Wall Street Journal - Minority rules

Who speaks for Canada? With political power fractured among parties and provinces, it's sometimes hard to tell…

Such results suggest a nation not wholeheartedly behind the Conservatives, but not believing there is a credible alternative either.

"The Liberals haven't managed to become the kind of opposition that appeals to voters," says Antonia Maioni, associate professor and William Dawson Scholar at McGill University, Montreal.