What can US FReepers do to help?
A "minority government" is formed if the "winning" party fails to get 155 or more out of the 308 seats - we have 5 parties that get significant support (above 10% each): Liberals (center-left, currently corrupt), Conservatives (center-right), NDP (socialists), Bloc (Quebec only - French socialists), and Greens (yay!! more socialism, but they never get enough votes in a given region to win a seat).
The losing parties either enter into a defacto coalition with the quasi-winner, or form an opposition coalition. An election can basically be forced at any time in these circumstances (instead of every 4-5 years), so minority governments are pretty short term creatures. A minority government is almost a paralyzed government (which is good and bad I guess)...
The best outcome now is a Conservative majority, which ain't going to happen this time around, sorry to say. It is going to be either a Liberal minority (again), with NDP support (again) OR a Conservative minority, with Bloc support (the only thing they both have in common is a hatred for the Liberals). I predict that the cycle won't be broken until either the Liberal leader (Martin) or the Conservative leader (Harper) is replaced.
If I may ... just keep in mind, and spread the word, that not all Canadians are liberal and a growing number here are fighting the good fight. About all American Conservatives can do is offer moral support. Believe me, it is appreciated.