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  • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Looks like everything is in and it ended up with Liberals 169 seats, three short of a majority.

    Although jeez, I can’t imagine there isn’t a recount in the riding where the difference was literally 12 votes out of 21,000. Crazy close.

    Either way, I’m guessing the 7 NDP and 1 Green basically become de facto Liberals to create a pseudo majority since at least that way they’ll have some influence and it wouldn’t be in their best interest to topple the government and go through all this again.

  • Hegz@lemmy.ca
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    7 days ago

    Is the guy in the blue suit reading a book behind that sign or something?

  • dihkbozo@lemmy.caEnglish
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    7 days ago

    The numbers for Fanjoy have been holding above 2300 for over an hour, as writing this, 219 of 266 polls.

    • Sixty@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      6 days ago

      That’s interesting to hear from Edmonton. The UCP alt right outcome is a thing because of the dirty party merger under him, but he was starting to speak out like this while still in power, not afterwards. He recognized that the Wildrose were eating them alive from within, barely won a confidence vote at 51%, and then rage quit to a cushy job with Atco unrelated to deregulated utilities I’m sure.

      But this might mean he really was just a useful idiot instead of part of Maple MAGA. I’ll give him credit where it’s due.

    • Warehouse@lemmy.caEnglish
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      7 days ago

      Though I’m pretty sure that MAGA north pivoted to the CPC the same way the NDP broke for the Liberals.

  • Warehouse@lemmy.caEnglish
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    7 days ago

    “He’s earned his right to stay as leader.”
    Dude it’s not even guaranteed that he’s keeping his seat.

        • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
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          6 days ago

          I imagine the Conservatives are going to blow up into civil war. By any metric, the Conservatives had this in the bag. The Liberals had been in power for long enough for the public was getting tired of them. Sure, Trump’s talk of annexing Canada wasn’t predictable however the Conservatives had a golden opportunity to pitch themselves as the “National Unity” Party and fucked that up.

          Sadly, the Conservatives are just going to double down on the same terrble policies and just ride the cultural war to victory.

        • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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          6 days ago

          Carney can keep him waiting 8 months and (of that’s what happens) probably should to calm things down in the Commons.

        • Jhex@lemmy.world
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          6 days ago

          why would they do that for a leader that went from certain majority to losing his own seat??

          • Dtules@lemmy.caEnglish
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            6 days ago

            If this election has shown us one thing, it’s that the Conservative party is willing to ignore evidence to double-down on a bad idea.

            • tempest@lemmy.ca
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              6 days ago

              Like the Americans they are party over country. The country has major economic issues. I don’t need to hear the prattle on about shit being “woke” or whatever. I need them to provide actual solutions. The modern conservative party like their American counterparts can’t govern, they just go on about bullshit and attack the other side.

        • Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caEnglish
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          7 days ago

          I’m literally too excited to sleep haha! We’re gonna have a productive government that will catch up to the most advanced countries in the world. We will keep and expand upon dentalcare and pharmacare.

  • Warehouse@lemmy.caEnglish
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    7 days ago

    “We denied a Liberal NDP coalition.”
    NDP immediately gains a seat, allowing coalition.

    • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      It’s not even a coalition.

      Coallitons are when the party with the most seats (but not a majority) doesn’t form government because the other parties all work together to form government.

      When the party with the most seats (but not majority) forms government with the help of another party on non confidence votes , it’s just a minority government.

      They just try to scare people with the coalition talk to try and make it seem nefarious, such as when it almost happened to Harper, but it’s a legitimate part of how our government works.

      There was a point while votes were being counted tonight, we could have theoretically had a con+bq coalition government.

      Edit: and even as of right now, the cons+bq+ndp could form a coalition, but I can’t imagine those 3 parties ever working together other than to trigger an election via vote of no confidence.

      • Warehouse@lemmy.caEnglish
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        6 days ago

        Well, sure.
        But the point was the timing of the statement. After he said that they prevented a Liberal NDP coalition, the NDP, seconds later, gained a seat, allowing a Liberal NDP coalition of 172 seats, if they chose to do so. If they did a coalition now they would have 175.

        • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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          6 days ago

          I get that, and it was hilarious, but there was never going to be a coalition government which was my main point. He was using the wrong language intentionally.

      • FarFromIt@lemmy.ca
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        6 days ago

        Not quite true. Coalitions are typically starting with the party with the largest vote count to invite others into coalition talks. If they find willing partners that make up a majority and there are enough commonalities between all the coalition partners they enter into a contract. And each party in the coalition participate in the government with ministers and everything.

      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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        6 days ago

        And the BQ wouldn’t form a coalition with the current CPC, they would need to get their house in order and move left a lot for that to happen.

        There was a point where the BQ could have been the only party keeping the Liberals in power though, the NDP and Greens didn’t have enough seats to help them pass a vote, but I just woke up and we’re back to the same situation as before the election… Would be funny if the Liberals get 171 and the Greens also hold the balance of power.

        • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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          6 days ago

          I wonder what May would ask for if the NDP refused to support the Liberals in that situation on something and she was the deciding vote.

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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      7 days ago

      Yeah. The staying on as leader thing can be put down to the “close loss” speech being written ahead of time. Not sure why he didn’t change that part, though.

  • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Singh just stepped down and hopefully the change will mean more potential for the NDP in the next election.

    I’m Indigenous Canadian and I fully wish that we could have a country and a political environment where we could support and stand by a visible minority to represent a major political party. But I have to temper that with the knowledge that our country is not fully ready for that kind of person. As much as we would like to believe that we could become a more progressive, open and accepting culture, we are still not there and it will be a few more decades or lifetimes before that can become a reality.

