It looks as though the proposed Liberal-NDP coalition has failed. Polls show that Canadians want none of this coalition and overwhelmingly support the Conservative government. I am cautiously optimistic that the Conservative government can reach an agreement with enough of the opposition to bring in a budget that will meet with parliamentary approval. The governing Conservatives and the opposition Liberals, NDP and Bloc Quebecois will have to compromise to make this possible. There are elements on both sides of this sordid drama who are loathe to make concessions. I notice in the news today that gorgon Rebick was hosting a rally in favour of the coalition in front of the parliament buildings yesterday, just as the Prime Minister advised the Governor-General to prorogue parliament. Rebick and the rest of the rabble/babble crowd's hatred for Prime Minister Harper and the Conservative Party of Canada is manifest. It must be heart breaking for them to see their fantasy of a "socialist-feminist" putsch crumbling. However, not being one to count his chickens before they hatch, I wait with baited breath, hoping that cooler heads prevail and this crisis is resolved either with the Conservative government remaining in office, or if the government is toppled, a general election ensuing in which Canadians can choose either the Conservative Party of Canada or the Liberal-NDP coalition to form a new government.

The Governor General accepted the Prime Minister's request to prorogue parliament. Good. Let cooler heads prevail, think carefully about this Liberal-NDP coalition and hopefully lay it to rest. The problem remains that for people who harbour a profound dislike for Prime Minister Harper or the Conservative Party of Canada or the outcome of the election that was held on October 14th, 2008, they will support any effort, no matter how unrealistic, to topple the Conservative government. If this coalition is given the green light to form a government, it is likely it will collapse in short order. The Liberals and the NDP have very different agendas and bases of support. The Bloc Quebecois is in a league of its own. The three parties have been at odds with one another up until they decided on this hare-brained coalition. It will unfold probably much the same way as the Canadian Alliance in 2001. Time will tell.

I am watching the absurd drama unfold in parliament which started with the general election held on October 14th, 2008 in which the Liberals and NDP who were both handed their collective hats in the recent general election, the Liberal leader, Stephane Dion was handed his hat by his own party too. Dion led the Liberal Party into its most sound defeat at the polls in history. The Conservative government, headed by Prime Minister Harper, was re-elected with more seats in parliament than they had going into the election. They have less than a majority, but still more seats than the Liberals and NDP combined. Despite the outcome of the election, the Liberals and the NDP have decided that what this really means is that it is the Conservative government that does not have the confidence of the Canadian electorate.

To this end they have formed a coalition with the aim of toppling the Conservative government and taking its place. If this Liberal-NDP coalition is to fly, it needs the backing of the Bloc Quebecois, a regional rump party that only puts up candidates for election in Quebec. The Bloc is essentially a separatist party. It serves only the "national" interest of Quebec. Its only mandate is to demand "what's in it for Quebec." Despite the fact the Bloc has more seats in parliament than the NDP, under the terms of this proposed coalition government, the Liberals and NDP will form a cabinet, with six cabinet posts allocated to the NDP. The Bloc will have no representation in cabinet, but this is moot as the Liberal-NDP coalition will be entirely at the mercy of the Bloc to prop it up. In effect, it is the Bloc, the "what's in it for Quebec" party who will be governing all of Canada if this comes to pass. This has got to be the most hare-brained scheme anyone could have imagined. Heaven help us if this comes to be.