[GMMAC]

It may surprise you but, the Liberal Party gangsters haven't won a majority of Quebec's federal seats in now almost three decades.
In many quarters of the province they're actually far more despised than they are in English Canada precisely because Quebecers know them just that much better.

Interestingly, this hatred for the Librano$ skews Quebec politics in ways most outsiders are unaware:
In many parts of the province a lot of the separatist vote is actually an anti-Liberal vote while, in other areas, people hold their noses to vote for them because they're more afraid of the Bloc separatists.

Both the Liberals & the Bloc Quebecois are rightly terrified by the recent rise in popularity of our Conservatives since both well know the basis of their support is anything but firm in many parts of the province.

[Unrepentant VN Vet]

......or could it be that Harper is drawing this line in the sand in the hopes that he will get to hold elections sooner rather than later?

The libs are still trying to figure out if they're a chicken or an egg, the media STILL hasn't got a storyline that doesn't date back to the last century, none of Harper's opposition seem to know what "coordination" means and support of the military has both increased AND almost become the sole province of the Conservatives.

Add to that the fact that your Parliament hasn't been in session long enough to allow any of the children to screw up and give the opposition a talking point.

If the Bloc goes through with this one-trick pony act (and they'll have to get lib support to have a prayer), Harper can just let it happen, call for new elections and then break out the paintbrushes and ball bats.

I usually don't like movie catch lines, but I can almost hear Harper doing a Dirty Harry:

"Go ahead, make my day."