"Harper's defensive strategy was to ask Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean to prorogue, or shut down, Parliament until late in January to avoid what likely would have been a vote of non-confidence.

With such unfamiliar words such as "treason" and "coup d'etat" entering the Canadian political lexicon, Chalifoux said he wanted to gauge the understanding people had of what had transpired."

What he fails to touch on, Peter is that one of the parties has a separatist agenda.
It is in their interest to destabilize the government and they were extremely successful in this instance.
Add to this that the main party to head this coalition was in complete disarray and have since changed leaders.
The Prime Minister had no choice but to call for a cooling off period which is just as legitimate as calling for a coalition.
If one side chooses to play from one of the lesser used pages then they have no complaint when another party uses an equally obscure rule from the same book.
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