Election Averted?

It looks like at least for now we will not being having an election. Both the NDP and the Bloc Quebecois plan to vote with the government on Friday's motion so the earliest the government could fall is last week of September or first week of October. With the NDP now promising to support the government until the EI changes are made, a fall election seems increasingly less likely. Although it still could happen as Harper seems to be doing everything to keep his distance from the Bloc Quebecois and NDP thus, a fall election is still plausible.

What will be interesting is how thinks affects the NDP's numbers as NDP voters tend to despise the Tories even more so than Liberal voters, never mind they have now lost their main attack against the Liberals, which is that they are the only party to have consistently voted against the Tories. At the end of the day, though I am quite happy if an election is averted and the fact the Liberals don't have to prop up the Tories will still avoiding an election cannot be a bad thing for them. At the same time, I don't expect election talk to disappear completely until one party receives a majority which could be quite some time, although I am sure in the next 20 years, at least one party will manage to get one at some point.