And a coalition would be any different. The NDP and BQ say they won't join without Dion stepping down, guess what looks like Dion is going to step down. The NDP won't join unless the Liberals scrap the 50 billion tax break to help businesses keep employees instead of laying them off. The Liberals admitted that it was a good tax break and should go through, now they are looking at dropping it. And to top it off. Get this.

The BQ won't join unless the Liberals make it law that ALL Federal politics in Quebec are Only in French.

I would rather be governed by a Conservative government that has to get the help of only one party compaired to a Coalition where both the BQs and NDPs pockets have to be greased for anything to happen. Whats will the BQ or NDP want next that the Liberals will have to give into.

The Liberals are showing there true form right now, I used to be a big supporter of the Liberals, until they started to do things like this in the last couple years. They don't stand for anything anymore, oh other than doing whatever they have to, to get back into power.

It depends...it would be OK if the Liberals were just a few seats shy of forming the government let's say 1-2, and they could form it with just the NDP and without the Separatist Bloc. Plus they had a better more dynamic leader...like pierre trudeau. but it's a weak coalition, and given what I saw on the News, Dion blowing up in parliament yesterday. That was awful. Outta control. Trudeau nor Chretien never lost their composure like that. I just don' wanna see this guy in, even though voted Liberal. People like John Manley haven't expressed support for the coalition. As is the same for Ignatieff thus far. And it's trashing support for the Liberals everywhere else in the country. NO thx.

I think with the 4 party system we have seem to revolved into you will see more coalition governments in the future. It was possible to get majorities with 2 and 3 parties but less likely now. If you look at Europe this is the norm.

Cite examples of European separatist parties.
European parties do not plan take downs of the government before an election, and then complain about election costs.

European coalitions can take up to a year after an election to form a sable government.

You failed to answer either question.

Because you have no proof that the coalition was formed before the election.

<h3>Tories release transcript of NDP meeting
The Conservatives, meanwhile, have released details of an NDP caucus meeting they say was held in the form of a conference call on Saturday.

The Tories say they released a portion of the transcript on Sunday because it shows the NDP was working very closely with the Bloc long before last Thursday's economic update to replace the government.

"Let's just say we have strategies," NDP Leader Jack Layton said during the call. "This whole thing would not have happened if the moves hadn't been made with the Bloc to lock them in early because you couldn't put three people together in … three hours. The first part was done a long time ago. I won't go into details."

Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre told CBC News, "Today, we learned that this was all a backroom scheme, which involved at least the NDP and the separatists. They concocted this well before they even saw the fall economic update."

NDP strategist Brad Lavigne refuted the charge, saying Layton was referring to a commitment between the NDP and the Bloc to keep the lines of communication open.

NDP deputy leader Thomas Mulcair said at a news conference that nothing in the NDP-BQ talks is any different than the contingency planning Stephen Harper himself engaged in with the two parties during the last Liberal minority in 2004.

He said the meeting, the co-ordinates of which were inadvertently given to a Tory, were illegally recorded and broadcast and that the party has consulted two experts, including a legal specialist, for an opinion on whether the Criminal Code was violated.

Opposition parties say they have lost confidence in the government of Prime Minister Harper, and the Liberals have drafted a no-confidence motion on the economic update that will be put to a vote Dec. 8.

Liberal finance critic John McCallum said he doesn't trust the Conservatives to make proper plans in their budget to shore up the slowing economy.

The Bloc isn't part of the coalition they will vote freely on everything other then confidence for 18 months, so the separatists angle isn't relevant.

First off that information was gathered from illegal sources, shame on the Conservatives. I'm sure we will see them in court over that one. Second it does not say that this coalition was developed before the election!

Isn't it interesting that former Conservative Bill Casey. Independent now, Casey is voting non-confidence too. One more person Stephen bullied around.

The ripping apart of government came from Harper who refuses to acknowledge he does not have a majority.
He should have worked with the opposition not try to attack them.

Maybe Harper needs to get his head out of the US's ass and focus on OUR country?

Goat,

I have to take issue with some of the things you've said:

"Of course the BQ is a part of this coalition. Their are concessions being made to gain their support, and without them they will pull out. They also guaranteed themselves veto power, to ensure they don't have to support anything that puts the Country ahead of Quebec. They also guaranteed themselves a nice big pile of cold hard cash, even if the "coalition" fails in a week.:"

Do you have any proof of the above stated? Where is your source for this information - like on veto power, a big pile of cash, etc?

"This entire debacle is making me into a Harper supporter, as he appears to be the only one showing a shred of honesty. Ironic after all the accusations directed at him. "

You seem like a reasonably smart guy - do you really think there is such thing as an honest politician? Come on now.