Ha! A Liberal-Conservative coalition would be amusing...and it could work rather well for a time if they could both swallow their pride and unite in their common greed and self-interest. They have so much in common in that respect, after all. It would also give the NDP a chance to sieze the moral high ground again for a bit, and what a heady tonic that would be for them in these demoralized times. ;-)

You know what's really scrambled the old Canadian party system of checks and balances that Canada knew in the past? The fact that a Quebec nationalist party has deprived both the Liberals and the Conservatives of the powerful and monolithic bloc of votes that normally comes from Quebec. It has hurt the Liberals by far the worst, because they could usually count on the Quebecois to back them, but it has hurt the Conservatives too. It's like they are both trying to fight for a national majority, but with one hand tied behind their backs.