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2011-05-03 Great White North

Tories Poised to Win Majority In Canadian Parliament

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Posted by Phager the Rash2607 2011-05-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 They didn't just win, they won big. And they are the conservatives. They needed 155 for a majority, and they won 167. All the other parties combined have less than that.

Importantly, the conservatives have never had a majority, so when they ruled, it was always as a minority coalition government, so the conservatives could never push through their agenda without deep compromise.

The Liberal-socialists ruled Canada for many years, and were just massacred in this election, ending up with only 34 seats.

The New Democrats, who are Social Democrats, split the left wing vote, and ended up second, with over 100 seats.

But the bottom line is that hopefully the conservatives will just gut the welfare state, be business friendly, throw out the Kyoto treaty, sell copious amounts of crude oil to the US, rebuild the Canadian military, get rid of their onerous gun control laws, etc., etc.

And they may even privatize most or all of their socialized medicine system!

The liberal socialist "paradise" of Canada may be effectively over. Especially with their economy doing well right now, and hopefully doing a lot better with intelligent government for a change.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-05-03 10:19|| 2011-05-03 10:19|| Front Page Top

#2 O Canada
Glorious and free
We stand on guard
We stand on guard for thee

Thank you, Anonymoose. (Growing up in Buffalo one learns two things: basic Catholic prayers ("Hail, Mary, full of grace...") and the Canadian national anthem.)

Posted by trailing wife 2011-05-03 10:56|| 2011-05-03 10:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Big day/night for Canada. Much celebration, much recrimination. One very major political party, the Liberals, pretty much destroyed, one smaller party destroyed in detail. Both of those party leaders are gone - resigned.

As Moose says, the conservatives won big. They won big everywhere except in Quebec where they only won a few seats. Nevertheless they won in all areas of the country.

With a Conservative majority there will be no further threats of a coalition overturning the election results. Next election will be in 2015.

We will have a stable, conservative majority government to bring some sanity back to Canadian politics.

Thanks for the National Anthem segment, tw. Means a lot.

Posted by Canuckistan sniper 2011-05-03 13:35|| 2011-05-03 13:35|| Front Page Top

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