Posted on CBC new this afternoon. How Harper and his Re-formed Alliance of Tories shot themselves in the head and created a Coalition.

This Re-Formed Alliance of Tories had a chance to govern with the help of the other parties, much as they have over the last couple of years.
Instead, in the teeth of a Conservative, let the markets decide, economic meltdown, Harper and his merry band went after the opposition with the funding issue, tried to take power away from workers (The Visible Majority)by attacking unions and then went after a demographic that suffers most during economic downturns, namely women, by trying to limit their fair pay rights. With Canadians attention understandably distracted by the economic meltdown and worried about their financial security, this Re-formed Alliance of Tories, rich as they are with "Common Stench Revolutionaries" in cabinet and in the PMO, decided to have a fire-sale ala Hwy. 407 in Ontario, one that the tax-payers continues to pay and pay and pay, for!! They decided to sell off Canada's capital asstes at rock-bottom prices to their pals and cronies in the private sector.
This is why they have lost the confidence of Parliament. The opposition is perfectly within their rights to approach the GG and ask to form Government. Regardless of opinion,this is the Parliamentary tradition that Canada has been governed by.
The actions of the Re-formed Alliance -of Tories, since then has been reprehensible, with specters of seperatism and all sorts of unpatriotic accusations being bandied about. The Re-Formed Alliance of Tories sound as though they are desperately clinging to power, eager to implement some as yet un-defined agenda, one that does not address the serious issues facing Canadians.
Thus in keeping with the tone these guys have set, The Coalition is addressing the needs of Canadians, so they are performing an act of patriotism.