I have a feeling it will be Iggy or Rae, or maybe Justin Trudeau.
143 is small enough he can't poach enough MPs to put together a majority, but large enough that he could pull a Joe Clark. Similar to Bush's pronouncement in 2004 that he had a mandate, that he earned his political capital and that he intended to use it. Taking note of a mandate that doesn't really exist is a very dangerous thing.
I know, I want to weep. I actually voted for the orange this time around; I haven't in the past because our riding's candidate was just such a....blithering idiot, and I couldn't bring myself to vote for him. (Seriously, my husband ran into him once on the street....holding his pant legs and *skipping* through puddles. That tore it.)
On the plus side, I did talk my neighbour into voting for the first time in the five years she has been eligible to do so :)
Sadly, yes. The good news is that the Conservatives were hoping for a majority government, but didn't get it. But they did retain their minority government, with a few extra seats on top.
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Sad about Peggy, but it'd be nifty-keen if Gerard won the upcoming Liberal leadership struggle....
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143 is small enough he can't poach enough MPs to put together a majority, but large enough that he could pull a Joe Clark. Similar to Bush's pronouncement in 2004 that he had a mandate, that he earned his political capital and that he intended to use it. Taking note of a mandate that doesn't really exist is a very dangerous thing.
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On the plus side, I did talk my neighbour into voting for the first time in the five years she has been eligible to do so :)
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I am strutting around like a peacock today. We started working on her campaign in May of 2005!!!
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