# The Canadian Election Thread. (Or maybe not...) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 21, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419 "2011-03-21T00:51:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 47
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/921 "2011-05-03T02:14:14Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > No votes for the Communists in Guelph yet… But the guy who used to say “smash the state” in my history classes at Concordia University is going to be an MP. 😕 Looks like we are going to have a real right/left split in this country. At least the PM and the opposition are not going to look and sound the same. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/922 "2011-05-03T02:15:06Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > He’s doing well in the Bible Belt ridings, but doesn’t seem to be much of a threat elsewhere. > > 😃 They shall not know the timing of the coming of my election, nor the swath of popped pundit heads. Yea verily. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/923 "2011-05-03T02:18:11Z")
I’m going to have blue-and-orange-striped dreams, or possibly nightmares, tonight… ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/924 "2011-05-03T02:20:39Z")
With only a few returns, Gilles Duceppe is looking at maybe losing his seat in Laurier-St. Marie. Hélène Laverdière (NDP) has an approx 18% vote lead at the moment. This is…crazy. This neighbourhood and riding is a separatist stronghold both federally and provincially. Based on the people I saw at the polls…it was a young, mixed crowd and I’m not surprised that might not have gone in the Bloc’s favour. ---
**Author:** ![perfectparanoia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/925 "2011-05-03T02:22:36Z")
My brain is going to explode. The conservatives could still get their majority AND the NDP could still get 100 seats. What is going on here? ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/926 "2011-05-03T02:22:59Z")
The Bloc is dead… ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/927 "2011-05-03T02:24:22Z")
The CTV party leader bobbleheads are freaking me out. But an election isn’t an election without Lloyd!! ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/928 "2011-05-03T02:25:02Z")
Linda Duncan has a six point lead in the lone non-PC riding in Alberta. Mike Wallace has a slim lead over my brother in Burlington, lets see if he can pull this one out (slight exaggeration, he’s running for the green party. He’s worked very hard, though.) ETA: I haven’t been following this as closely as I might have (aside from my brother), as work has been ridiculous. If this night ends up much like it seems that it might for the Liberals, is Ignatieff out? (before posting, I realize he’s down 5 percent in his own riding) ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/929 "2011-05-03T02:25:21Z")
Some shenanigans in southern Ontario – calls were made telling people to go to different polling station: [Elections Canada warns voters over false poll calls | CBC News](http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadavotes2011/story/2011/05/02/cv-election-polling-pranks-411.html) ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/930 "2011-05-03T02:26:14Z")
> [@orcenio](#): > > The Bloc is dead… That seems unlikely to me. Badly mauled perhaps and if the PQ wins the provincial election maybe pushed further from the limelight, but dead is a strong statement. ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/931 "2011-05-03T02:30:13Z")
> [@Grey](#): > > That seems unlikely to me. Badly mauled perhaps and if the PQ wins the provincial election maybe pushed further from the limelight, but dead is a strong statement. It is a strong statement, but we are seeing strong results. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/932 "2011-05-03T02:32:41Z")
Terry Milewski is a complete fucking tool. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/933 "2011-05-03T02:33:15Z")
Yeah I noticed. I mean coupled with a slash to their public funding and it will make for a very interesting Quebec election. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/934 "2011-05-03T02:33:32Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > The CTV party leader bobbleheads are freaking me out. But an election isn’t an election without Lloyd!! That’s exactly what I was thinking–they are bobbleheads! Good to know I’m not the only one who sees that. And I agree; it is not an election without Lloyd; thus my frustration with CTV upthread. In other news, just a few minutes ago, I had to run down to the corner store. This store has a little TV for the clerk to watch. When I walked in, there were a few people clustered around the counter and the TV. Were they anxiously monitoring election results? Nope–they were glued to the hockey game. Well, this is Canada during playoff season, after all. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/935 "2011-05-03T02:34:32Z")
The provincial election could still go PQ, simply because of dissatisfaction with the Liberals. This federal election makes that seem less likely (a minority at most, maybe?), but… I actually wouldn’t be surprised (though I would be disappointed) if the PQ makes the next provincial government here. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/936 "2011-05-03T02:35:18Z")
This is the worst night of my life. So far. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/937 "2011-05-03T02:36:35Z")
> [@Grey](#): > > That seems unlikely to me. Badly mauled perhaps and if the PQ wins the provincial election maybe pushed further from the limelight, but dead is a strong statement. I don’t know. If they only end up with 4 seats, none of them Duceppe, they are going to be completely ignored for the next few years. Hard for them to bounce back from that. It reminds me of a bit on Duceppe I read [Gilles Duceppe in a fight for even his own riding](http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/983686--gilles-duceppe-in-a-fight-for-even-his-own-riding) > [@](#): > > [Duceppe campaign volunteer]Michel Chapdelaine was more blunt. He seems to think the Bloc won’t last beyond this election. > > “Never mind the result,” he offered. The Bloc “will understand that it’s no longer their battle. The fight (for sovereignty) is really going to be in Quebec City.” ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/938 "2011-05-03T02:38:42Z")
Well the west can’t complain this election was decided before they turned on the TV. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/939 "2011-05-03T02:39:39Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > The provincial election could still go PQ, simply because of dissatisfaction with the Liberals. This federal election makes that seem less likely (a minority at most, maybe?), but… I actually wouldn’t be surprised (though I would be disappointed) if the PQ makes the next provincial government here. I’d almost expect it - the PQ uses the lack of Bloc representation as a reason to vote for them to make some sort of strong statement and ensure Quebec gets what Quebec deserves. Coupled with Charest and really it’s never good to have an executive in power too long anyway. I just wish it didn’t have to be a choice between Seperatist/Federalist. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/940 "2011-05-03T02:41:06Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > I don’t know. If they only end up with 4 seats, none of them Duceppe, they are going to be completely ignored for the next few years. Hard for them to bounce back from that. It reminds me of a bit on Duceppe I read > [Gilles Duceppe in a fight for even his own riding](http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/983686--gilles-duceppe-in-a-fight-for-even-his-own-riding) from my very own federalist soul I dearly hope so - but things tend to lurch on and on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419.md?page=46) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419.md?page=48)