Posted on 04/27/2007 4:16:36 PM PDT by G8 Diplomat
I know there is no 'Republican' or 'Democrat' party in Canada, but let's assume red = conservative majority and blue = liberal majority. I'm curious, which provinces would be which colors?
I'd guess something along these lines... Ontario: blue Quebec: blue Manitoba: "swing province" (could go either way) Saskatchewan: red Alberta: red British Columbia: red Yukon, Nunavut, NW Territories: red Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island: No idea, but I'd guess blue since they're closer to Quebec...
You’re probably right. The Republicans should reclaim the colour blue.
Toronto is deep-blue in US terms; it would have voted over 80% for Kerry (and Bush barely in double digits) in 2004 if it were in the US.
My province-wide coloring:
British Columbia: Barely blue (swing region)
Alberta: Red
Saskatchewan: Red
Manitoba: Barely red
Ontario: Blue
Quebec: Blue or aqua (separatist)
New Brunswick: Barely blue
Nova Scotia: Blue
Prince Edward Island: Blue
Newfoundland and Labrador: Barely blue
Within provinces, county-level maps have starker difference. The big cities (such as Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver) would be deep blue. Red swathes would exist across southern New Brunswick, perhaps parts of eastern Quebec, much of southern Ontario outside the big cities, and almost all of the rural and suburban West (except perhaps the west coast areas). Alberta would be the most red and perhaps red across nearly every county. The most blue would probably be Quebec if the separatists went for the Democrats.
lol
Leafs to the core, FRiend. Then Flames, when the Leafs go out. Montreal does have a nice cosmopolitan culture, though, whatever else you can say about it. Lots of stuff to hate, but lots to love as well.
Most of Canada’s Jews were concentrated in Toronto and Montreal from the beginning, so the Toronto concentration just got bigger. There are probably still 50, 000 to 100, 000 Jews in Montreal, though.
And, ugh. What a terrible idea.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
True that. But, let’s face it. There is no Ontario cuisine. Toronto food, in particular, is just a wide assortment of various kinds of ethnic food. Good, healthy but not bound by a unifying theme.
The problem is those areas, especially the suburban 905, are increasingly liberal and hard to crack without alienating the rural and especially the Western base...
The Red Tories have too much power in the party though unfortunately...
Manitoba elected more Conservatives thanany other party in last federal election. As did the other western provinces.
HOUSE OF COMMONS
PARTY STANDINGS
39th Parliament
Conservative
Lib
BQ
NPD
Ind
Ind
Vacant seats (Quebec only, second last number *) Total
Alberta 28 - 28
British Columbia 18 - 8 - 10 - 36
Prince Edward Island 4 - 4
Manitoba 8 - 3 - 3 - 14
New Brunswick 3 - 6 - 1 - 10
Nova Scotia 3 - 6 - 2 - 11
Ontario 40 - 53 - 12 - 1 - 106
Quebec 10 - 12 - 49 - 2 - *2 - 75
Saskatchewan 12 - 2 - 14
Newfoundland and Labrador 3 - 4 - 7
Nunavut 1 - 1
Northwest Territories 1 - 1
Yukon 1 - 1
Total National 125 - 100 - 49 - 29 - 3 - 2 - 308
I’m going to Edmonton next month. My sister lives about 3 miles north of that mall you refer to. I got some wicked deals on clothing at Christmas, so I might suffer the mall again.
“Sadly, there’s very little of Canada that’s very conservative. Even Alberta isn’t as conservative as some of our most conservative American states. Sad situation, really.”
You are so right and it is indeed sad. Another thing to keep in mind when viewing Canadian politics is that geographic demographics can be misleading being that over 90% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the U.S. border.
“It’s on another planet.”
So that Stargate thingy DOES exist!
“Manitoba needs a color of its own to signify “politically insane”.’
Purple?
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