I'm not talking about the truth
I'm talking about public perception. I know the government is legitimate, but the public is going to see it with suspicion. I've seen lots of leftists who are only somewhat politically aware who agree with Harper - the "they can do this? What? This is legal?" contingent. They're wrong, but that doesn't matter.

Personally, I think actions like this should have been arranged since day one, as I posted in the thread. Minority governments should be decided by an internal House vote, not this ambiguous process of "plurality party gets control unless somebody can slap together a coalition after the plurality loses it a few times". That would've put the Liberals in power during the first Conservative "victory", since the Liberals are able to compromise with the NDP and Bloc and the Cons are not.