The Greens are potentially splitting the Left vote? Why that could never happen here! Oh wait.
Thanks for the summary. Very helpful. I'm meeting a Canadian friend for coffee after work today so now I can sound all edjumacated.
Spike: You pissed in the Big Man's Chair? That's fantastic! Gunn: Spike, can you please turn off that warm fuzzy? Spike: What, the Lorne thing? Worn off. I just think that's bloody fabulous.
'Life of the Party'
Atlantic Canadian Monday Madness
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Jon B. - Jun 21, 2004 10:14:56 am PDT #6362 of 6793
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Sue - Jun 21, 2004 10:53:03 am PDT #6363 of 6793
hip deep in pie
For the last couple of elections, the Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives have been splitting the right vote, it's how the liberals have been in power for so long. (Oh, and the stink of Brian Mulroney lasted long...)
Jon B. - Jun 21, 2004 10:56:55 am PDT #6364 of 6793
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
But now the Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives have united, is that it? So they're not competing against each other?
Ouise - Jun 21, 2004 11:10:45 am PDT #6365 of 6793
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
But now the Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives have unitedYes, although I'd be inclined to phrase it as "the Alliance has usurped the Progressive Conservative party". The (ex)leader of the PCs promised during his campaign (for party leader) not to merge the parties but immediately did so. A very large number of Alliance party members seem to have joined the PCs then specifically to vote (as PC) for the merger. This has really pissed some people off (including me).
JohnSweden - Jun 21, 2004 11:16:03 am PDT #6366 of 6793
I can't even.
NB: this is very close to what happened in Ontario. The Reform were too late to file party creation documents for the 1995 election, so large numbers of them got Progressive Conservative memberships and essentially staged a coup from within and steered the party far to the right. Significant chaos resulted when the program slashing began.
The parallels with the Harris era in Ontario are the reasons why I am convinced that Harper is running the same shell game from within F/r/e/d, uh the "New" Conservative party.
Ouise - Jun 21, 2004 11:26:38 am PDT #6367 of 6793
Socks are a running theme throughout the series. They are used as symbols of freedom, redemption and love.
JohnSweden, I totally agree. I don't believe for a minute that the oh-sorry-we-don't-have-it-yet platform of the Conservative Party is anything like that of the PCs. I'm expecting Alliance/CRAP/Reform agenda all the way.
Sue - Jun 21, 2004 11:51:08 am PDT #6368 of 6793
hip deep in pie
But now the Alliance and the Progressive Conservatives have united, is that it? So they're not competing against each other?
Yes. I don't really know how much vote splitting the Greens will do with the NDP. They are still a small party, but the NDP, is where their votes will come from....
Jon B. - Jun 21, 2004 1:21:18 pm PDT #6369 of 6793
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Just back from coffee with my Canadian friend. She's from Broadbent's district, so she got to vote for him (I had forwarded her the rap thing; she thought it was funny). She didn't feel like she was helping to splinter the Left/Liberal vote since she thinks Ed's a shoe-in to win. True?
Sue - Jun 21, 2004 2:43:42 pm PDT #6370 of 6793
hip deep in pie
Probably. He's a former leader of the NDP who's come out of retirement, so he's a bit of a star candidate.
Dani - Jun 21, 2004 6:27:05 pm PDT #6371 of 6793
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Yeah, it depends on the riding. In a "safe" NDP or Liberal riding you can vote for whoever you want to without fear of splitting the vote.
I'll be voting tomorrow in a civic election to replace our mayor (who resigned to run for the Liberals federally). He was one of the five craziest mayors in Canada according to Rick Mercer - unfortunately none of the candidates are nearly as eccentric.