Justin is back with a minority
So, another Liberal minority government, but at least it isn’t going to be Prime Minister O’Toole.
I’ll look at any interesting Montreal riding results sometime tomorrow. They’re still counting the mail-in votes till then.
Eight people were injured when a driver lost control of a car at a DDO polling station, Monday evening. Nobody was seriously hurt.
Chris 00:50 on 2021-09-21 Permalink
And another government where the party with the most seats did not win the popular vote.
If only some party would promise to improve our electoral system! Oh wait…
Kate 07:35 on 2021-09-21 Permalink
I am happy enough that we won’t be dragged back into the past with the Conservatives.
EmilyG 07:42 on 2021-09-21 Permalink
The CTV news story on the DDO incident was rather more frightening.
Kate 07:51 on 2021-09-21 Permalink
TVA says nine people including a five-year-old kid were hit by this driver speeding in a school parking lot. As you say, EmilyG, the CTV version is more dramatic. The driver is being questioned by police.
ant6n 07:54 on 2021-09-21 Permalink
We`ll just be dragged into an eternal status quo with the Liberals. Maintaining the status quo is actually what conservatism is.
Unfortunate, given the imminent need for action on climate change. perhaps once we`ll miss our targets and the problems escalate, we will in fact be getting dragged into the past after all.
Kate 08:20 on 2021-09-21 Permalink
ant6n, it does seem the Liberals are pretty much happy with the status quo, despite giving lip service to progressive ideals. I agree. But the Conservatives would be working to pull us back to the 20th century, if not the 19th, so on balance it’s preferable.
Besides, I couldn’t stand the idea of this country being represented by a colourless little twat like O’Toole.
Jeff 08:28 on 2021-09-21 Permalink
I have a few questions about the carbon tax Trudeau introduced a few years back. It sounded like a really good idea; tax all emissions producers by the ton. Those who emit more, pay more, whether you’re a car commuter or a factory. Did it turn out this way? Are people paying for carbon? It seems like a monumental step in the right direction for climate change, no? A rare policy that’s simple, fair, likely to affect change, and actually getting done?
walkerp 09:33 on 2021-09-21 Permalink
While the Liberals are basically pro-money and status quo, I have friends who work for various science bureaucracies of the federal government and they are waaaay happier with the Liberals than the Conservatives. The Conservatives under Harper muzzled them, went after their jobs and slashed regulations around protecting the environment. The Liberals have been steadily undoing that damage.
It may be in the end not enough in the fight against climate change, but as Kate says, the Liberals are still substantively better than the Conservatives when it comes to the environment.
Jeff 09:57 on 2021-09-21 Permalink
> Liberals are still substantively better than the Conservatives
@walkerp have you noticed that Trudeau starts reminding us of this more and more as the election approaches? I remember last time around, he was asked a question, and he was just like “what are you gonna do? vote conservative? I don’t think so” I really don’t like his “I’m your only choice” attitude.
ant6n 15:39 on 2021-09-21 Permalink
Trudeau has a vested interest in the fairy tale of the two choices. I think it’s utterly cynical that he scuttled electoral reform, calls an election in the middle of the term, and then encourages people to vote Liberal strategically to save us from the scary Conservatives. I don’t understand why anybody who is aware of news would support these actions — especially in Montreal, where Conservatives won’t win a significant percentage anyway.
Playing up the fear of Conservatives is shilling for the cynical opportunism of Trudeau.
Kate 18:25 on 2021-09-21 Permalink
ant6n, conventionally minority governments never last out a full term. Either the other parties band together on a nonconfidence vote or – more often – the minority PM gets tired of being hobbled and goes for a majority. Sometimes that works, sometimes they miscalculate and get defeated, but this time Trudeau threw in the lousy letters on his Scrabble board and drew them right back out again.
ant6n 02:42 on 2021-09-22 Permalink
No. This snap election didn’t happen because of minority government instability. It happened because a certain opportunistic Prime Minister smelled the chance for a majority government and called an election. It didn’t work because at least some people don’t buy the Liberal Party BS.