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I don't understand all of this gnashing of teeth in regards to the BQ. From where I'm sitting, it really seems quite disingenuous. Harper's minority government needs support from another party in order to accomplish anything anyway, and the Bloc currently holds the balance of power. I don't see that their situation would be substantially improved in a coalition government. The major hurdle that the coalition would face would be uniting the three parties sufficiently to actually get anything accomplished, but even then I reckon it's going to be better than Harper's minority that he pretends is a majority.
Whether or not the average Canadian has lost confidence in the Conservative government is debatable, and will depend largely on who you talk to. The House, however, clearly has. As these are the representatives chosen by the average Canadians to advocate in their stead, I figure the practical result is the same.
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I wake up in the morning more tired than before I slept
I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
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