Excellent! I saw the CBC projection, but I assumed that a big chunk of heavily Conservative ridings from Alberta had not yet been counted.
CTV News is predicting a Liberal minority. Anybody know what Global is predicting?
Global is projecting the same: Liberal Minority
The Bloc has been adamant that they will have no part in any coalition, though one would expect that they wouldn’t be super keen on going back to the polls immediately.
That said, at this moment the Lib & NDP combined are leading or elected in 164 seats with 30 ridings yet to report anything. Many of those remaining are Vancouver area. It would be somewhat surprising if they don’t end up with a combined total over 170.
Libs and NDP have both been coy about a coalition, but I think an informal coalition is exactly what’s going to happen. And historically, that’s been a good thing for the country, IMO.
Looks like the Bloq won 36 or more seats in Quebec, which will keep the Liberals with a comfortable minority government. Canada is very much a country of regions. Scheer made some modest gains but may not have fully capitalized on many perceived Liberal gaffes. I wonder if MacKay will be the next leader before long.
A minority government seems a fair result. Many seemed ambivalent and unenthusiastic about the choices proffered, “le moindre mal”. The Greens got a decent percentage of the popular vote. A lot of incumbents did well.
Yeah, I think the Bloc will not be needed. The only uncertainty left is whether the Liberals will get a single seat west of Manitoba. The other pitential for change is ghat some of the rural ridings are slow to report, and some of those results are from an early gandful of polls, and those are more likely in cities which are also more likely to lean left. But evennif that flips a seat or two, it won’t have an effect on anything.
The Liberals, not wanting to be defeated on the left, started discussing weaker versions of many NDP policies. For example, PharmaCare. Of course, the Liberals have had a majority government where this wasn’t a priority. Since there is overlap between Liberal and NDP policy, I agree the NDP will have some influence.
The Conservatives are, surprisingly, similar to the Liberals on most issues. Much is made of the moderate differences on tax policy and climate change. Looks like “more of the same”, which has advantages and disadvantages. I am not displeased by a minority government.
Last I checked, BC is west of Manitoba. 
Bernier has lost his seat, and his new PPC has only 1.6% of the national vote.
I guess his platform of “no open borders, keep the immigrants out and climate change is a hoax” did not resonate with very many.
Good riddance. Go away.
One thing is certain, Alberta will continue to hate Trudeau, so we have that to look forward to for a while yet. And the excellent daily National Post articles on why we should hate Trudeau more.
<checks map> By jove, you are right! 
Just reported by CTV: Maxime Bernier has been defeated in his own riding!
ETA: Ninja’d by Euphonious Polemic.
The Conservatives now lead the popular vote.
Yeah, stick a fork in Canada’s version of Trump and his Bigot Party. He’s done like dinner. Will likely never be heard from again.
Does that matter?
It will probably be the National Post headline tomorrow.
Does Scheer stay on, or will Peter MacKay make his move soon?
That’s probably the best result of the night. They did even worse than the 2.5% they were polling at. A resounding rejection of their nonsense.
No, it really doesn’t. A bit of trivia that certain party supporters might whine about. Everyone else will rightly ignore them, including those supporters of other parties who’ve whined about the opposite situation in the past.