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41st Canadian Election: Bloc Party!
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gounhwildcats
Go Cats!! Beat Maine!!!
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It's a good day for Canada. Congrats to the NDP and Jack Layton too. I can honestly say I never thought I'd see the day when they would form the official opposition and the Libs would be relegated to back bencher status.
It's a good day for Canada. Congrats to the NDP and Jack Layton too. I can honestly say I never thought I'd see the day when they would form the official opposition and the Libs would be relegated to back bencher status.
I'm surprised and not surprised. Obviously the voters rejected Iggy and the Libs and the Blocheads. Layton remained popular despite the body rub bombshell. But I couldn't see voters turning the country over to the NDP.
Iggy will resign - does Rae replace him? He screwed Ontario when he became Premier as head of the provincial NDP. He's one of the reasons my wife and I moved to the US
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Iggy said he will serve as long as he's asked - but there's no guarantees that he'll even have a seat in the Commons.
Slate did a long article on this subject last week but there's really no good reason why Ignatieff has been such a horrific failure.
Iggy said he will serve as long as he's asked - but there's no guarantees that he'll even have a seat in the Commons.
Slate did a long article on this subject last week but there's really no good reason why Ignatieff has been such a horrific failure.
WeWantMore
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Re: 41st Canadian Election: Bloc Party!
My only acquaintance with him is reading his Wiki, but I'm disappointed to see that Andre Arthur lost tonight.
My only acquaintance with him is reading his Wiki, but I'm disappointed to see that Andre Arthur lost tonight.
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What I'm seeing from these results in one paragraph:
In Quebec, the NDP routed the Bloc, which is likely to not have official party status. CBC's current projections have them with a miserable two seats and haven't given them more than 4 since the very beginning of the telecast. In Ontario, particularly the Greater Toronto Area, the Conservatives blew out the Liberals. They're not going to have a huge majority at this point (current numbers: Con 168, NDP 103, Lib 33, BQ 3, Green 1), but it's a majority and according to Canadian election law passed with recent years, there won't be another vote in Canada until October 2015 (unless Harper loses a confidence motion, which seems highly unlikely).
What I'm seeing from these results in one paragraph:
In Quebec, the NDP routed the Bloc, which is likely to not have official party status. CBC's current projections have them with a miserable two seats and haven't given them more than 4 since the very beginning of the telecast. In Ontario, particularly the Greater Toronto Area, the Conservatives blew out the Liberals. They're not going to have a huge majority at this point (current numbers: Con 168, NDP 103, Lib 33, BQ 3, Green 1), but it's a majority and according to Canadian election law passed with recent years, there won't be another vote in Canada until October 2015 (unless Harper loses a confidence motion, which seems highly unlikely).
gounhwildcats
Go Cats!! Beat Maine!!!
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There's a couple of seats that are bouncing back and forth, but the numbers you posted are pretty close to what the final tally will be. As for losing a confidence vote, that is impossible with a majority government. If they finish with the 167 seats they currently have, 13 members of the Tories and every member of the opposition parties would have to vote against the Conservatives on a confidence motion to bring down the government. So this will be our government for the next five years unless Mr. Harper decides on his own to dissolve parliament early. I am looking forward to seeing what they do when they don't have to water down their bills to appease the opposition parties.
There's a couple of seats that are bouncing back and forth, but the numbers you posted are pretty close to what the final tally will be. As for losing a confidence vote, that is impossible with a majority government. If they finish with the 167 seats they currently have, 13 members of the Tories and every member of the opposition parties would have to vote against the Conservatives on a confidence motion to bring down the government. So this will be our government for the next five years unless Mr. Harper decides on his own to dissolve parliament early. I am looking forward to seeing what they do when they don't have to water down their bills to appease the opposition parties.
WeWantMore
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Re: 41st Canadian Election: Bloc Party!
Taylor Hall is getting abused on Twitter for having the temerity to admit he voted Conservative.
Taylor Hall is getting abused on Twitter for having the temerity to admit he voted Conservative.
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Ignatieff hinted at it, but what you're seeing is an Americanization of Canadian politics (to me, at least). There's a right party that's going right and a left party that's going left and the Liberals have not defined themselves and got pulled apart, while the Bloc was rendered nearly totally irrelevant. For Harper, he's got a majority and he's not going to the middle any time soon. In fact, these minorities were clearly painful to him because he was forced to compromise the ideological purity he so prized. The Liberals are going to have a lot of time now to figure their stuff out (I've got a feeling that the future for them is probably named Justin Trudeau) in the wilderness. The NDP is going to take a very different shade with so much of its support coming from Quebec - and I see it looking very Eurosocialist. Duceppe is speaking to his supporters and has officially quit (one or two elections too late), but I think it still remains to be seen if the sovereignty movement is truly in tatters or if the Quebecois people have simply given up on sovereignty on a federal level (after all, the Parti Quebecois is still a major force provincially).
Ignatieff hinted at it, but what you're seeing is an Americanization of Canadian politics (to me, at least). There's a right party that's going right and a left party that's going left and the Liberals have not defined themselves and got pulled apart, while the Bloc was rendered nearly totally irrelevant. For Harper, he's got a majority and he's not going to the middle any time soon. In fact, these minorities were clearly painful to him because he was forced to compromise the ideological purity he so prized. The Liberals are going to have a lot of time now to figure their stuff out (I've got a feeling that the future for them is probably named Justin Trudeau) in the wilderness. The NDP is going to take a very different shade with so much of its support coming from Quebec - and I see it looking very Eurosocialist. Duceppe is speaking to his supporters and has officially quit (one or two elections too late), but I think it still remains to be seen if the sovereignty movement is truly in tatters or if the Quebecois people have simply given up on sovereignty on a federal level (after all, the Parti Quebecois is still a major force provincially).
Patman
Rodent of Unusual Size
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Welcome to life kid... sure you may be a great hockey player... sure maybe you help grannies across the street... sure maybe you help out at church (I know none of these to be true except the first one).... but once you announce you are a conservative... you are fair game.
Welcome to life kid... sure you may be a great hockey player... sure maybe you help grannies across the street... sure maybe you help out at church (I know none of these to be true except the first one).... but once you announce you are a conservative... you are fair game.
bronconick
Yep, still here
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LOL. There's an Ottawa waitress who skipped out mid-campaign to go to Vegas on vacation that speaks almost no French that won in Quebec.
LOL. There's an Ottawa waitress who skipped out mid-campaign to go to Vegas on vacation that speaks almost no French that won in Quebec.
gounhwildcats
Go Cats!! Beat Maine!!!
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I'm guessing there's a large male population in that riding.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/cana...en-brosseau-wins-quebec-riding-042238054.html
I'm guessing there's a large male population in that riding.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/cana...en-brosseau-wins-quebec-riding-042238054.html
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Digging up the thread to pass along some very sad news:
After suffering a recurrence of cancer, Jack Layton has passed away at 61.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/08/22/layton-obituary.html
Digging up the thread to pass along some very sad news:
After suffering a recurrence of cancer, Jack Layton has passed away at 61.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/08/22/layton-obituary.html