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i live in canada.i dont know shit about politics. aka 0%explain me wtf is gonna happen. thanks.
Quote from: JpM on January 24, 2006, 07:39:22 PMi live in canada.i dont know shit about politics. aka 0%explain me wtf is gonna happen. thanks.There's a new government, it's a minority, not much will happen. Election again with 18 months.
Quote from: Lincoln The Reform-A-Tory on January 24, 2006, 07:41:28 PMQuote from: JpM on January 24, 2006, 07:39:22 PMi live in canada.i dont know shit about politics. aka 0%explain me wtf is gonna happen. thanks.There's a new government, it's a minority, not much will happen. Election again with 18 months.I don't think there will be another election for a while yet. The liberals have to find a new leader, and that's gonna be a hell of a battle. And if the liberals cause another election too soon, they know they won't be re-elected because canadians don't want another election. Each election costs us like a half a billion dollars, and is a waste of time that could be used elsewhere. Canadians ain't havin that. I think it'll be 2-2.5 years. And hopefully the conservatives can do some good things so they can get a majority next time.And hopefully James Moore gets a cabinet position. Transportaion Minister possibly? I know Harper has to give away the good positions the Frenchies.
I was watching CBC and they were saying that tradionally BC is a battleground between Conservative and NDP. Last election the Conservatives were up, this election, it kinda just balanced back out. Last time Paul Forseth only won by like 130 votes over the NDP, and he lost it this time, but everyone knew it was coming. It's a riding with a lot of Union people in it. Jack Layton also spent a lot of time out here in the last few days of the campaign.
BC always does its own thing in elections. we rarely follow the national trend in voting. and yeah the boter turnout is up but still dissappointing to me. citizens of democratic countries like canada take forgranted their gift of voting. to me a good voter turnout would be at least 80% but i doubt that will ever happen.
I have no problem with low voter turnout, sometimes not voting makes as strong a statement than voting. And if people don't really understand politics, they shouldn't vote either. So it works out.
TO was entirely Lib with some NDPim pissed stronach and ignatieff won