Probably sometime (early) next month. Unlike the US presidential succession, there isn’t a fixed date and is largely event-driven and ultimately at the behest of the Governor General. Until then, Harper remains PM.
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Looks like Nov. 4th is the date
What sort of mischief can he do in the meanwhile?
Perhaps some variant could be used for the first few years until he at least develops a few respectable strands of gray hair – “The Junior Right Honourable”; “The Right Honourable Kid” …
Might not be long. Apparently when Obama called to congratulate him, he told him that his nice young hair would soon be turning gray, like his own. 
Probably not much, he’s down in the basement sulking. To be fair to Harper, in the aftermath of the loss he’s been graceful and humble.
If you haven’t been to Hamilton you’re missing out. A bedroom community it aint. It has already a great many living and working in Hamilton coming from the east, Oakville and Burlington and beyond. We’re feeling the crunch West bound and East bound on the 403. It’s not just one way, there needs to be a comprehensive transit system to grow the community. We’re seeing R and D facilities at McMaster University, its international reputation as a leader in medical research, and an overall important city for Health Care. it’s just cool that Hamilton’s downtown core has become an exciting cultural hub, and the manufacturing sector is partnering with education to realize its full potential. Certainly what comes with the boon in housing markets is that a more vulnerable sector will feel the pinch. We’re seeing a lot of youth moving to the downtown not only for culture but for work. That’s why with it’s promise to address youth unemployment, we will need the Feds to bring their funding and their support.
Interesting, remember Conservative Senator Patrick Brazeau? he did an interesting op ed piece before the election
http://looniepolitics.com/underestimate-trudeau-can-kick-butt-already-knew/
Absolutely nothing.
The government can only exercise its executive powers if it has the confidence of Parliament. We are operating under the “caretaker convention” at the moment. No major decisions can be made, no treaties signed, no new appointments made.
Yeah, that was a good piece, one of several such written by people formerly associated with the Conservatives who have distanced themselves from what the party has become.
This is my position, pretty much exactly. I was a Red Tory, who voted Conservative most of my life, but Harper and his ilk have driven moderates like me out of the party. I can understand them not wanting to listen to a “bunch of hippies” complaining about the Conservatives, but what excuse do they have for ignoring people who used to be supporters, but who are now largely disgusted with what the party has become?
They just don’t care. This was an era where the party (and the entire country too) was run larger from the PMO by unelected Harperite lackeys (“the boys in short pants” as Duffy and the other MPs called them).
Here’s an illustrative anecdote, in July they crushed the political aspirations of Ches Crosbie (in the current election) over a joke about Harper he made on stage during a charity event. This was a HUGE deal over there since the Crosbie name for Tories in NL is akin to the Kennedys for Dems in New England. If you reject a Crosbie in Newfoundland you’re basically rejecting Newfoundland Tories. That’s serious votes; and for what? A joke? Crazy. [ul]
[li]The Harper impersonation[/li][li]“The party has gone to hell” Newfoundland Tories lament[/li][li]Ches Crosbie rejection could cripple federal Tories in N.L.[/li][/ul]
I am not going to try to find a cite, but haven’t outgoing prime ministers appointed senators just before they left office in the past, or is that a figment of my fevered senile imagination?
Never mind what he can do now, take a look at what he chose to do verily on the eve of his ouster. Signed the TPP ! Without revealing the details to his country. Said he’d release a short summary before the election, then refused to.
It’d be hard to find a shenanigan that can measure up to that, in my opinion.
(How is importing milk into Canada, with a very healthy dairy industry, from New Zealand, anything but an environmental crime of the very highest order? How could anyone, anywhere think that makes any sense? )
The TPP has to be ratified by Parliament; Harper cannot “sign” it in any legally meaningful way.
Point taken, but still a pretty shitty way to behave. Especially when ‘Honourable’ is part of your official title.
You may be remembering the following:
Pierre Trudeau was criticized for making a raft of appointments (including senators) before he left as leader, and before Turner took over. Turner himself was criticized for not cancelling these appointments, as was his right, after he officially became PM.
But that was not just before an election, and was not covered by the “caretaker convention” since at that time, the party held the confidence of the majority of MP’s in parliament.
Sounds very similar to what has happened to moderate Republicans in the U.S. I sometimes wonder if a centrist party might have a chance here, as Democrats go more left and Republicans wayyy right; I suppose in Canada the Liberals are the centrists?
It’s actually gone rather ass backwards this year. The Liberals use to be a slightly left of center party, with the New Democrats (NDP) being the very left party. But in this campaign, the NDP actually ran on a platform of fiscal restraint, while the Liberals moved left with a plan that calls for deficit financing for the next three years, to fund infrastructure stimulus spending.
So at this point, I don’t think anyone really knows who is what anymore!
At this point, all we know is that 70% of the country are crazed leftist marxist hippies, who want to completely destroy the valuable oil industry in Alberta, which is responsible for all of the goodness and money that flows to the entire rest of the country.
At least, according to my high-school friends in Alberta. They’re an interesting bunch there.
The timing of the negotiations wasn’t really up to Canada. There are many countries involved and it’s mostly happenstance that the final round of talks coincided with the campaign.