North Of The Border Battle

Canada's Liberal Party has pulled out of PM Stephen Harper's coalition, which could force yet another election for our friends in Metric Pop Can Country.

Canada’s Liberal Party withdrew Tuesday its crucial support for Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s ruling Conservatives, opening the door to a possible fourth snap election in five years next month.

“The Liberal Party cannot support this government any further,” Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff said in a nationally-televised speech to his caucus.

“We will hold Stephen Harper to account and we will oppose his government in parliament.”

Harper’s minority government could fall at the first vote when parliament resumes after a summer break in the coming weeks unless the social New Democrats or the separatist Bloc Quebecois volte-face to prop up the Conservatives.

Both the New Democrats and the Bloc have previously said they would vote against the government at the next opportunity.

The Liberals, meanwhile, said they would ask parliament for a vote of no confidence in early October to topple the Conservatives.

And while people say America's government is a mess, there's plenty of evidence to support that the Parliamentary system has its fair share of problems too, and not just in Canada.

Still, it's going to be damn hard to put together a government without the Conservatives, so I'm not sure if this move is going to help the Liberals, New Dems, or BQs much.