That was the first thing I thought of when read about the byelection. I know it won’t actually happen…but wouldn’t that be the funniest thing to happen this century?
Either a job within the party or in the private sector with a friend of the party.
Did you mean Future Senator Kurek?
Yep, that sort of thing.
Moderating:
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Thanks for your patience.
Charlie Angus, now retired NDP MP, gives his take on why the NDP did do badly.
Charlie’s never been one to hold back.
Thanks for the thread split, @Aspenglow .
Happy to help. 
Behold: How’s Carney doing, Canada?
Another article analyzing how former NDP supporters voted. Tories’ approach to affordability issues appears to have resonated with some.
Judicial recount flips Terrebonne back from the BQ to the Grits: by one vote!
Liberals now have 170 seats in the House of Commons; 172 needed for majority.
Nice, I will bookmark that for reference to use on those folks who refuse to vote because they think their vote won’t count for anything.
Wow. Does anyone know if other elections have had single vote decisions?
There’s a bunch of articles discussing this very thing and providing examples.
Here’s one.
Not quite the same thing, but at least two governments have fallen in parliamentary systems by one vote:
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The Meighen government in Canada was defeated by one vote in the Canadian House of Commons in 1926. Meighen lost the subsequent general election to Mackenzie King.
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The Callaghan government in the UK was defeated by one vote in the British House of Commons in 1979. Callaghan lost the subsequent general election to Margaret Thatcher.
ISTM that when you’re so close to having a majority, the chances of losing a confidence vote are very greatly diminished. Carney certainly cannot rule as the leader of a majority government, but I think he’s virtually guaranteed to be able to serve his full term.
I think so too. I think there’s a lot more at stake nowadays that could have been brushed off in past minority governments. But this time—I don’t think the Liberals can automatically assume that the BQ or NDP is going to support them, but I’m sure that both of those parties realize that the future of our country is at stake, and will do whatever it takes to keep Canada free and independent. If what that takes is supporting the Liberals, fine, until such time as we can get back to sniping at each other, when the American Trumpist threat has passed.
We need to stand united at this point in history. I think our Parliament will find a way to do that.
This is just going to push the Liberals even harder to woo an MP.
They have been trying to flip NDP members to cross (the mps, themselves, have reported that they have already been approached by high ranking Liberals like Mélanie Joly). However, at 170 seats, all it would take would be for the Liberals to flip just one Tory back-bencher as they already have Elisabeth May waiting in the wings ready to play ball.
Also I should add that while Carney was accommodating to PP, in granting him a quick path back back into the house, I don’t expect the Liberal party to be as gracious to the NDP (by granting them official party status). Now Carney could always surprise me, however I view PP’s polarizing Trumpian presence as only helping bolster Carney’s image; while the added existence of a viable NDP only hurts his future chances at rule (Carney won by successfully sowing-up the left-wing voting base).
The Liberal voting base might like the NDP as a viable option/protest, the Liberal party, itself, thrives when the NDP is weak/dead. The incentives to screw the NDP are ALWAYS just so large for Liberal party leaders.