Ho Ho Ho Election

Looks like we are may have a federal election before the year is over. The Liberals want to delay it for as long as possible so they can rebuild their supports and the Conservatives and the Bloc want to have it as soon as possible so the Liberals cannot rebuild their supports. The NDP just does not know what to do. This is the fun part of parliamentary politics. If the election happens in December, the Conservatives and the Bloc will be beside themselves. The election will then likely come up with another minority government with either the Conservatives or the Liberals forming a government with around a third of the seats in parliament. By all rights, even without the scandals, the Liberals should be out of office a while back, for no other reason than being in power for too long. It is the Conservatives’ failure that they cannot take power outright from the Liberals. If a coalition government is need and the Conservatives are the one to form it, it is hard to imagine with whom the Conservatives are going to ally. No party has faced up to the fact of another minority government and given us their ideas about forming such a government. This is more important for this election than policy papers. They should make some deals between them, form a couple of alliances, so we know what to expect.