories.
