Canadian Election Chat

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famousringo said:
Small win for Cons, not the majority Steve was hoping for, though. The next few years are going to be shaky, and I'm not sure if he'll be able to count on the opposition parties being as docile as they were last term.

A larger win for NDP, reaping the rewards of a weak Liberal party and antipathy for the Conservatives. Layton has been slowly but consistently expanding NDP influence. Too bad influence means nothing to a Harper government.

The Bloc is... still around. No gain, no loss. They're the big spoilers in parliament at this point. It's tough to put together a majority government as long as Quebec refuses to throw its lot in with any of the other provinces. I wonder wonder if Harper is plotting the next volley of bribes he's going to launch in an attempt to wrest Quebec from the Bloc.

Big loss for Dion. The Liberals are down 20 seats and about 5% of the vote. With typical Liberal bickering already calling his leadership into question, I don't think he'll be leading the party into the next election.

And another big loss for May and the Greens. With no Liberal opponent and a strong showing at the debate, May can't hope for a better shot at parliament than this. Sad that there won't be any Greens in parliament.

 

I think the Conservatives bought themselves an extra 2 years governing at least. Regardless of how long it takes for the Liberals to sort out their leadership, no one is going to want to force an election before that date. 

 

I agree that the biggest disappointment here is the Bloc's continued success. I really had high hopes that they'd lose a lot of seats (regardless of who picked up those seats, a weakened bloc is a stronger Canada). 

 

As for May, I still don't get why she ran against Mackay... Elsewhere she really could have made it.