CanPol: Thread of the Year Edition

[Kuciwalker]

Don't get yourself into the whole mess we have with our Senate. Equal numbers of senators per province = evil.

edit: forgot a word

[KrazyHorse]

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by RedFred
Can anyone explain the big red tide in Ontario?

I would have thought if nothing else, the Quebec sponsorship scandal leading to increased separatist support would have played differently in Ontario.

The problem there would be fear of the results of electing Tories with no support in that same Quebec.

[Bosh]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Quebec - BQ

Projection 67 BQ - 8 LIB

LIB Bourassa 5k
LIB Hull-Aylmer 5k
LIB Lac St Louis 26k
LIB LaSalle Emard 12k
LIB Laval 5k
LIB Mont Royal 25k
LIB Notre Dame 14k
LIB Outremont 3k
LIB Pierrefonds 22k
LIB Pontiac 3k
LIB St. Laurent 21k
LIB St. Leonard 17k
LIB Westmount 16k

13 Liberal safe seats in Quebec.

I can't see them losing more then that.

So 62 BQ 13 Liberal in Quebec.

You're a funny man Ben

Especially considering your track record with predicting election results...

[KrazyHorse]

I think you're reading too much into it, nye

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Bosh


You're a funny man Ben

Especially considering your track record with predicting election results...

Ben's being more reasonable this time around. He's probably not off by more than 5.

The dude who said 67, on the other hand, is wacko.

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by KrazyHorse
I think you're reading too much into it, nye

I don't know what else explains continued solid support for a party caught in a scandle larger than any other to ever rock federal politics.

And, TBH, the lack of Tory support in Quebec is a concern of mine as well, so you could say I am projecting if you wish.

[KrazyHorse]

Dude, you've got a party which not so long ago was talking about reevaluating something as basic as the Official Languages Act, which has its base of support in a province long known for its antipathy to Quebec.

Maybe if you give it another decade.

[notyoueither]

More of the same old crap.

[KrazyHorse]

English people don't vote for the Bloc, French people don't vote for the new Conservatives.

I can't say I blame either group for being wary.

[notyoueither]

I was talking about Ontario.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by notyoueither
More of the same old crap.

Yeah, but it wasn't us that brought the subject up.

That's one very sensitive nerve that got touched there. You're talking a generation to forget it.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by notyoueither
I was talking about Ontario.

Alienation doesn't play well in Central Canada.

Reform screwed the pooch for you. Harper's doing his damnedest, but that kind of damage takes a long time to repair.

[notyoueither]

WTF are you talking about? I was addressing RedFred's good question.

[KrazyHorse]

And then I addressed your response, which I felt was you projecting. I don't think that Ontarians are sitting around thinking about what Quebecers are going to think of the way they vote.

Then you brought up you being worried about things if Quebec kept refusing to play ball. I agreed with you there, then I explained the attitude in Quebec.

I don't necessarily agree with that attitude, but it is predictable