The conservative party has been a disgrace and a cancer in Canada for the past 20-something years. Essentially since the crooked Brian Mulroney took office here.

I'm no expert, but like every other asshole, I have an opinion.

The current government is "in power" but doesn't "have" power. As the article mentioned, this type of move is unprecedented and I didn't think the Governor General had the power or would otherwise agree to this move when it's obviously being made to circumvent the normal way the parliamentary system is supposed to work.

As you've probably read, if a government wants to get anything passed, they need to have a majority of votes. A minority government would therefore need votes from members of parliament belonging to other parties. If they're not proposing things that the opposition parties are strongly against, they'll get those votes.

If they don't get those votes and their proposition fails, the opposition parties can call for a non-confidence vote. Which is basically a vote by the members on whether to oust the minority government due to a their ability to effectively govern the country (not being able to pass propositions means they're essentially useless).

This is the very same method used to dissolve parliament in 2005 (Liberal minority government).

This is just another absurd tactic by Harper's conservatives that continues to aid in the destruction of this country. The last smooth move was the snap election he called in October which resulted in approximately a 54% voter turnout but did gain them a few seats. The election was supposed to be next year with far more campaigning time and obviously more time to prepare and inform the voters that an election was coming up at all.

Unfortunately, a large majority of the country don't trust the NDP (too far left) and the Liberal party has somewhat of a buffoon for a leader right now. Hopefully that will change in the new year which would give the Liberals a real shot at winning an election and with a majority of seats. This past election saw votes split all over the place which also enabled the separatist Quebec-based party (the Bloc) to gain so many seats (49 which is even higher than the NDP's 27)