It's not going to come to a coalition - Harper will prorogue Parliament before any confidence vote can be held if it were to come to that. What's worse - a 'power grab' (as some have called it), or clinging to power unjustly and undeservedly when you lose confidence of the House? And no, it's definitely not a coup. Tell the Serbs, Argentinians, Ukrainians, Bolivians, Iranians, etc that there's a coup in Canada and you'd get slapped in the face. Whatever it is, it's not good. Harper has to back down and the parties to the coalition talks have to smarten up. Nothing is going to get done with all the bullshit that's happening here.