Looks like we'll be having an election before Christmas.
When dad said he thought it would come before Christmas, very few people believed him. When I tried to convince people of the same, they were sure that it was going to be later on in February.
I'm not singing my/our praises yet, but it looks promising. Drops in the Liberal popularity are forcing leaders of the three parties to act quickly. Not wanting to give Liberals time to regain any of their popularity, a non confidence vote is most likely going to be held next week.
It seems that NDP are growing strong in the Ontario polls. This is fine with me - most of Western Canada tends to vote Conservative. If Ontario votes NDP, and Quebec votes Bloc, that means that the votes are split and the Conservatives have a very good chance.
For those of us non-Canadians who read this, I'll explain how the voting across the country works (quickly). Because Ontario and Quebec have the highest population of people, whoever the two provinces vote for gets in power. Last election, Conservatives took the rest of the country, but because Ontario and Quebec voted Liberal, Martin got in.
Quebec is voting Bloc, there's almost no question. The battle ground for votes will be Ontario, where the Liberals are suffering in polls.
We'll know by next week whether there's a December election. Fingers crossed.
posted by Lisa at
7:48 PM
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Layton being the only one serious about getting things done?
First off, he took about four days to decide whether or not he wanted to bring down the government. Then he said finally that he didn't support the government but still was trying to deal with them. THen he said that he wanted to bring down the government now, but not have an election till February, which would be the same time that Martin wanted to call an election anyways. And now Lyton's giving Martin one last chance to cut a deal before the non confidence vote. Layton's the one playing games, and Harper's stupid for buying into them.
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Lisa, at 6:03 PM
One more thing.
I don't understand the big deal about an election. To most normal Canadian citizens, all it means is a half an hour to go and put a checkmark beside someone's name, or a knock on the door for someone to give you a piece of literature you won't read.
If we have one it's not going to ruin Christmas or anything of the sort - unless you're actually involved, you don't have to do anything out of the ordinary.
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Lisa, at 6:06 PM
I'm also surprised that you would automatically assume that I was talking about you. I talk politics with people other than you. WHen I was writing the post, I was thinking about a lady that I met at the curry place in the Richmond Centre.
And even with the Christmas thing, I wasn't specifically talkeing about you. People who complain about having an election soon, I just don't understand where they're coming from. That's all.
It's not just my opinion that says Layton is being silly. Read the various Newspapers - most of them talk about how ridiculous he's being. He's trying to appease both sides (the ones that want an election and the ones that don't) and is coming out looking silly.
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Lisa, at 12:08 AM
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