> What the heck is "the Bloc"?
Bloc is short for Bloc Quebecois, the party that wants independent Quebec.
See, your description was more politically correct than mine.
The people of Canada will vote the Liberals back in. They would vote the Liberals back in if they started firing machine guns in Daycare Centres. The Canadians are terrified that one of these days they will have to pay for something they think they are getting "free" now, and all the Liberals have to do is tell them that the Conservatives will close the candy store and they are right back on the Liberal plantation.
I have lived here 6 years now and I can't figure it out, but it happens every election.