The fly in the ointment is that the party that made the biggest gains is the NDP, a full-throated socialist party that is further left than the liberals. This would appear to point to greater polarization in Canadian political life.
Bloc Quebecois also continued its downward slide, with most of their lost votes going to the NDP.
NDP+Liberal+Bloc Quebecois+Greens = about 56% of the vote. That part is not so good.
The left is deeply divided... that’s why it isn’t able to win a majority. And one isn’t sure Jack Layton will perform any better than Michael Ignatieff, the unlamented Liberal leader who lost his own riding.
Harper doesn’t have much to worry with a 167 seat majority below his belt.
The Conservatives can now pass their agenda without the need to make concessions to opposition parties.
yup. turning into a 2 party country