[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Harper does need a majority. However, he never formed a governing coalition. He just played one Opposition party off against the others, in a series of masterful political maneuvers, over the last 5 years. A remarkable achievement by itself. A real coalition would have involved power-sharing — a presence in Cabinet.

OTOH, the Opposition parties did try to form a coalition 2 years ago, to take down the Conservative minority government (the socialist-opportunist-separatist coalition). Before they could vote non-confidence, Harper went to the Governor General and convinced her to prorogue Parliament. Before Parliament reconvened, the coalition had self-destricuted.

[MrInvisible]

On a side note, Canada is turning into a 3rd world dumping ground with muzzies running amok.The Great White North is fast turning into the Great Mosque North.

[americanophile]

I see, I guess I assumed that because he was a minority government he had a power-sharing arrangment. Didn’t he cobble together the disparate conservative-leaning elements to form that government? Will he survive the next vote? Any chance he could be returned with a majority? If he goes down, who is likely to form a new government?