01776cam a22003377a 450000100070000000500170000700800410002403500130006501000170007802000300009502000270012503500240015204000570017604200080023304300120024105000290025310000240028224501510030626000480045730000210050553000410052650400680056752005410063560000280117665100510120465000310125565000290128665000380131565000320135365100530138511412520230404125746.0131106s2012    onc      b    001 0deng c  a17933162  a  2013433466  a9781459402706 (paperback)  a1459402707 (paperback)  a(OCoLC)ocn798415610  aNLCbengcNLCdOCLCOdCDXdYDXCPdTXAdBWXdLHUdDLC  apcc  an-cn---14a001 F 1034.3bA216p 20121 aAdams, Paul,d1954-10aPower trap :bhow fear and loathing between New Democrats and Liberals keep Stephen Harper in power-- and what can be done about it /cPaul Adams.  aToronto :bJames Lorimer & Company,c[2012]  a290 p. ;c24 cm.  aIssued also in an electronic format.  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages[269]-287) and index.  a"Everyone in Canada knows that in 2011 the Harper Conservatives won a majority with a minority of votes. Everyone sees that if the opposition parties figured out a way to work together, they'd have an excellent chance of beating the Tories next time. Yet the possibility of a coalition or a merger keeps slipping away. This book shows how the ambitions, animosities, and hidden agendas of opposition politicians and parties stand in the way of Canadians getting the kind of government that a majority of Canadians vote for."--pub. desc.10aHarper, Stephen,d1959- 0aCanadaxPolitics and governmenty21st century. 0aPolitical partieszCanada. 0aExecutive powerzCanada. 4aLos Partidos PolíticoszCanada. 4aEl poder ejecutivozCanada. 6aCanadaxPolitique et gouvernementy21e siáecle