The Liberal Party thinks the Conservative immigration bill is wrong.  And so, the Liberals will do nothing.  Stephane Dion made certain the immigration bill passed:

With several Liberals abstaining, the House of Commons has approved controversial Conservative reforms to Canada's immigration laws by a vote of 120-90.

Bill C-50 allows skilled immigrants such as doctors to be put on the fast-track into Canada, while unskilled immigrants will find it harder to enter the country.

So what is the reason for not taking the country into an election?  Apparently it is because Canada is a cold-weather country:

But Dion has stood firm against the demands [from most Liberals to force an election], and last night only a handful of Liberal MPs turned up to vote against the government's budget-implementation bill, which included immigration reforms that the Liberals have found troublesome. With so few Liberals in the Commons, the confidence vote easily passed.

Dion again asserted yesterday that he didn't want to provoke a July election and said, as he did last week, that he didn't think July was the right month to seize his chance because it's "the only month of the year with sun and heat."

Only month of the year with sun and heat?

Is he serious?

OK, first of all, in the parts of Canada where 80% or more of the population lives, there are plenty of warm weather months.

But Stephane Dion does make a telling point.  Canada is a cold country, summers notwithstanding.  In fact, we have temperature extremes here, with hot months like July and August, and bitterly cold months like January and February.

And Stephane Dion thinks the right thing for Canadians is to make the cost of energy, whether it is electricity to drive a fan or air conditioner, or oil and gas to run a furnace, go up and up and up with his carbon tax.

Apparently Stephane Dion knows Canada is a country of temperature extremes (even if he thinks Canada is mostly frigid).  He worries that Canadians will be upset if they asked to vote when the temperature is too hot or too cold.

But then maybe that's why Stephane Dion doesn't want to fight an election in the summer or winter.  Even Stephane Dion realizes Canadians might have real concerns about any energy taxation plan when they are acutely aware of just how much energy Canadians need to live in this country's climate.