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snowywolfowl) wrote2015-10-19 08:19 pm
snowywolfowl) wrote2015-10-19 08:19 pm
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Running Commentary for the election!
All times in Eastern Standard because that's my time zone. Updates all night long!
8:15 pm - Atlantic Canada is looking very, very red as the Liberals seem to be taking most of the ridings there. Good for the Liberals but since Atlantic Canada only has about 1/10 of Canada's seats its not proof of an impending landslide. At least not yet.
8:38 pm - Atlantic Canada is a lost cause for the NDP and Conservatives but it isn't their main regional powerbase. Quebec and Ontario will be revealing their results soon and that is where its going to get interesting for the three main parties (Libs, NDP, Cons). If the NDP holds on to its Quebec seats and the Cons lose their seats in Ontario to the Libs we could be looking at a minority government.
8:54 pm - Right now there are more votes for the Marxist-Leninist Party (40) than for the Bloc Quebecois (1). While that will no doubt change the current situation amuses me greatly.
9:37 pm - Starting to see some blue Conservative leads in Alberta and Saskatchewan and red Liberal leads in the eastern part of the country. Nothing surprising there. The interesting part will be the amount of change in the traditional strongholds. Time will tell.
9:44 pm - The CBC is predicting a Liberal government. This is starting to look like a red tide on the board although I'd rather wait a bit longer before calling it.
10:02 pm - Rural Northern Ontario looks like its going NDP orange while the more urban parts like Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, and Thunder Bay are going Liberal red. Meanwhile out west it looks like the traditional Reform Party (the predecessors to the modern Conservative Party) power base is doing a good job of getting out the die hard vote.
10:29 pm - Ontario shows again why its a must win province. Its split up pretty nicely between the Cons in southwest Ontario, some NDP in the North, and Liberals everywhere else. With Quebec going mainly Liberal not carrying Ontario hurts the Cons big time.
11:03 pm - looks like a Liberal majority but just barely with them likely to get 186 seats. That's fine though if they can get the NDP to support them in undoing the damage Stephen Harper has done to Canada over the last decade. It even looks like there may be some Liberal gains in the West, where the Cons are strongest.
11:17 pm - Toronto looks like it went Liberal and considering the number of Federal ridings there that makes it a must win prize. All I can say is I guess Ford Nation came to their senses, or at least those who aren't part of it did.
11:19 pm - A quick voting numbers count makes it look like only about a third of Canada's eligible voters decided to bother casting their ballot. That's just sad and inexcusable.
11:32 pm - Thomas Mulcair, leader of the NDP, is giving his concession speech. I'd much rather the Liberal majority come at the direct expense of the Cons, not the NDP, but that's the downside of a first past the post system. Here's my hope that they'll be successful in their goals because Canada has profited from the ideals they espouse. All in all its a nice and eloquent speech, exactly what one expects from Mulcair.
11:45 pm - Elizabeth May now congratulating Trudeau and talking about fixing the damage Harper has done by pushing the Liberals. I'm glad she was re-elected. I like smart people in parliament who can give those pushes.
11:51 pm - Stephen Harper is now giving his concession speech. It was relatively bland but at least he didn't call for a coup. He also promised that in the next election the party will provide a clear alternative based on Conservative values. That's all well and good and I look forward to them explaining in clear terms what they are because other than wrecking Canada's democracy I have no ideas what they are.
12:10 pm - And now its PM to be Justin Trudeau's turn. He's talking about a hopeful vision and the idea of politics as a positive force. God knows we need it after the last ten years although it was still gracious of him to thank Harper for his service to Canada. Also unlike most Conservative rhetoric he makes a point that Conservatives are not enemies but neighbours, a lesson all in Canada should never forget. He's also talking about where they go from here in terms of jobs, community investments and a request for all Canadians to have faith in the country. He's now essentially rejecting everything Harper stood for which is frankly the mandate he was elected on.
12:36 pm - Trudeau just ended with his tagline "In Canada, better is ALWAYS possible". All well and good but there is a lot of work for Canada to become the great country it was a decade ago, so no honeymoon time. Get to work, guy. Every day we don't fix the damage the Cons did is a day too long.
8:15 pm - Atlantic Canada is looking very, very red as the Liberals seem to be taking most of the ridings there. Good for the Liberals but since Atlantic Canada only has about 1/10 of Canada's seats its not proof of an impending landslide. At least not yet.
