Canadian government toppled by non-confidence vote

[Skandranon]

I still can't figure out why the Conservatives and NDP were so keen on toppling the government now.  Polls are showing that we'll almost certainly get the same result (Libearl minority government) and I can't see the NDP having more power than they just gave up (barganing power, given the Liberals' need of NDP votes to stay in power).  I suspect that only the Party Quebecois will really gain any momentum here.  Was it so hard for the Conservatives to accept the Liberals calling the election on their own?

gekko
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The way it looks to me, this non-confidence motion is just more of the same political gamesmanship the Conservatives and NDP have been engaging in from the moment the government was elected. They aren't able to see national interest, only their own narrow goals. They wanted to show they could push around the government whenever they wanted, and they chose to do it now.

Last election, I was a reluctant Liberal voter, mourning the demise of my PCs. The antics of the Opposition since then have turned me into a die-hard Liberal partisan, and I never, ever thought I'd be saying those words.