If I were the Conservatives, this would be a good time to force a non-confidence vote. What do you think? is this foolish?
No, I think it would be a good idea, really. From a purely objective point of view, this would be a very good excuse to bring down the government and force an election, and Harper is not likely to have the Liberals much lower in the polls than they currently are right now. If Harper waits, my personal prediction would be that people will slowly start to forget about this mess and that the Liberals will slowly go back up.
Don't tell him I said so, however.
Can Harper force a vote without support from the Bloc? It seems the Quebecois should be quite happy with their showing last year and wouldn't be too eager to force another election as they have very little to gain.