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Canadian General Election LIVE THREAD
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Posted on 05/02/2011 6:06:37 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps

Live Thread for the Canadian General Election, May 2nd,2011


TOPICS: Canada; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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To: dangus; All
Here...this interactive site is very useful:

Decision 2011

41 posted on 05/02/2011 7:31:06 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: cookcounty

Conservatives over 40% now with western (very conservative, ‘cept for BC) provinces reporting just a handful of votes so far!

Parliamentary majority for Harper already assured. Hopefully, he can get close to 50% of popular vote in this 3-way race.


42 posted on 05/02/2011 7:32:00 PM PDT by cookcounty ("Hey Waiter! 72 STURGEONS? I'm supposed to get 72 VIRGINS!" --Osama "Bubbles" Laden)
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To: Minus_The_Bear

And the Bloc have become...well, not much of a party at all.


43 posted on 05/02/2011 7:32:11 PM PDT by BCEagles
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To: GreenLanternCorps

There’s two levels of bad news, here, however. Conservatives have lost a potential partner in forming a coalition government, with the absolutely horrible showing of Bloc Quebecois. Secondly, the NDP has gained a couple rural seats from the Conservatives in the far North of various provinces, meaning the Conservatives would need to form a coalition. There’s a real nasty specter of a NDP-liberal minority government rearing its ugly head.


44 posted on 05/02/2011 7:33:54 PM PDT by dangus
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To: BCEagles

The Liberal HQ looks like a funeral parlor right now. And the results out west haven’t come in yet. The last pre-election polls for the Prairies didn’t look good for the Grits.


45 posted on 05/02/2011 7:34:00 PM PDT by coydog (Time to feed the pigs!)
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To: Minus_The_Bear

So much for “The natural governing party of Canada”. This is a 1993 style wipeout.


46 posted on 05/02/2011 7:34:41 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps ("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
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To: buccaneer81

Wow! Conservatives leading in British Columbia?


47 posted on 05/02/2011 7:35:54 PM PDT by cookcounty ("Hey Waiter! 72 STURGEONS? I'm supposed to get 72 VIRGINS!" --Osama "Bubbles" Laden)
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To: coydog

I have a few cousins from Montreal who are involved in their local Liberal Party. I can’t imagine they’re in good spirits tonight.

I’m watching on CSPAN2 here in the US. CBC has the Conservatives right on the doorstep at 154 leading & elected.


48 posted on 05/02/2011 7:36:45 PM PDT by BCEagles
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To: dangus

A few switches in projections, and the Conservatives are now looking at 150 seats, after all. Plus, I’ve investigated the BQ seats, and they are winning only where the Conservatives haven’t run a strong opposition, so it’s quite possible that they may be those BQ MPs who are most inclined to work with the Conservatives.


49 posted on 05/02/2011 7:36:54 PM PDT by dangus
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To: coydog

LOL! “Grits” and “Dippers!”

Any nifty nicknames for Conservative Party and Bloc Quebecois?


50 posted on 05/02/2011 7:37:43 PM PDT by cookcounty ("Hey Waiter! 72 STURGEONS? I'm supposed to get 72 VIRGINS!" --Osama "Bubbles" Laden)
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To: dangus

LOL! There’s a Pirate Party. Yaarrrggghhh!


51 posted on 05/02/2011 7:39:01 PM PDT by rabidralph (http://www.conservativedna.com/)
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To: GreenLanternCorps

Updates -

- AT LEAST a Conservative majority - British Columbia’s 36 seats may determine if it’s a majority

- Alberta 100% Conservative - they won every seat there

- Harper and Layton re-elected handily, Iggy and Duceppe in trouble in their ridings


52 posted on 05/02/2011 7:43:05 PM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: canuck_conservative

Yes, at least Harper is back as PM!! A bare majority government would be great at this point but I was ready to settle for a minority again, just as long as it was conservative. :)


53 posted on 05/02/2011 7:46:54 PM PDT by plushaye (God is my strength and my redeemer)
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To: cookcounty

How difficult is it for an American to move to and live in Canada?

I will not stay and allow DNC vote buys to saddle my kids with millions in debt.

It’s not going Galt as I’d be supporting another socialist system.


54 posted on 05/02/2011 7:47:04 PM PDT by NoLibZone
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To: cookcounty

Conservatives are called Torys.


55 posted on 05/02/2011 7:48:17 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: NoLibZone

You do not want to be at the mercy of Canadian health care.


56 posted on 05/02/2011 7:49:20 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: buccaneer81

That site lists a Rhinoceros Party. May ours become as small as theirs!


57 posted on 05/02/2011 7:52:04 PM PDT by Styria
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To: cookcounty

Conservatives are Tories, and Bloc Quebecois are referred to, by their detractors, as “Blockheads”


58 posted on 05/02/2011 7:53:44 PM PDT by coydog (Time to feed the pigs!)
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To: canuck_conservative

Watching the CBC on CSPAN-2, Peter Mainsbridge is trying to downplay the Tory numbers. Chantal Hebert looked downright depressed.


59 posted on 05/02/2011 7:55:56 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps ("Barack Obama" is Swahili for "Jimmy Carter".)
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To: coydog

The blockheads and the grits have experienced severe shrinkage tonight.


60 posted on 05/02/2011 7:56:31 PM PDT by xp38
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