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[–] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 hour ago
[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 43 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Singh just stepped down and hopefully the change will mean more potential for the NDP in the next election.

I'm Indigenous Canadian and I fully wish that we could have a country and a political environment where we could support and stand by a visible minority to represent a major political party. But I have to temper that with the knowledge that our country is not fully ready for that kind of person. As much as we would like to believe that we could become a more progressive, open and accepting culture, we are still not there and it will be a few more decades or lifetimes before that can become a reality.

It would be more possible if we actually had an election system that was more representative of our people's wishes .... Proportional Representation would make it more possible to have major political leaders and politicians who represented visible minorities.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 15 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

Wab Kinew seems to be doing well. But I don't know if MB would give him up.

[–] Dtules@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 minutes ago

I like and respect him as a politician, but is he NDP-leaning? He strikes me as more centre.

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 hours ago

Yeah, he's doing great!

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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 10 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I would honestly love to see Wab Kinew take a run at the federal leadership.

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 18 points 7 hours ago (10 children)

PP lost his seat, didn't he?

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago
[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 7 hours ago

He may well have, lol.

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[–] Warehouse@lemmy.ca 19 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

"We denied a Liberal NDP coalition."
NDP immediately gains a seat, allowing coalition.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

It's not even a coalition.

Coallitons are when the party with the most seats (but not a majority) doesn't form government because the other parties all work together to form government.

When the party with the most seats (but not majority) forms government with the help of another party on non confidence votes , it's just a minority government.

They just try to scare people with the coalition talk to try and make it seem nefarious, such as when it almost happened to Harper, but it's a legitimate part of how our government works.

There was a point while votes were being counted tonight, we could have theoretically had a con+bq coalition government.

Edit: and even as of right now, the cons+bq+ndp could form a coalition, but I can't imagine those 3 parties ever working together other than to trigger an election via vote of no confidence.

[–] FarFromIt@lemmy.ca 2 points 48 minutes ago

Not quite true. Coalitions are typically starting with the party with the largest vote count to invite others into coalition talks. If they find willing partners that make up a majority and there are enough commonalities between all the coalition partners they enter into a contract. And each party in the coalition participate in the government with ministers and everything.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

And the BQ wouldn't form a coalition with the current CPC, they would need to get their house in order and move left a lot for that to happen.

There was a point where the BQ could have been the only party keeping the Liberals in power though, the NDP and Greens didn't have enough seats to help them pass a vote, but I just woke up and we're back to the same situation as before the election.... Would be funny if the Liberals get 171 and the Greens also hold the balance of power.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 12 points 7 hours ago

That was awesome.

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[–] Warehouse@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

"That's not an applause line." lol

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 10 points 6 hours ago

The comment about Fanjoy potentially winning! Oooh roasted!

[–] LimpRimble@lemmy.ca 12 points 7 hours ago

Singh resigns as party leader.

[–] 7rokhym@lemmy.ca 39 points 9 hours ago (5 children)

Interesting takes on CBC, but reality is that Polievre is shit. He lost this election because he is terrible, stupid, lazy and inept. He wasn’t ready for an election, he didn’t do his homework, he ran scared of the media, he is stupid (demonstrated by his understanding of electricity and bread). That he believed he could treat Canadians with such disdain and disrespect. He deserves the rest of his life as an insult stuck to the sole of my shoe.

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

And now he needs to get his resume ready for the first time ever.

[–] 7rokhym@lemmy.ca 1 points 48 minutes ago

In the great words of Total Bastard Airlines, "Bu-Bye!"

And in the great words of a Canadian celebrity that I won't name, who asked me over coffee looking for his first job, "What's a resume". As in let's resume looking for a job.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 hours ago

he ran scared of the media

He grew up at the knee of Harper. He's only doing what he was taught.

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[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 30 points 9 hours ago (5 children)

Lmao PP’s on his way to lose his own riding

[–] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 hours ago

Still not called, but a pretty wide gap.

[–] ibelieveinthehousehippo@lemmy.ca 20 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Imagine if he came in 91st. It'd be a heritage moment up there with balcony guy

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[–] dihkbozo@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The numbers for Fanjoy have been holding above 2300 for over an hour, as writing this, 219 of 266 polls.

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[–] Warehouse@lemmy.ca 7 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

"He's earned his right to stay as leader."
Dude it's not even guaranteed that he's keeping his seat.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 6 points 7 hours ago

Justin Trudeau glances at Pierre Poilievre and asks β€œFirst time?”

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 18 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Go Bruce Fanjoy! Stop that demagogue!

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[–] vaccinationviablowdart@lemmy.ca 10 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

PP's riding update as of approximately midnight EST:

Image Source: Globalnews

  • 105,000 eligible voters (Source: Citizen)

  • 43,394 people cast an early ballot (Source: CTV News)

Alternative: National Post > Just the subframe for Carleton

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (3 children)

This might be the most interesting thing so far, actually, with the orange-blue swing votes in second place.

Poilievre could leave this as a freshly minted lobbyist: His first normal job.

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[–] CheeseAndCatsup@lemmy.ca 10 points 8 hours ago (6 children)

NDP needs to drop Singh. Conservatives need to drop PP.

[–] lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca 12 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Singh just announced he is stepping down as party leader.

I dont believe the hype. I think he'd have been great.

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 13 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I don't dislike Singh but I don't think he was a good leader.

I don't think he saw his own failures coming, but I've been saying for a while this would happen.

I don't think he did a good enough job getting the message out to the working class, and that needs to be the NDP foundation. Unless it's a worker party, what actually separates it from the greens?

I actually do like most of their platform, and the platform is bold. I Also like that he did push for dental and pharma, but as released those programs are a huge frustration to me.

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