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- robkelk - 10-20-2015
Well, that's it for me - my computer is melting down under the strain of following all the feeds, and the guy between the keyboard and the chair isn't doing much better.
The major party leaders (except for the separatist "Bloc Quebecois" party) are all leading in their ridings, the Liberals are almost definitely getting a majority, and I'm going to bed.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
- robkelk - 10-21-2015
Now that we know the results...
The separatist party leader didn't get elected. The Green party went back to having one Member of Parliament. The NDP went back to third-party status.
For the very first time, someone born in Ottawa is going to 24 Sussex.
And one last observation before we put this election to bed: The percentage of voters who actually voted this time around was up by eight percentage points. (And three ridings in Ottawa had over 80% of voters actually vote - but I suspect that's because of a different issue.)
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
- ordnance11 - 10-21-2015
so does a trudeau government mean no XL pipeline?
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Into terror!, Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
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- robkelk - 10-21-2015
Considering that the front-runners in both the Republican and Democratic races in the USA have said they're against it, Keystone XL was pretty much dead no matter who won.
But there might be hope. Pierre Trudeau was responsible for the National Energy Policy, which hurt Alberta's economy for a while; his son might want to "mend fences" and support some sort of pipeline. Maybe.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
- ordnance11 - 10-21-2015
Quote:robkelk wrote:
Considering that the front-runners in both the Republican and Democratic races in the USA have said they're against it, Keystone XL was pretty much dead no matter who won.
But there might be hope. Pierre Trudeau was responsible for the National Energy Policy, which hurt Alberta's economy for a while; his son might want to "mend fences" and support some sort of pipeline. Maybe.
The decocrata were against it. The republicans were gaga for it. But that becane nute with the frsacking boom and the price of oil going 40 dollars a barrel or possibly less.
__________________
Into terror!, Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell
- DHBirr - 10-21-2015
If Canada's now under a Liberal government, will Red USA declare war?
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.
- robkelk - 10-21-2015
Appeal to the colours - up here, it's Conservative blue ("Tory Blue") and Liberal red. And NDP orange, and Green ... green.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012