CANADA: Partisan brinkmanship creates political crisis

You must be signed in to read this analysis

Sign in Sign up to our newsletter

In this article

  • Harper's overconfidence
  • Conservative gains
  • Grim economic outlook
  • Opposition casus belli
  • Opposition counterstroke
  • Opposition resolve
  • Government backtrack
  • Coalition scheme
  • Harper's options
  • Allow confidence vote?
  • Prorogue Parliament?
  • Governor-general's dilemma
  • Liberal quandaries

What is this?

This article is from the Oxford Analytica Daily Brief, which analyses geopolitical, economic, social, business and industrial developments on a global and regional basis, providing clients with timely, authoritative analysis every business day of the year. Find out more about the Oxford Analytica Daily Brief, or request a trial.