As far is I understand the rules of the Canadian parliament, this situation of Mr. Trudeau remaining as prime minister if he can find a coalition partner is totally permissible. I don’t think he will — or should — consider handing over the office to Mr. Scheer until a reasonable time to form a coalition has passed.

All the cavilings about how “undemocratic” this coalition is are coming from conservative partisans. They should be ignored until a reasonable time has passed. If the conservatives are unable to form a coalition, too bad for them.

Early in Mr. Trudeau’s tenure, he set up an electoral reform commission. I put in a submission. Unfortunately, this commission was getting a public backlash which kind of forced the Liberal to back down from this campaign promise.

Last spring, the citizens of BC voted down a resolution to reform their legislature more towards a European style. This was the third referendum in 16 years that failed. BC still has its Westminster system from 1867 — despite all of its obvious shortcomings.

I don’t understand why Canadians are so reluctant to reform their Westminster, but that’s the way it is. And under these rules, Mr. Scheer is not likely to be prime minister.