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The Canada Election Thread
Topic Started: Oct 7 2015, 03:08 PM (225 Views)
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With 12 days to go, I think it's time for the Canada election thread.

Stephen Harper has been in power for over 9 years, leading his Party to victory in 3 elections. But, the Canadian economy has visibly struggled with the dramatic fall in oil prices earlier this year, and the Tories lost their Alberta heartland in provincial elections: http://w11.zetaboards.com/Balder/topic/11128941/

Is it time up for the Harper government, or will they pull something out of the hat?

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For a long time this looked like a 3 way election, with the NDP as favourites - but polls over the past couple of weeks have showed the NDP might be dropping down, leaving the Liberals in front.

But it's FPTP, with major regional variations like Quebec, so basically anything could still happen.

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What's crazy is the collapse of the NDP. Apparently the Niqab is a major issue there atm which the NDP are on the wrong side of politically. It's difficult to say if the Conservatives or Liberals will win..
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Its interesting, Quebec is full of left wing xenophobes.
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Its interesting, Quebec is full of left wing xenophobes.
The French? :P
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Good to see the NDP crash and burn :)
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The fuss over the niqab is a funny thing. The left would be going ballistic over women wearing niqabs if niqabs were a Christian thing instead of a Muslim one.

The niqab is not embraced by Islam as a whole, but rather by certain extremists therein, like the wahhabis, etc. It is in many ways symbolic of a particularly ugly, regressive, and frankly right-wing subculture within Islam.
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It's interesting because there are a few regional issues going on. In Quebec it's the Niqab and in Ontario it's the sex education. Which is funny because the sex ed is a Provincial issue but because the Provincial Liberals are the ones implementing it, groups are trying to make the Federal Liberals pay for it. Which is silly because they aren't the same party and silly because the people who oppose it are naive, regressive and a small minority.
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http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2015/10/09/for-justin-trudeau-and-the-liberal-party-editorial.html

Toronto Star, top selling newspaper in Canada (?) endorses Trudeau.
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I'm curious how much it will effect things as I think the readership of the Star already -tends- to be a bit more liberal. But it has a lot of casual readers as well.
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Salaxalans ~ RACH FOR NS QUEEN | Cpt Carrot ~ Can you get any more awesome? <3| It's always easy to be cheerful around you <3
Calvin Coolidge ~ Rach for NS Queen! \o/
Trinn ~ You're already super sexy and that can't really be outdone
Helle ~ EVERYONE wants to be like you <3 | Guys wanna be with you, and girls wanna be you :3
Praetor ~ Who needs 1500 WA nations when you have Solorni
Ninn ~ hi i just wanted to say that you are a literal goddess
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Trudeau is a punk bitch... I 100% guarantee a Tory victory
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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/liberals-hold-on-to-lead-in-latest-poll-as-election-approaches/article26766419/

