08w49:1 Yes they can! Posted December 1st, 2008 by timothy. 0 Comments Goodreads | 2008 week 08 number 49 (Yes They Can!) An Accord on a Cooperative Government to Address the Present Economic Crisis A Policy Accord to Address the Present Economic Crisis Some work I did on the weekend: People who voted for the Conservatives: 10,493,047 People who voted for the Liberals: 7,349,977 People who voted for the NDP: 5,065,144 People who voted for the Liberals & NDP combined: 12,415,121 People who voted for the Bloc Quebecois: 2,778,758 Combined, the Liberals, NDP, and Bloc represent 15,193,879. Total votes for the smaller parties (Christian Heritage, Communist, Greens, Independents etc): 2,213,995 Total votes that weren’t for the Conservatives: 17,407,874 A Coalition Government therefore would be democratically representative, despite what Stephen Harper has said. Source: Elections Canada results. Some numbers are still listed as preliminary. My downloaded spreadsheet from Elections Canada; and my modified spreadsheet listing only the parties and the votes.