Canada's coup d'etat: Opposition parties join to overthrow gov't (Part 2)

[Richelieu]

The whole province is about to go Heresson on yo' azz!

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by Richelieu
On a side note, CBC has called it a majority Liberal government in today's Quebec provincial election earlier tonight, but it's still really close. As it stands now: (elected or leading)

Liberals - 63
PQ - 54
ADQ - 7
QS - 1

Can't get a whole lot closer and still be a majority.

Any chance it ends up hung?

[Richelieu]

Doesn't look like it. Libs seem to have pulled ahead in the end.

Liberals - 66
PQ - 51
ADQ - 7
QS - 1

although 6 of those are still unconfirmed, including 4 Liberals.

[Victor Galis]

Looks like the ADQ fizzled.

[CrONoS]

On a side note M. Dumont resigned as the chief of the ADQ. I would like to be the chief of the ADQ, maybe in 10 years, when I would have some professional experience. If I were the chief, right now, I would build from the ground this party.

I have several friends highly educated, which are economically leaning to the right and socially more libertarian (for the Quebec right-left spectrum). And we don't have any party to vote. The ADQ took the populist way a little too much for our own taste.

[Fake Boris]

Damn!

At some point the Libs went as low as 61 (that would have been a minority). That was close!

In any case, Marois' leadership comes strengthened. Polls predicted a disaster, and it turned out she got a solid opposition.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Oncle Boris
Damn!

At some point the Libs went as low as 61 (that would have been a minority). That was close!

In any case, Marois' leadership comes strengthened. Polls predicted a disaster, and it turned out she got a solid opposition.

You're so funny. All of your parties keep getting defeated but you spin it to alter your own reality.

[Fake Boris]

Originally posted by CrONoS
On a side note M. Dumont resigned as the chief of the ADQ. I would like to be the chief of the ADQ, maybe in 10 years, when I would have some professional experience. If I were the chief, right now, I would build from the ground this party.

I have several friends highly educated, which are economically leaning to the right and socially more libertarian (for the Quebec right-left spectrum). And we don't have any party to vote. The ADQ took the populist way a little too much for our own taste.

No way it's gonna work.

Not in a British parliamentary system.

Your only hope: work on creating the République du Québec. When it's done, we can have a proportional system, and folks like you will get their party with 15-20%.

Personally, I'm not a big fan of the PQ at all. But since I'm a separatist, I STFU in the meantime and vote for them.

[Fake Boris]

Interesting precedent: first time ever an openly separatist MP who is not a member of the PQ gets elected.

[Asher]

Why would a separatist in Quebec post on English-language forums?

I thought Quebec separatists were French-language snobs who were upset on how everyone else's attacking their French culture. It doesn't seem to make a lot of sense to hang out here if you have those beliefs.

[CrONoS]

OB:
We'll see a mixed proportional system in 10 years from now...

[Fake Boris]

Should have resisted the temptation to click Asher's post.

Re what you said, polls suggested a PQ debacle and roughly 100 Liberal seats. It turned out 66-51. It's an honorable defeat. The PQ was not ready for an election, had no money (began the campaign in debt). Charest had like IIRC 10m$ in the bank.

And I'm not spinning this into anything pseudo-positive, I'm just saying Marois' leadership will be just fine. Which is not necessarily a good thing. There are better heads at the PQ.

[Fake Boris]

Another interesting precedent: first time ever that polls overestimated Liberal turnout.

[CrONoS]

Polls were pretty accurate, from what I've seen.

Edit:

http://www.democraticspace.com/quebec2008/category/sondages/

[Asher]

Originally posted by Oncle Boris
Should have resisted the temptation to click Asher's post.

No one can resist. I'm irresistible.