Actually, for once I agree with Jim on one thing! -- the Bloc's whole existence and mandate is separation. The only other real concern they seem to have is to get and keep the generous MP pensions.   But, as Little Hawk and others remark, Parliament is about getting a majority in the house. The Governor General's sole responsibility, as far as I see it, is to support whoever can get a majority, and therefore can propose a government.   If that government can't survive, then the house is dissolved. Any student of Parliamentary history knows that coalitions were formed from all kinds of bizarre groups, and wild, completely unstable leadership. 19th century British governments were made up, for example, of Irish separatists (Home Rule for Ireland).


yours,

Peter T.