Good to see my buddy Mike on Don Street in Winnipeg blogging again. He is always a good person to debate with and can be very tricky to beat.
In the face of impending defeat, Stephen Harper has delayed a confidence vote by a week. This gives him a week to cave into the opposition demands, or to poke them some more. I wouldn't put it past Harper to do the later. But seriously, this fiscal update is without a doubt the biggest political blunder since John Turner "could have said no". If the Conservatives are defeated and there is an election, it will be the shortest lived parliament in history.
To suggest that the Conservatives have sole right to be in power because they won the most seats is rediculous, as has been shown in history. In 1925, the Conservatives won the most seats, but because the Progressive Party was more likely to side with the Liberals, they were the ones who got power. Of course, that only lasted a couple of months before they fell, but it lasted longer than the Arthur Meighan government, that fell after 3 days. However, I think in this case, the other parties have a self interest in keeping the Conservatives out for a while so that they have time to recover from the last election. I would anticapte that a coalition government would last until next fall, enough time for the Liberals to get a new leader and probably enough time for the Conservatives to consider throwing out Harper for such a foolish move.
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