minority government

David Moscrop: Appointing a single senator to cabinet from Alberta is a simple, elegant and partial solution to the glaring regional representation gap

The path to a Liberal minority was paved with low points and sloppy moments. In this election, there were no undiluted victories.

The Greens and NDP now have a window to change the government of B.C.—but it’s about to slam shut.

The look of B.C.’s next government is as uncertain as it was before votes were tallied, but here are some possible outcomes

Paul Wells and Martin Patriquin take us inside a dramatic campaign with a terrifying finish

For the next little while, I’m going to dig through the Canadian Election Study‘s data from last year’s election and pull out some of the more interesting survey results. You can dig through all the CES data yourself via the Canadian Opinion Research Archive. Today, how we feel about our democracy.

Harper feels our pain, and he’ll take a majority to end this chore called democracy

Harper’s dogmatic opposition to coalitions raises a few questions

At this point, everybody is losing

COYNE: We’re not picking the best debater. We’re picking a prime minister.

As others have pointed out, and as I’ve said myself, Ignatieff’s formal disavowal of any post-election coalition with the NDP and the Bloc does not mean he has sworn off trying to form a government with their support.

Argh. I had a feeling something wasn’t quite right as I was typing it, and should have checked: it’s not actually true, as both the Liberals and I have lately suggested, that the party that wins the most seats in an election has the right under convention to be called upon first to form a government.