Canada General Discussion 1.5: The Countdown Begins

[Hatman 🍁]

"Forces et Démocratie" is a pretty weird name for a political party.

In Canada yes, but at the same time it's a very français de France kind of party name (clunky and meaningless).

Not weird at all for Quebec. Have you seen the names for some municipal parties in Quebec?

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Hash, are you stuck on campus? I think I'm outside the lockdown zone. Kinda scary.

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Streets in Centretown (where I work) are pretty empty, I'm told.

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The war memorial never used to have soldiers stationed there, until some kids decided to urinate on it a few years ago on Canada Day.

[Hatman 🍁]

I think this whole thing is over at this point.

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I think this whole thing is over at this point.

Is there still a shooter still at large, or have they confirmed that only one attacker was involved?

Police aren't saying anything, which tells me there is no one at large at the moment. I think the whole city would be under lock down if that were the case.

[Hatman 🍁]

My cousin has done ceremonial guard stuff on the hill (maybe also at the war memorial) in the past. He's also fought in Afghanistan, so he's definitely been in worse danger.

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All flags on federal buildings will be flown at half-mast. Ottawa police confirm there was only one shooter.

Oddly enough, the legion across the street from work did not have their flag at half mast.

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There's a gunman walking around downtown Halifax. I am locked in my office. No shots fired AFAIK.

The copycats have begun

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Great job, Wikipedia:

Blame America, a US editor did that. Someone fixed it before I got a chance to.

I was arguing on the talk page of the incident about the naming of the article. It was at "2014 shootings at Parliament Hill, Ottawa" which is obviously a wrong title, considering the first shooting was at the War Memorial. I've renamed it twice, and I figure it's going to get moved back to the erroneous title pretty soon.

[Hatman 🍁]

Did Obama call this terrorism? Will Ottawa be the new Benghazi? 

[Hatman 🍁]

The world's media certainly made it seem like this event really struck terror in this country: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/10/23/ottawa-shooting-global-coverage_n_6034270.html

I was a mile away from the events, and at no point yesterday was I ever in "terror".

[Hatman 🍁]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-election-john-tory-elected-mayor-1.2814902



John Tory was elected Mayor of Toronto today, meaning that the Queen City will have a sane mayor for the first time since December 2010.

As of 10:20 EST the top five are as follows;

Legislative Assemblyman/2003 Mayoral Candidate (Progressive Conservative) John Tory 40.272%
Toronto City Councillor Doug Ford (Independent) 33.737%
Former Member of Parliament Olivia Chow (New Democrat) 23.145%
Criminal Lawyer Ari Goldkind (Independent) 0.399%
Some Lady Selina Chan (Independent) 0.238%

lol, New York Express...

We have a thread about these elections you know

[Hatman 🍁]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-election-john-tory-elected-mayor-1.2814902



John Tory was elected Mayor of Toronto today, meaning that the Queen City will have a sane mayor for the first time since December 2010.

As of 10:20 EST the top five are as follows;

Legislative Assemblyman/2003 Mayoral Candidate (Progressive Conservative) John Tory 40.272%
Toronto City Councillor Doug Ford (Independent) 33.737%
Former Member of Parliament Olivia Chow (New Democrat) 23.145%
Criminal Lawyer Ari Goldkind (Independent) 0.399%
Some Lady Selina Chan (Independent) 0.238%

lol, New York Express...

We have a thread about these elections you know

It's worth pointing out the conversation about said election could be entirely different here, than in the election thread, and I'd probably be more detailed in the election thread.

No, the election thread is full of maps. Much better than here.

[Hatman 🍁]

Oh please please please have Doug Ford run for leader of the PCs.

[Hatman 🍁]

Ricky's gonna be pissed.

[Hatman 🍁]

That's OK, no one knows anything about PEI politics. Good bet who ever comes next will be a Gaudet (pronounced Good-ee on the island) or Gallant

[Hatman 🍁]

Write ins? What

You know the Tories are in trouble if they're losing Cumberland-Colchester.

[Hatman 🍁]

Write ins? What

I saw several ballots with a candidate's name crossed out and "Bill Casey" written next to it. They were counted as spoiled ballots.

How is that possible? Aren't the ballots black? You'd have to write the name in one of the circles.

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Why no write-ins?  I can understand that in party primaries, but unless it's ludicrously easy to get on the ballot at the last moment, I fail to see why it shouldn't be an option.  Granted, there seldom is a need to count them.

One of the few areas where the US is more democratic than Canada (that and having an elected Senate ) I would've considered voting write-in in the last municipal elections.

Here's what a typical ballot looks like:



There is some white space, yes, but it would have to be in a candidate area. I've only scrutinized a ballot count once, and there were no spoilt ballots, letalone people writing things in.

New QC CROP: NDP retains their double-digit lead among Francophones.

New harassment policy remains closed-door as expected.

Mourani will join the NDP next year but remain an Indie till then.

This is because the NDP doesn't tolerate floor crossing. Same thing happened in NB with Bev Harrison.

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My dear friend acquaintance who I'm Facebook friends with, Michael Sona is being sent to jail for 9 months

I eagerly await the promised byelection in Ahuntsic

They made a correction, she's not joining the caucus.

[Hatman 🍁]

What a doofus.

[Hatman 🍁]

Someone tell the Liberals that they weren't supposed to literally rape the NDP

[Hatman 🍁]

Wont be the first time someone plagiarized a party logo.

Does this look familiar?

[Hatman 🍁]

Personally, I don't think Kenney is electable as Prime Minister. McKay is probably the most electable Tory.

Problem for the Tories is, even though Kenney is the "heir apparent", Harper's tight ship hasn't allowed for many MPs to get much face time. Except for the constant scandals.