"Parliament is doing its work"

Huh?

After threatening the Conservatives with a fall election, Stephane Dion now wants to have a chat with Harper about... what?

When joined with the NDP and the Bloc, the Liberals have the votes to bring the government Conservatives down. What is there to discuss? The only reason parliament is working is that on confidence issues in the past, the Liberal's have abstained from even showing up to vote.

So much for the courage of their convictions.

The Liberals have not received the expected bump from Green Shift. As a matter of fact, they have received the opposite.

From Dion's unexpected tariffs announcement, to Ken Boschoff's announcement that Green Shift was indeed a "wealth redistribution" tax, and Goodale's less than truthful representations to the Saskatchewan people about the plan's impact on the economy, Green Shift has gone from bump to bust.

If the Liberals, who attack Harper and disagree with his policies at every turn, want an election, they have all the backing they need to bring the government down. An election call won't matter the NDP or the Bloc. They both know they are incapable of forming the next government. So it really is the Liberals who have the ball in their court now as they have had since 2006.

But by continually playing the brinkmanship game they, and I didn't think this was possible, have even lost more credibility.

Don't discuss anything with Harper, Stephane. Bring down a government you claim your party or the people have no confidence in.

But I suspect the only thing Dion will learn after a fall election is how much confidence the Canadian public have in the Liberals.