Well, that's what they're saying during the campaign. It could be different after the election. Who knows what could happen if the Liberals are willing to at least stop worsening the austerity for the next four to five years-and were also willing to actually bring in electoral reform, so these "we have to vote (x) just to stop (y)" choices would forever become a thing of the past.
How do you account for the fact that the NPD-Q has made no impact at all in this campaign. Based on your arguments, this should have been the perfect year for the to make a breakthrough in allophone and other traditionally federalist ridings whose demographics would seem to be favorable to them.