to help the country survive the economic crisis , including personal tax reductions , doubling of spending on infrastructure , injecting liquidity into the financial markets and securing pension plans . iReport.com : Outrage brewing in Canada `` Tonight , I pledge to you that Canada 's government will use every legal means at our disposal to protect our democracy , protect our economy and to protect Canada , '' he said . Though Harper did not specify what those legal means might entail , his opponents predicted that he would try to dissolve Parliament and wasted no time in voicing their opposition . The Liberal Party , which lost seats in the October vote , and the leftist New Democratic Party announced plans earlier this week to form a governing coalition with the support of the Bloc Quebecois , which supports independence for French-speaking Quebec . In a televised address that followed Harper 's , opposition Liberal leader Stephane Dion called for a vote of confidence . He said he had asked Canada 's Governor-General Michaelle Jean -- the acting head of state who would call for a new election or a confidence vote -- `` to refuse any
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper appealed directly to Canadians for support Wednesday , vowing in a nationally televised address on the economy that he will do all he can to halt his opponents from carrying out a no-confidence vote in Parliament -- as planned for Monday -- and forming a coalition government that would replace his own . Prime Minister Stephen Harper accuses coalition leaders of `` betrayal '' by relying on Quebec separatists ' support . `` Unfortunately , even before the government has brought forward its budget , and only seven weeks after a general election , the opposition wants to overturn the results of that election , '' said the prime minister , whose Conservative Party strengthened its minority position in federal elections on October 14 . `` Canada 's government can not enter into a power-sharing coalition with a separatist party at a time of global insecurity , '' he said . `` Canada 's government must stand unequivocally for keeping the country together . '' The country is undergoing `` a pivotal moment in our history , '' he said , then ticked through a list of efforts his government is making