new survey suggests Canadians are starting to warm up to the idea of a coalition government on Parliament Hill.
Compiled by TNS Canada, it shows 57 per cent of Canadians found the idea of two parties forming a coalition 'completely' or 'somewhat' acceptable.
To add to that, 49 per cent of Canadians would be okay with the idea of two parties, that did not win the most seats, forming a majority government in the House of Commons.
Only one in five Canadians said they would not prefer any of these coalition scenarios.
"I think voters are looking for a way for a minority government or minority party to work together with the other parties and sort of keep it together," says Vice President and Director of Public Opinion Research Norman Baillie-David.
The survey continues to say the most pallatable solution for Canadians is a prospective Liberal - NDP union at 28 per cent, followed by a Conservative - NDP coalition at 24 per cent.
Preference begins to drop dramatically for an union that involves the Bloc Quebecois.
The prairie provinces however were the region that was least warm to the idea with only 39 per cent of those polled okay with a coalition government.
Baillie-David feels that may be just a coincidence and not have much to do with the fact that the majority of the Conservative support is in Western Canada.
"We're a minority situation, pardon the pun, in terms of a coalition government around the world," he says. "Even Jean Chretien said yesterday that Canada is one of the only countries left that thinks it can get a majority."
