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http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadavote...yelection/#/131

According to CBC and Elections Canada, it's going to be a Conservative Majority and an NDP official opposition. The Bloc Quebecois, the separatist part in Quebec, holds only 2 of 308 seats, they need at least 11 to be considered an official party. Separatism is dead, and it looks like Harper got that majority he so coveted. Also, the Green are actually winning May's seat, and I predict they'll hold it.

Discuss, good/bad that they have a majority? Would a minority with the NDP opposition be better? Personally, I think maybe. I want shit to get done, and 3 terms of minority won't do that, but I'm worried how honest they'll be now that they have a majority, will they live up to their promises?

Gilles Duceppe of the Bloc Quebecois just resigned, and in his resignation kept pushing separatism. Figures, but frankly, I say good riddance.

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*cmon guys you should know to stay on topic ><*

aniways this sucks harper in again omg whats gonna happen next the end of thewe world?

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Harper is not going to magically snap his fingers and destroy healthcare, and it's rather stupid to assume that, quite frankly. People think that, because he has a majority he'll emulate the exact stereotype of the American Republican, but Canadian Conservatives ARE NOT REPUBLICAN. Harper isn't stupid, he knows that if he fucks up and pisses people off he'll get demolished in the fashion of Brian Mulroney come 2015. At least this means something will finally get done, what that something is we'll have to see.

Also, Cayen, just no.

Considering how "open-minded" and "accepting" Liberals usually claim to be, they all seem to be extremely closed-minded and ignorantly stereotyping Harper after this election, and I find that to be disgraceful. It seems most left-leaning people I talk to are under the assumption that Harper will fill ever single stereotype of the GOP in the States, but HE WON'T, I can almost guarantee that. Medicare has been around for decades, he can't and won't just snap his fingers and make it "disappear," and I find the people who are spouting stereotypes like he'll ruin education and destroy medicare and repeal gay marriage and abortion rights and that the Tories support UBB to be extremely ignorant on the platform and commitments of the Conservative party, and are just assuming the absolute worst based off an irrelevant, baseless stereotype. It's truly sad and disgraceful that these people, who often get rather angry as soon as you say one thing that may be taken negatively about gay marriage, abortion, women, the stereotypes thereof, or racial stereotypes, can go and baselessly bash and stereotype not just an entire political party, the governing party, but 40% of the country's population without a second thought. These are supposed to be the supposed "accepting" people in the populace, and right now they seem to be on the same ignorant and closed-minded level of those they always tried to set themselves apart from, and shame on them. If they had a problem with something that is factually in the platform, I would have no problem, but they are basing all their complaints off of pure stereotypes, and that is pathetic.

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I have no doubt that Harper will have a nearly impossible time dealing away with public healthcare. My comments are in no way stereotyping. I don't agree with the Conservative platform. I don't understand how 40% of the population forgot that Harper's party was in contempt of parliament. These things baffle me.

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I don't understand how Bev Oda, the orchestrator of the KAIROS funding scandal got re-elected to her seat.

That response of mine mainly comes from the fact that I've been hearing a lot of ignorance and stereotypes about Harper's plans recently all over the net, and they've been setting my teeth on edge a fair bit. I don't support everything they stand for and everything they plan to do, but I support them more than anyone else this election, and the extremely dumb and uneducated things people have been saying about what he's going to do (basically, they're expecting him to suddenly turn us into Bush-lead America overnight, which will NEVER happen) have my teeth on edge.

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Between Layton, Ignatieff and Harper you have no real leader. Ignatieff is a lost human being who doesn't even show up to parliament when he's suppose to, Layton loves to go to rub and tugs, and Harper is a mad man if he thinks he can dissolve our existing healthcare. These elections were unnecessary to begin with and in the end gave more unwanted power to Harper. It was an election based on platforms and in my opinion the conservatives (with the exception of their healthcare plan) had the more appealing platform to me. I voted conservative knowing that Harper will not be able to change our healthcare and at the time thought he would only get a minority government. The end result of these elections - Harper gets four more years for the Torres with majority of the seats, the NDP is now the opposition and the Liberals shot themselves in the foot when they appointed Ignatieff as their leader. At least shit will get done, hopefully more good than bad.

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ive always thought america just controlled Canada with a puppet figure. thats why idk who their "president" is.

That's essentially what we're turning into.

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ive always thought america just controlled Canada with a puppet figure. thats why idk who their "president" is.

'Nam and Iraq are 2 key points that show we are not a US puppet regime, like most dictatorships in the Middle East, and often times (except Harper, who is very American in his views) Canadians tend to vote against an American seeming candidate, hence why Ignatieff lost so badly, he's been out of the country for 30 years, most of that being in America, and we don't want an American leading our country, especially the Quebecois.

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Little late on the topic, but hey, oh well :P

In my opinion, it's 5 elections in 7 years, back to square one with $300 million down the shitter. I'm not supposed to speak against our government, but god damn he needs to pull his shit together or gtfo.

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Little late on the topic, but hey, oh well :P

In my opinion, it's 5 elections in 7 years, back to square one with $300 million down the shitter. I'm not supposed to speak against our government, but god damn he needs to pull his shit together or gtfo.

Sorry, Sir, I'm going to have to place you under arrest for High Treason, mmkay.

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I'm a MCpl, not an officer. Not yet, at least.

very sly, Proulx, though I was attempting to speak from a position of law enforcement with a hint of courtesy, hence the sir, if you catch my drift. ;)

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very sly, Proulx, though I was attempting to speak from a position of law enforcement with a hint of courtesy, hence the sir, if you catch my drift. ;)

Haha I noticed.

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