On May 2nd Canadians exercised their democratic right and voted. Congratulations Canada, history was made! Steven Harper wins his first majority, as he and the Conservatives win almost 40% of the popular vote. The NDP and Jack Layton are the official opposition for the first time in Canadian History! While Elizabeth May is the first Green candidate to ever win a seat in the House of Commons. The Liberals and Bloc both had their worst showings ever, and Michael Ignatieff and Gilles Duceppe both lost their respective seats.
Here are the unofficial results from late Monday night: Conservatives - 166 seats, New Democrats - 104, Liberals - 34, Bloc - 3, and Greens - 1.
In SDSG it was a landslide victory, with Guy Lauzon winning over 60% of the popular vote. While Bernadette Clement just squeaked into second place a few hundred votes ahead of Mario Leclerc. The Conservative strategy of attack ads, and cutting off the Liberal leaders head worked brilliantly. Michael Ignatieff's poor showing nationally directly impacted Bernadette Clement's campaign locally.
Here are the unofficial election results for SDSG: Guy Lauzon - 29,438 votes, Bernadette Clement - 8,508, Mario Leclerc - 8,313, Wyatt Walsh - 1,040, and Darcy Donnelly - 161.
Bob Rae was interviewed on CBC and asked about the idea of a merger between the NDP and Liberals. If NDP, Liberals, and even Greens merged, imagine the dream team of Jack Layton, Justin Trudeau, and Elizabath May. Despite their differences, orange, red, and green have a lot of common ground. Hopefully ego's and power will not get in the way of these progressive parties one day uniting and working together.
It's funny how we can't get the Auditor General's report about the G8 before the election, but we can get reports and innuendo about Jack Layton from fifteen years ago! Instead of Taliban Jack, the right wing pundits might start calling him Kinky Jack! Mudslinging and attack ads hurt our democracy. Shame!
It's all over the headlines, Osama Bin Laden is dead. The longest political game of hide and seek is over. Unfortunately, this doesn't bring back the 3000 lives that were lost on 9/11. My thoughts go out to the victims and their families. I hope this brings some closure for all the people who lost loved ones on September 11th.
Vancouver and Montreal both went to Game 7 overtime. Chicago was a goal away from winning four straight and mounting one of the greatest come backs in NHL history. However Vancouver prevailed and won it! The same can't be said for Montreal. However Habs fans should not feel any shame. Despite the fact that Montreal had several key players out of the line-up, the only way Boston managed to win the series was with three over time victories. Montreal was literally a goal a way from winning the series. PK Subban and Carey Price played some great hockey for Montreal. However no-goal-Gomez, the seven million dollar man, doesn't score again!
My name is Jason Setnyk, and these are my coffee grinds.
Blogger Comment
Facebook Comment