Canada General Discussion

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Heh heh heh.

John "epic fail" Tory is thinking about running for mayor of Toronto again. Will he ever learn? But kudos for him, he will split the ever shrinking right wing vote in Toronto.

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In any case, if the NDP loses in Nova Scotia, that'll mean a rise in the federal NDP vote there come next election.

Maybe, but the way things are going there will more likely just be a "trend" rather than an actual rise.

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Dexter's government has been quite "Red Tory"-like, which I think any first term NDP government should govern like. (fix previous govt's problems).

So we have you on record now, stating that the only way to fix government problems is to govern like a Tory? [/trolling]

Not like a Tory, like a perceived Tory.  Tory government's (especially in Atlantic Canada) aren't particularly fiscally responsible. The NDP has a (wrong) reputation of being fiscally irresponsible. So, it's important that in the first term, for the NDP to prove it's fiscal credibility before moving on to more important socialist economic reforms.

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Interim Laval mayor Alexandre Duplessis has resigned due to a prostitution scandal which involved extortion and cross-dressing. More to come. Well beyond The Onion's wildest dreams. Come on Toronto, try and keep up.

Wow lol.

BTW, have you read the Beaverton? It's just as good as the Onion.

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Exactly. I (I'm the owner of too close to call) need to wait for the process to be completed. And hopefully Election Canada will indeed publish a transposition of the votes to the new map. If they don't, I'll have a lot more work to do.

Hey, it's Earl here from the Canadian Election Atlas. Welcome to the Forum!

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New Abacus poll:
Liberals–29%
Conservatives–27%
NDP–26%
Greens–10%
Bloc–6%

Uhh... what?

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Probably a silly question, but should Christie Clark end up being deeply unpopular at the time of the next federal election, will Justin Trudeau be trying to run away from the BC Liberals or can voters actively separate the two, rather different, entities?

They are very different parties. The BC Liberals get more votes from federal Tories than from the federal Liberals.

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I see Margaret Wente is up to her old journalistic standards. Creating quite a bit of controversy.

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Nova Scotia has earned its highest ever credit rating. Finally recognition for the sacrifices the Dexter government has endured. Hopefully this gives the NDP a boost in Nova Scotia.

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Reminds me of the gun debate down south.  The NDP brings up a very good point, and the Tories are using people's emotions in a tragedy to say "now is not that time for politics". I think that is more disgusting.

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No surprise that it is Victoria

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I dont understand why Quebecers love shock jocks so much... but Huntingdon isn't even in the right wing part of Quebec, how did this guy get elected?

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I dont understand why Quebecers love shock jocks so much... but Huntingdon isn't even in the right wing part of Quebec, how did this guy get elected?

If you thing than municipal races are based on ideology in Quebec...
In Montréal, yes, elsewhere, no.

They're just basically popularity contests then? What about Quebec City or some of the mid-sized cities like Sherbrooke or Three Rivers?

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Good to know. May I pick your brain during the municipal elections in the Fall? I'm going to need someone to educate me on the various races for my blog. And perhaps also direct me to some maps/past results as well.

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Alberta PC MLA Mike Allen has resigned from caucus after being arrested by Minnesota police in a prostitution ring bust.

*Sigh*

Any chance he'd resign his seat? A by-election in Fort Mac would have a record low turnout

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EKOS out: LPC 30, CPC 28, NDP 24. So JT's honeymoon was shorter than Iggy's. LOL.

What ridiculously high number does EKOS have the Greens at?

Forgetting about a party called the BQ?

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The poll is on our website: http://ekos.com/admin/articles/FG-2013-07-18.pdf

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Dewar has been fined $7000 for illegal robocalls during his leadership campaign, ditto the company in question.

Je-zus.

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FYI, orders came down from party headquarters to be ready for the writ to drop by next week. Apparently we're going to have a summer campaign.

Ugh... same timing as the Quebec election last year, almost.

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Hudak deserves to stay IMO, but if I were a Tory, I probably wouldn't like him that much as a leader. But, he hasn't been terrible in terms of getting results for his party. Certainly an improvement over John "epic fail" Tory.

Anyways, when is this NS election supposed to  happen? DC, you've given us false information!

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What is the Atlantica Party?

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What is the Atlantica Party?

Soft libertarians. They also want the Atlantic provinces to merge, hence the name.

Oh. They shouldn't merge; in fact I would split them up further: Cape Breton and Acadia should become provinces and Labrador should become a territory. Of course, I would split up other provinces too- but that's a different story.

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What is the Atlantica Party?

Soft libertarians. They also want the Atlantic provinces to merge, hence the name.

Oh. They shouldn't merge; in fact I would split them up further: Cape Breton and Acadia should become provinces and Labrador should become a territory. Of course, I would split up other provinces too- but that's a different story.

How would you define Acadia?

Francophone New Brunswick. It wouldn't exactly be contiguous, mind you- and perhaps parts of Nova Scotia might want to join as well.

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And here's a projection map

I feel dirty seeing my colour scheme for an Eric Grenier projection

I wonder if he is using Elections Nova Scotia's redistributed results completely? Remember, they looked at the most recent by-elections for some reason.

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I'm thinking 60-40 for the pull being plugged in the Spring. What do you guys think about Quebec?