Election Time in Canada. Conservative government loses vote of non-confidence

Quebec would make it maybe eight years as an independent before they applied for U.S. statehood. Then we'd have to accept Alberta to balance them out. Fuck that shit.

 

Losing a "vote of non-confidence," when read literally, seems like it would be a good thing.

 

Having a minority government in a parliamentary system strikes me as the best possible small c conservative situation for voters. That is, you have people in place to run the government, but they can't get away with anything too different that'd unite their opposition and cause the government to fall. So unless Canadians are really unhappy, why change it?

 

I for one am awaiting Boom's take on the situation.

 

Election day is May 2.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/03/26/cv-election-writ.html

Four elections in seven years. Ridiculous.

 

Ignatieff rules out a coalition with the NDP and the Bloc. I can't blame Ignatieff for shutting the issue down, because he had to either commit to one now or call it off.

A good number of right-leaning Liberals wouldn't stomach a coalition.

I still think Harper will come up about a dozen seats shorts of a majority. The only other factor is how much will the NDP be hurt. They're much like the Lib Dems in the U.K. were no one takes them seriously. Except now that the Lib Dems are in the coalition and Nick Clegg is deputy PM, they are hated on the left as well.

 

What was the point of an opposition party causing the downfall of a minority government if it continues to insist on a splintered opposition to said minority? Isn't that more likely to cause voters to decide to make the minority a majority just to end the anomaly?

 

Conservatives need to hold Quebec, narrow in on Toronto, and pick up a few more seats in the Maritimes.

Who knows if Quebec City voters will punish the Conservatives for not supporting federal funding for a new arena. If that happens, the rest of Canada should just say goodbye. How can you have a province that doesn't support the Constitution?

 

Alberta wouldn't want you, so you'll be ok

 

Ridiculous waste of tax payers money once again. Curious as to why you think Harper would resign? And Quebec can go fuck themselves, good on Harper for not giving them any public funding for their arena, that opens a can of worms no government should get into.

 

Harper deserves, and will win, a majority. I don't mind the PM injecting some Conservative ideals into this country which will require needed amendments to our Charter of Freedoms and Rights to better reflect the large established Conservative block of voters.

Two changes that should happen with a majority (among a longer list):

-disallow any separatist party from holding seats in a Federal Parliament
-strip some rights from prisoners (voting privileges, etc.)

So what if Harper isn't the most charismatic guy in Canadian politics, his government is doing at least as good a job as any other in the developed world. The alternatives are worse.