Bizarre bedfellows
The Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper joined with the New Democratic and Bloc Quebecois parties to bring down the government
This is like seeing the far-right GOP strike up a deal with the far-left Democrats and the...well, does the US even have a counterpart for the Bloc? (Affectionately called "Blocheads" in much of Anglo-Canada.) Many people think Cdn politics is dreary (or pointless), but I couldn't disagree more.
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend."