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Majority-ish
With nearly all the votes counted, here’s how it looks: Lib 53PC 37NDP 17 Which, as you will hear about fifty billion times this weekend, leaves the Liberals one seat shy of a majority government. However not all minorities are created equal, and failing to win that last seat isn’t the complete failure many will […]
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Ontario Votes
I won’t be providing many updates tonight, but will offer some thoughts before heading off to bed, with the mandatory post-mortems coming tomorrow. By all means, share your thoughts in the comments section as the results roll in.
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Ontario Votes
Ontarians head to the polls today, with the two parties deadlocked a Liberal majority looming a PC victory likely the outcome still up in the air. I’ll be voting for Dalton McGuinty. No surprise there. But I still want to take a moment to explain why, because I truly believe this is a government deserving […]
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What Saturday’s Win by Red Tory Redford Means in Alberta
Alison Redford was Saturday’s surprise winner of the Alberta PC leadership race. As stunned as frontrunner Gary Mar was, the most surprised may have been Alberta’s opposition parties, who had no doubt begun positioning themselves against Mar. So how does this shocker change Alberta’s already rocky political landscape? Progressive Conservatives Redford’s first task will be […]
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It’s hard to get re-elected during a recession…
…except in 2011 in Canada. Add the Manitoba NDP to the growing list of parties re-elected with a strong, stable majority government. The Newfoundland PCs and Saskatchewan Saskies will join then shortly. We’ll find out about Ontario on Thursday.
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“The Tories are not going to win. This campaign is all but finished"
Those are the words of Ipsos’ John Wright. If Tim Hudak is worried about a Liberal-NDP coalition, there’s only one way to prevent it at this point – and it’s not by voting PC. Ipsos (Sep 30 to Oct 3; n = 1200 phone)Lib 41%PC 31%NDP 25%Green 3% Nanos (Oct 1 to 3; n = […]
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Alison Redford’s First Mistake
Alison Redford is seen to have won the Alberta PC leadership on a policy-heavy campaign. She promised change, so one would imagine she’s eager to get going and introduce herself to voters through a bold agenda. After all, here’s what she said after winning the leadership: “I am not going to unnecessarily delay decision-making,” she […]
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Rejoice Liberals!
Down to third-party status federally. Teetering in Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia. In opposition everywhere else. Except in PEI. The province that makes up 9% of the federal Liberal caucus decides to stick with Ghiz: Ghiz’s Liberals return to power in PEI The Liberals came back to power with a reduced majority in Prince Edward […]
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The Sleepy World of Alberta Politics Gets Another Jolt
Although 40 years of one-party rule and pre-ordained election results can make for dull politics, I will give Alberta’s PC dynasty credit for tossing the occasional surprise towards us political junkies. And surprise us they did on Saturday night. For the third consecutive PC leadership contest, the frontrunner fell in spectacular fashion. Alison Redford is […]
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Turns out Albertans like "feminist lawyers", after all
Rob Anders, back in 2003: Anders, speaking of his Calgary West nomination opponent, Alison Redford, says he is confident he’ll have little trouble rounding up enough party votes to defeat Redford, “unless she’s got some magic support base of people who like feminist lawyers.” On Saturday, Redford came out of nowhere to triple her first […]