Tentively, it looks like a Liberal Minority Government
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NES ~ I find you so irresistible | Bestias ~ You are a goddess
Salaxalans ~ RACH FOR NS QUEEN | Cpt Carrot ~ Can you get any more awesome? <3| It's always easy to be cheerful around you <3
Calvin Coolidge ~ Rach for NS Queen! \o/
Trinn ~ You're already super sexy and that can't really be outdone
Helle ~ EVERYONE wants to be like you <3 | Guys wanna be with you, and girls wanna be you :3
Praetor ~ Who needs 1500 WA nations when you have Solorni
Ninn ~ hi i just wanted to say that you are a literal goddess
Bran ~ Who doesn't want to be with Rach? She's fun, funny, an absolute delight and she has mountains of love to give to a cruel world. | Every inch of you is perfect <3
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god i hope not
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question: how many dollars and lives would it cost the US if we were to invade Canada and liberate them from the Liberals that they're about to elect?
Edited by grab em by the presidency, Oct 12 2015, 12:02 AM.
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Not looking good for the Conservatives, but they did make a big push on the holiday weekend to try to reel in the Liberals who are now surging in first place. Latest polls have them over 6 percentage points over the Conservatives, and they have been in the lead for 11 straight days now.
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NES ~ I find you so irresistible | Bestias ~ You are a goddess
Salaxalans ~ RACH FOR NS QUEEN | Cpt Carrot ~ Can you get any more awesome? <3| It's always easy to be cheerful around you <3
Calvin Coolidge ~ Rach for NS Queen! \o/
Trinn ~ You're already super sexy and that can't really be outdone
Helle ~ EVERYONE wants to be like you <3 | Guys wanna be with you, and girls wanna be you :3
Praetor ~ Who needs 1500 WA nations when you have Solorni
Ninn ~ hi i just wanted to say that you are a literal goddess
Bran ~ Who doesn't want to be with Rach? She's fun, funny, an absolute delight and she has mountains of love to give to a cruel world. | Every inch of you is perfect <3
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Definitely voting for Donald Trump.
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I wonder though if this means Canadians are somewhat wishy washy or at least not very partisan, those polling numbers have been all over the place and it feels like it might come down to when the vote is and how Canadians are feeling. I'm not even sure I get why the numbers are changing, the policies have been set in stone and it's pretty much been hearing the same thing over and over again for a while now.
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NES ~ I find you so irresistible | Bestias ~ You are a goddess
Salaxalans ~ RACH FOR NS QUEEN | Cpt Carrot ~ Can you get any more awesome? <3| It's always easy to be cheerful around you <3
Calvin Coolidge ~ Rach for NS Queen! \o/
Trinn ~ You're already super sexy and that can't really be outdone
Helle ~ EVERYONE wants to be like you <3 | Guys wanna be with you, and girls wanna be you :3
Praetor ~ Who needs 1500 WA nations when you have Solorni
Ninn ~ hi i just wanted to say that you are a literal goddess
Bran ~ Who doesn't want to be with Rach? She's fun, funny, an absolute delight and she has mountains of love to give to a cruel world. | Every inch of you is perfect <3
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Do I look scared to you?
Long serving and one of the greatest Mayors of all time, Hazel "The Hurricane" Mccallion of Mississauga slams Harper.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/election/nanos-tracking-liberals-have-7-point-lead-in-campaign-s-closing-week-1.2608775

A lot of it looks like it might come to the regions however, with the Liberal utterly dominating in Ontario and Atlantic Canada. Conservatives dominating in the Parries. Quebec has the NDP ahead but the Liberals close it out while in British Colombia the Conservatives are ahead but the Liberals close behind. It is surprising to see that the Conservatives ahead in BC but apparently they did well their last time too. BC was previously a bastion of the NDP.
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NES ~ I find you so irresistible | Bestias ~ You are a goddess
Salaxalans ~ RACH FOR NS QUEEN | Cpt Carrot ~ Can you get any more awesome? <3| It's always easy to be cheerful around you <3
Calvin Coolidge ~ Rach for NS Queen! \o/
Trinn ~ You're already super sexy and that can't really be outdone
Helle ~ EVERYONE wants to be like you <3 | Guys wanna be with you, and girls wanna be you :3
Praetor ~ Who needs 1500 WA nations when you have Solorni
Ninn ~ hi i just wanted to say that you are a literal goddess
Bran ~ Who doesn't want to be with Rach? She's fun, funny, an absolute delight and she has mountains of love to give to a cruel world. | Every inch of you is perfect <3
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She looks like a character and a half :D I bet she has some fantastic tales to tell.
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Yeah :) She is pretty amazing. Served as Mayor of Mississauga from December 1, 1978 – November 30, 2014.

It looks like the Conservatives are getting desperate and a bit nasty: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34542616
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NES ~ I find you so irresistible | Bestias ~ You are a goddess
Salaxalans ~ RACH FOR NS QUEEN | Cpt Carrot ~ Can you get any more awesome? <3| It's always easy to be cheerful around you <3
Calvin Coolidge ~ Rach for NS Queen! \o/
Trinn ~ You're already super sexy and that can't really be outdone
Helle ~ EVERYONE wants to be like you <3 | Guys wanna be with you, and girls wanna be you :3
Praetor ~ Who needs 1500 WA nations when you have Solorni
Ninn ~ hi i just wanted to say that you are a literal goddess
Bran ~ Who doesn't want to be with Rach? She's fun, funny, an absolute delight and she has mountains of love to give to a cruel world. | Every inch of you is perfect <3
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Liberals poised for win barring Conservative surprise

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-grenier-polls-oct18-1.3276755
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Globe and Mail Endorses Tories but not Harper

The second largest daily paper and largest National Paper, the Globe and Mail has endorsed the Conservatives but underneath new leadership. It's a really bizarre, the paper essentially trashes all non-economic aspects of Harper's government and thus says they support a Tory government without Harper. They call the NDP as essentially the same as the Conservatives, and the Liberals the same as well on economics but that the Liberals do wish to run small deficits to increase infrastructure spending. But they also criticize Trudeau for lacking substance and worry that the Liberals and NDP won't survive a minority government and that unchecked Trudeau will lead to great waste.

Really not sure if it helps the Conservatives.




The Conservatives are pulling all stops out, putting defamatory ads in foreign language newspapers which say the Liberals will increase Brothels and ruin children through weed. As well, they have started trying to ally a bit more on the Fords which is extremely risky especially given that the largest daily paper in Canada hates them.

Front Pages of the Toronto Star had this picture:

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With the main headline of the entire paper being:

"Harper Nation"

"Tory leader poses with Ford Family during Etobicoke Rally".
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NES ~ I find you so irresistible | Bestias ~ You are a goddess
Salaxalans ~ RACH FOR NS QUEEN | Cpt Carrot ~ Can you get any more awesome? <3| It's always easy to be cheerful around you <3
Calvin Coolidge ~ Rach for NS Queen! \o/
Trinn ~ You're already super sexy and that can't really be outdone
Helle ~ EVERYONE wants to be like you <3 | Guys wanna be with you, and girls wanna be you :3
Praetor ~ Who needs 1500 WA nations when you have Solorni
Ninn ~ hi i just wanted to say that you are a literal goddess
Bran ~ Who doesn't want to be with Rach? She's fun, funny, an absolute delight and she has mountains of love to give to a cruel world. | Every inch of you is perfect <3
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Graph says it all (nationally) - NDP support is collapsing and bleeding to the Liberals.

2 months ago, NDP were the frontrunnners, but latest Nanos poll has NDP on 19.7%, Con on 30.1%, Lib on 39.1%

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The only question is will regional/provincial trends have an effect?
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A huge effect likely. What is interesting and has been a bit ignored is that the Liberal Party seems to have revived their fortune after a real lost period in which they even fell below the NDP for the first time in history. People were talking about a merger between the NDP and Liberals and that the Liberals were done. This was especially acute during the leadership terms of Stephane Dion and Michael Ignatieff in which things seem to have gone from bad to worse. Under Ignatieff the Liberals had their worst performance in an election in their history.

But it appears underneath Trudeau, their fortunes have revived.
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NES ~ I find you so irresistible | Bestias ~ You are a goddess
Salaxalans ~ RACH FOR NS QUEEN | Cpt Carrot ~ Can you get any more awesome? <3| It's always easy to be cheerful around you <3
Calvin Coolidge ~ Rach for NS Queen! \o/
Trinn ~ You're already super sexy and that can't really be outdone
Helle ~ EVERYONE wants to be like you <3 | Guys wanna be with you, and girls wanna be you :3
Praetor ~ Who needs 1500 WA nations when you have Solorni
Ninn ~ hi i just wanted to say that you are a literal goddess
Bran ~ Who doesn't want to be with Rach? She's fun, funny, an absolute delight and she has mountains of love to give to a cruel world. | Every inch of you is perfect <3
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Libs winning BIG in Atlantic Canada. 32/32 predicted at the moment, 63% vote share. Could be their night if this continues westwards.
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People are starting to call this now for the Liberals - certain to be the biggest party - but maybe even a Majority govt!

They've already won about as many seats as in 2011 and we're not even in Quebec yet. The anti-Harper movement seems to have united behind the Liberals. And these results will be seen in BC etc before the polls close, so it could influence an even bigger shift to the Liberals!
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