If coalition defeats government on budget, Stephen Harper should take 143 resignation letters to the Governor General
If the budget is defeated, there is a 50/50 chance the Governor General might allow this coup to take place. An easy way to avoid that would be to take that decision away from her. If Harper is defeated by the opposition coup, he should take his resignation along with every single Conservative MP's resignation to the Governor General to force an election. This would give her two choices:
1, Faced with a guaranteed 143 by-elections all taking place simultaneously, the Governor General would almost surely call an election and make it 308 MPs running for re-election.
2, Allow the coalition to form a government with a separatist party in a half vacant house with no opposition party while 143 by-elections take place with a campaign against the unelected government.
I think the choice for the Governor General would become an obvious one taking us into an election campaign with Conservative support at 51%. I hope it is an idea that our caucus, Prime Minister and the opposition parties consider before voting on the budget. Initial credit to Steve Janke who first proposed this idea in the event a coalition coup takes power. Frankly on principle there is no way we could recognize an unelected government supported by separatists with Dion or an interim leader as Prime Minister. Why should only Liberals get to chose your next Prime Minister.
-Darryl
