# 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:** 48
**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, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/941 "2011-05-03T02:41:31Z")
Elizabeth May is a complete fucking tool. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/942 "2011-05-03T02:43:34Z")
Ewww, CTV unlocked Mulroney from his crypt, where’s my remote??? ---
**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, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/943 "2011-05-03T02:48:51Z")
> [@Annie](#): > > Ewww, CTV unlocked Mulroney from his crypt, where’s my remote??? Yes, but he’s speaking as an elder statesman–no power, but able to offer commentary. And he’s been fair–he’s had a lot of good things to say about Jack Layton, and his father, whom Mulroney knew; and was cautious about the Liberal collapse, remarking more on the historical significance than on anything else. He’s harmless now, and he’s not saying anything out of line. Yet. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/944 "2011-05-03T02:49:15Z")
Man am I glad I missed that. I’m having enough flashbacks to 1988 as it is. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/945 "2011-05-03T02:49:35Z")
It looks like a funeral broadcast on the CBC. They’re not happy at 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, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/946 "2011-05-03T02:51:54Z")
☹ It’s not even mostly the conservative platform that bothers me. It’s this particular band of idiots and their lack of transparency and arrogance that pisses me off. This is going to be an…interesting… 4-5 years, and I’m not sure it’s going to balance out for the good, but it is what it is. I hope they can prove themselves to be better than what they’ve shown so far. One thing, though…I want Harper slapped with a fine for campaigning on Election Day. It’s against the law, he’s the Prime Minister, he needs to respect Canada and her laws. I don’t care if it’s a nominal fine…I still want it on the record that he broke the law in order to try and gain power. I can only hope it will serve as a check and balance for the future, though I’m not optimistic. There’s no excuse, and this shouldn’t be ignored. They campaigned on accountability a few years back…Election Canada is in a position to enforce it, at least once. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/947 "2011-05-03T02:52:47Z")
This is a goddamn disaster. The Liberals are decimated and now Harper has the power to administer the coup-de-grace to them by cutting off their funding. We’re going to be left with the Conservatives and the unelectable NDP. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/948 "2011-05-03T02:53:02Z")
CBC just projected a Conservative Majority. Harper’s the PM until at least 2015. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/949 "2011-05-03T02:54:48Z")
I for one welcome our new Conservative overlords. ---
**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, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/950 "2011-05-03T02:58:40Z")
> [@Rysto](#): > > This is a goddamn disaster. The Liberals are decimated and now Harper has the power to administer the coup-de-grace to them by cutting off their funding. Nah, the coup-de-grace would be to deport Ignatief’s wife. ---
**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, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/951 "2011-05-03T02:59:41Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Elizabeth May is a complete fucking tool. Who is leading early on at the polls – wonder if she might win the first Green seat? ---
**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, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/952 "2011-05-03T03:00:39Z")
It was a small swing, but it was enough and it was clear. The Tories did it. ---
**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, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/953 "2011-05-03T03:01:29Z")
Globe and Mail is reporting that CBC broadcast results before polls closed: [CBC appears to break Elections Act, broadcasts results before polls close](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/cbc-appears-to-break-elections-act-broadcasts-results-before-polls-close/article2007524/) ---
**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, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/954 "2011-05-03T03:03:11Z")
Holy cats! CTV just reported that Ignatieff is _losing_ in his riding! ---
**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, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/955 "2011-05-03T03:03:20Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Globe and Mail is reporting that CBC broadcast results before polls closed: > > [CBC appears to break Elections Act, broadcasts results before polls close](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/cbc-appears-to-break-elections-act-broadcasts-results-before-polls-close/article2007524/) :eek: “premature transmission”, eh? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/956 "2011-05-03T03:04:37Z")
> [@orcenio](#): > > It was a small swing, but it was enough and it was clear. The Tories did it. The Reform party, aka the pig in Tory lipstick ---
**Author:** ![Shmendrik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shmendrik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shmendrik)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/957 "2011-05-03T03:06:17Z")
CBC has the BQ currently leading in **2** ridings? ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/958 "2011-05-03T03:06:30Z")
Can’t believe the CBC has May listed as “Other” instead of Green. Lazy lazy. Not thrilled about a Conservative majority, but quite tickled at the collapse of the Bloc. ---
**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, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/959 "2011-05-03T03:06:41Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > ☹ > > It’s not even mostly the conservative platform that bothers me. It’s this particular band of idiots and their lack of transparency and arrogance that pisses me off. This is going to be an…interesting… 4-5 years, and I’m not sure it’s going to balance out for the good, but it is what it is. I hope they can prove themselves to be better than what they’ve shown so far. > > One thing, though…I want Harper slapped with a fine for campaigning on Election Day. It’s against the law, he’s the Prime Minister, he needs to respect Canada and her laws. I don’t care if it’s a nominal fine…I still want it on the record that he broke the law in order to try and gain power. I can only hope it will serve as a check and balance for the future, though I’m not optimistic. There’s no excuse, and this shouldn’t be ignored. They campaigned on accountability a few years back…Election Canada is in a position to enforce it, at least once. Sore loser. As usual. Can’t blame the refs this time. ---
**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, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419/960 "2011-05-03T03:09:10Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Sore loser. As usual. > > Can’t blame the refs this time. WTF **Leaffan**? Uncalled for. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419.md?page=47) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-canadian-election-thread-or-maybe-not/575419.md?page=49)