On legitimate choices

Lest there be any doubt that a coalition government would be entirely legitimate as one of the main choices in front of Canadian voters the next federal election, Stephen Harper says it himself:

“The next election will be a choice between a coalition government of the Liberal, NDP and Bloc Québécois, or a stable Conservative majority government for this country,” he said.

Now, presumably even the cult Consevatives haven't yet reached the point of trying to convince Canadians that they live in a one-party state where voters have no choice whatsoever. So obviously there must be some alternative available - which Harper is conceding to involve the opposition parties working together if they can command a majority of the House.

And indeed, Harper is nicely feeding into the legitimacy of a coalition. After all, having publicly declared that anything short of a Conservative majority will lead to a coalition removing him from office, he can hardly complain if that exact scenario comes to pass.