    It would be more possible if we actually had an election system that was more representative of our people’s wishes … Proportional Representation would make it more possible to have major political leaders and politicians who represented visible minorities.

    • JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml
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      6 days ago

      Implying that the NDP wasn’t elected due to their leader being a visible minority is either disingenuous or very misinformed. There are of course bigots in Canada, but most Canadians aren’t bigots.

      • Victor Villas@lemmy.ca
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        6 days ago

        Meh, I wouldn’t brush aside this so easily. You don’t have to be a full blown bigot to be affected by bias. Most people have unconscious bias that tilt their opinion one way or another. A white woman would face extra barriers… so you can safely bet a guy from the ethnicity that has some people literally saying that we have “allowed in too much of” will face a hasher hill to climb. Though I also agree that this isn’t the main reason the NDP didn’t go well, it’s probably a minor contributing factor.

      • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
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        6 days ago

        As a visible minority … I’m Indigenous Canadian … most of Canada is still bigoted. It’s not as bad as it was 50 years ago or even 20 years ago but it is still very bigoted and racist towards any visible minorities. The difference in our modern world is that the discrimination is more subtle, hidden and discrete … it’s an attitude that is literally baked in the system and fabric of society. I don’t get treated negatively or with an racism in my life but from time to time, those attitudes do appear and I am always aware of them.

        I’m in northern Ontario and as much as there are a lot of NDP lovers up here, the majority of them still hold Native people in contempt and with negative attitudes … we’re always seen as either incapable of helping ourselves and worthless, while also being seen as people living with free-for-all social welfare. People want to be us but also despise or ridicule actual full blooded Native people living on their lands. They simultaneously see us as powerless while at the same time having too much control or influence over resource development. We either have no money or not allowed to make money for ourselves. Government still has a very hard time balancing between managing our complaints and allowing us enough control to not disturb their corporate friends … which when you think about it has always been the role of government in Native affairs.

        The cities might not show their bigots and intolerance so easily … but in the rural, northern and remote areas, it still very much the same it was decades ago.

        • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.caEnglish
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          6 days ago

          I’m in Southern Ontario and I’m definitely not a minority.

          I see the racist rhetoric regularly. People see me, a straight white male, and more than a few times, mistake me for a like-minded individual, and they let their racism spew out like bile.

          Makes me sick.

          It also makes me sick to think that Canadians could be so cruel to the indigenous peoples. I don’t think any amount of time, reparations, or anything else, could make up for what occurred.

          We’re Canadians, if you’re not indigenous, then you’re either an immigrant, or the descendant of an immigrant. We’re all here, equal in the eyes of the law (not law enforcement/police, the letter of the law), and there’s no good excuse to act otherwise. United we stand, divided we fall. One country in particular, wants us to be divided. Don’t let them win.

          Vive le Canada!

          • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
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            6 days ago

            I think most of these attitudes stem from group mentality … and the powers that be love to spread hate and fear because its so easy to sell and manipulate people with.

            When I meet most people … any people of any race, colour or creed … people are very decent human beings. I’ve even travelled to Asia, Europe, Caribbean and parts of northern Africa and in every instance, all I met were good decent human beings.

            But get them in any group and poison that group with hatred of any kind and the whole mass just moves like an angry mob. It takes courage for any one person in a group to call everyone else out and its far easier for everyone else to just fall into line. I’m even guilty of this as well … Indigenous people can fall into those hateful racist attitudes as easily as any other person.

            But when I hear comments like yours … it gives me hope that the world can change and is on its way to changing to better attitudes and perspectives. Stay well my friend.

          • davitz@lemmy.caEnglish
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            6 days ago

            Right there with you man, it’s hard to imagine that any regular looking white dude in Canada could claim in good faith that they’ve never been in a conversation where they witnessed a bunch of similar looking dudes go hardcore mask-off because they thought the coast was clear.

    • cybirdman@lemmy.ca
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      6 days ago

      I always liked Singh as a person, but I feel like NDP needs some change. They are a party focused on throwing shade on other parties. They need their own identity.

      • cygnus@lemmy.ca
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        6 days ago

        Regardless of how he may have turned his life around, I don’t think Canada is ready for a federal leader with a previous criminal record.

        • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.caEnglish
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          6 days ago

          Yeah, THAT’S the thing standing between them… [At this time Jerkface began rolling their eyes, and had not yet stopped by the time the comment needed to be submitted.]

          • cygnus@lemmy.ca
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            6 days ago

            I genuinely think that would be far more of a problem than him being indigenous, if that’s what you’re implying. If he were running for the CPC then yeah of course racism would be a much bigger issue.

      • vaccinationviablowdart@lemmy.ca
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        7 days ago

        Update about 01:05 EST

        • 180/266 polls reporting
        • 43,999 votes reporting

        PP pulls up 0.5%

        Name Party votes Share
        Bruce Fanjoy LIB 24,248 51%
        Pierre Poilievre* CON 21,688 45.6%
        Beth Prokaska NDP 709 1.5%

        (source Globalnews)

        Comment: Thy have counted 6709 votes in the past 30 minutes or so. This is the riding with 1 meter long ballots. What the fuck.

    • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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      7 days ago

      This might be the most interesting thing so far, actually, with the orange-blue swing votes in second place.

      Poilievre could leave this as a freshly minted lobbyist, his first normal job.