Why minority government is good for Canada

Bruce Campbell & Seth Klein
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
January 20, 2006

(Note: This article was circulated prior to the election, and is not intended to suggest that this particular Harper-led minority government “is good for Canada,” but rather that majority governments are not the wonderful thing the corporate press make them out to be. –Dispatch)

Is minority government good for Canada? Former Conservative pollster Allan Gregg would have us believe in his Strategic Counsel poll this week that 55% of Canadians (and 64% of Quebecers) think a Harper majority would be good for the country.

One wonders what Canadians