Crisis in Canada

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

This is bright idea was never even drafted into a bill. It was however the last straw for the other three parties. It was what drove them into forming a coalition.

It was an excuse to form a coalition - according to various sources they had been planning it for a while. Public funding was first implemented by the Chretien government for the exact purpose of helping them gain funds. There are good arguments for cancelling the funding, regardless of why Harper wanted to do it.