Conservative Majority for Canada
EJHill ·
May 2, 2011 at 10:37pm
CBC, CTV and Global calls a Majority government for Stephen Harper and the Conservatives. A complete disaster for the Liberals. The Socialist NDP will be in official opposition.
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Nov '10
Re: Conservative Majority for Canada
You beat me by 2 minutes. We may be the only ones on Ricochet who are interested except, perhaps, for Mark Steyn ;-)
Nov '10
Re: Conservative Majority for Canada
Excellent man... Why wasn't he invited to the wedding?
Edited on May 2, 2011 at 8:21pmNov '10
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Hey, there's me too. An interesting aspect is the growth of the NDP in Quebec, where more than half of its seats appear to be; with any luck that dependence will (eventually) do for the NDP what it did for Social Credit.
May '10
Re: Conservative Majority for Canada
I spent many happy days of my childhood in North Bay. The American Prime Minister in Waiting goes down in flames, eh?
Mar '11
Re: Conservative Majority for Canada
His endless concession speech was one of the reasons for the flame-out. Not a bad man, but he ran against his old persona -- he was one of the few Liberal-types to come out in support of action in Iraq in 2003. Now he wants to cancel our F-35 order.
May '10
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But did he really vote Kerry in 2004? We know he voted Labour in the UK.
Mar '11
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Don't know. Liberals are famed for holding two impossible ideas at the same time...
May '10
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Elizabeth Dunn: Excellent man... Why wasn't he invited to the wedding? · May 2 at 8:18pm
Edited on May 02 at 08:21 pm
I think he was invited, and accepted But this election only came up on (approx) Mar. 26 so....I think he had to unRSVP.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12850847
Jan '11
Re: Conservative Majority for Canada
Man, since I was a kid, the NDP was forever the third party, an afterthought there to fight the class struggles of the 1930s. I'm a bit worried - Layton is a camera hog, and if the Conservatives aren't careful, we'll get an NDP government next election. The Liberals will spend some time in the wilderness, their coffers will be drained as they try to regroup. The Bloc - fascinating - maybe that whole era of Canadian politics is over, as the pure laine Quebeckers are outnumbered by allophones and "new Canadians", who could care less about the struggles of the 70s.
I feel bad for Ignatieff, he's probably a good guy, a smart guy, but a terrible politician.
Harper is a great guy, I've talked to many who know him, and he's genuine. He's a fantastic guy, we're lucky to have him. He has no flash, but that's perfectly fine with me.
I talked to one guy tonight, and I said that Bob Rae will have to rebuild the Liberal Party. He was starry-eyed for Justin Trudeau. Oh boy. :(
Mar '11
Re: Conservative Majority for Canada
Ezra Levant (SunTV) had a good crack about the Glibs going for the next shiny toy -- the substitute drama teacher, Justin Trudeau.
The big thing tonight is the implosion of the Libs -- they're millions in debt and will lose the money that the feds give parties, once Harper kills it with his majority.
Jan '11
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Canucski - yeah, I hope they shove that "funding of parties by number of votes received" down the toilet, ASAFP (feasibly) :)
Jan '11
Re: Conservative Majority for Canada
C'mon, bump the thread to main :D
Nov '10
Re: Conservative Majority for Canada
Polarization in Canada. The NDP would make our Democrats blush.
Interesting how the separatist party has gone down in flames. When I was kid in the GWN, they were the harbingers of doom for Canada. Now the French seem happy with their lot and aspire to socialism hoping to have the rest of Canada keep them in the manner to which they have become accustomed.
Jan '11
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Harper and Yo-Yo Ma:
http://tinyurl.com/ybgtxz5
Nov '10
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Elizabeth Dunn: Excellent man... Why wasn't he invited to the wedding? · May 2 at 8:18pm
Edited on May 02 at 08:21 pm
I think he was invited, and accepted But this election only came up on (approx) Mar. 26 so....I think he had to unRSVP.
Glad to read this, as I was initially disturbed to see Julia Gillard present, but no PM Harper.
Sep '10
Re: Conservative Majority for Canada
Ahem. I have a few words on the subject in a separate post.
Jan '11
Re: Conservative Majority for Canada
Hey PseudoD, you must live in British Columbia. Beautiful place.
I'm both happy and worried about the election. I'm happy that there's a Conservative Majority, because I know that Harper will lead things well. I'm unhappy at the resurgence of the NDP. But I'm happy that the Bloc has been obliterated. But I'm unhappy that Dosangj was trashed, I like the guy and his integrity. But I"m happy that - well, there's hope. Cheers.
Jan '11
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A nice Harper clip
http://tinyurl.com/6ylbj7
Feb '11
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Erik Larsen: Hey PseudoD, you must live in British Columbia. Beautiful place.
I'm unhappy at the resurgence of the NDP. But I'm happy that the Bloc has been obliterated. May 2 at 11:42pm
It would seem that the NDP a federal party has now become a regional party because the majority of seats are in Quebec. It will be interesting to see how long NDP Jack Layton will be able to retain the leadership of a Quebec party while having his seat in Toronto not Quebec.
Edited on May 3, 2011 at 6:40amMay '10
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Libs score 33 seats. Out of 308. Canada seems prone to these wipeouts. Remember what happened to the Tories under Mulroney?
Deceptively volatile, those Canucks. Never turn your back to one.