[Eric]

You guys don't have the right idea about minority government .... Canadians are experts. Simple solution: Tories form the government. And then they face the opposition, led by Brown. The tories have to behave. They have, for example, to bring in a budget acceptable to Labour and the Liberal Democrats, because the opposition has the votes to defeat the budget. This will bring down the government. The best way to keep a government honest (or as honest as politicians can be) is to have a formidable opposition. Nothing will get through the House without some major wheelin' and deallin' ... politicians will have to work harder for the bucks the taxpayer is paying them.