8:38 pm - Atlantic Canada is a lost cause for the NDP and Conservatives but it isn't their main regional powerbase. Quebec and Ontario will be revealing their results soon and that is where its going to get interesting for the three main parties (Libs, NDP, Cons). If the NDP holds on to its Quebec seats and the Cons lose their seats in Ontario to the Libs we could be looking at a minority government.
8:54 pm - Right now there are more votes for the Marxist-Leninist Party (40) than for the Bloc Quebecois (1). While that will no doubt change the current situation amuses me greatly.
9:37 pm - Starting to see some blue Conservative leads in Alberta and Saskatchewan and red Liberal leads in the eastern part of the country. Nothing surprising there. The interesting part will be the amount of change in the traditional strongholds. Time will tell.
9:44 pm - The CBC is predicting a Liberal government. This is starting to look like a red tide on the board although I'd rather wait a bit longer before calling it.
10:02 pm - Rural Northern Ontario looks like its going NDP orange while the more urban parts like Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, and Thunder Bay are going Liberal red. Meanwhile out west it looks like the traditional Reform Party (the predecessors to the modern Conservative Party) power base is doing a good job of getting out the die hard vote.
10:29 pm - Ontario shows again why its a must win province. Its split up pretty nicely between the Cons in southwest Ontario, some NDP in the North, and Liberals everywhere else. With Quebec going mainly Liberal not carrying Ontario hurts the Cons big time.
11:03 pm - looks like a Liberal majority but just barely with them likely to get 186 seats. That's fine though if they can get the NDP to support them in undoing the damage Stephen Harper has done to Canada over the last decade. It even looks like there may be some Liberal gains in the West, where the Cons are strongest.
11:17 pm - Toronto looks like it went Liberal and considering the number of Federal ridings there that makes it a must win prize. All I can say is I guess Ford Nation came to their senses, or at least those who aren't part of it did.
11:19 pm - A quick voting numbers count makes it look like only about a third of Canada's eligible voters decided to bother casting their ballot. That's just sad and inexcusable.
11:32 pm - Thomas Mulcair, leader of the NDP, is giving his concession speech. I'd much rather the Liberal majority come at the direct expense of the Cons, not the NDP, but that's the downside of a first past the post system. Here's my hope that they'll be successful in their goals because Canada has profited from the ideals they espouse. All in all its a nice and eloquent speech, exactly what one expects from Mulcair.
11:45 pm - Elizabeth May now congratulating Trudeau and talking about fixing the damage Harper has done by pushing the Liberals. I'm glad she was re-elected. I like smart people in parliament who can give those pushes.
11:51 pm - Stephen Harper is now giving his concession speech. It was relatively bland but at least he didn't call for a coup. He also promised that in the next election the party will provide a clear alternative based on Conservative values. That's all well and good and I look forward to them explaining in clear terms what they are because other than wrecking Canada's democracy I have no ideas what they are.
12:10 pm - And now its PM to be Justin Trudeau's turn. He's talking about a hopeful vision and the idea of politics as a positive force. God knows we need it after the last ten years although it was still gracious of him to thank Harper for his service to Canada. Also unlike most Conservative rhetoric he makes a point that Conservatives are not enemies but neighbours, a lesson all in Canada should never forget. He's also talking about where they go from here in terms of jobs, community investments and a request for all Canadians to have faith in the country. He's now essentially rejecting everything Harper stood for which is frankly the mandate he was elected on.
12:36 pm - Trudeau just ended with his tagline "In Canada, better is ALWAYS possible". All well and good but there is a lot of work for Canada to become the great country it was a decade ago, so no honeymoon time. Get to work, guy. Every day we don't fix the damage the Cons did is a day too long.
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Anyway, congrats! Really happy for Canada!
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I can't help but come to the conclusion that the right wing in North America's attempts to get my vote is some type of "Candid Camera" style joke. They give speeches where they tell me that if I don't support them then I'm supporting child molesters, threaten Quakers with hate crime prosecution for peaceful protest, move to deport Canadian born citizens to countries they've never been to and then wonder why I will not vote for the conservatives. And that's before Rob Ford and candidates peeing in people's coffee cups.
Seriously after most of the debates, press conferences and policy briefings from that side of the political spectrum I expect someone to jump out and tell me I've been punk'd. If only that were the case unfortunately.
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Seriously though Canada had close to 30 political parties that ran at least one candidate in the election but only five of them got any sort of real support. The Marxist-Lenists are not one of them.