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Originally Posted by Maccalus
The Governor General could have allowed the coalition to take power assuming that the government (Harper) had lost confidence of the house. It would have been very controversial, but it has happened once before in a very similar situation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%E2%80%93Byng_Affair
By Tradition, when a government loses confidence they ask the governor general to dissolve parliament, but there is nothing but convention to prevent them to ask another party to attempt to form a consensus.
As with most of our governing features, it is all tied to very vague rules, convention and precedent. |
That's not really a similar position at all. It might be if Harper lost the election and then tried to remain as Prime Minister.
I don't doubt Canadians would be very unimpressed with that turn of events if it happened.