Canada General Discussion 1.5: The Countdown Begins

[RogueBeaver]

Good: as I'd hoped, Harper and Poilievre whittled Chong's bill down to basically nada.

[RogueBeaver]

More good news: Anders lost his carpetbagging attempt. Hopefully we'll see the last of him next year.

[Vosem]

More good news: Anders lost his carpetbagging attempt. Hopefully we'll see the last of him next year.

He's apparently still pretty young -- just 42. If he finds a way to get back in at some future date, he could keep sticking around for decades.

[RogueBeaver]

More good news: Anders lost his carpetbagging attempt. Hopefully we'll see the last of him next year.

He's apparently still pretty young -- just 42. If he finds a way to get back in at some future date, he could keep sticking around for decades.

No one wants him. He could run but I'd be astonished if he ever got a nomination again.

[andrew_c]

More good news: Anders lost his carpetbagging attempt. Hopefully we'll see the last of him next year.

He's apparently still pretty young -- just 42. If he finds a way to get back in at some future date, he could keep sticking around for decades.

His political career is effectively over.  He's got too much beef with his party and the public.

[Frodo]

So should we consider this election as a lost cause for PM Stephen Harper and his ruling Conservatives, and merely debate the extent to which he will be trounced next May?  

[DC Al Fine]

So should we consider this election as a lost cause for PM Stephen Harper and his ruling Conservatives, and merely debate the extent to which he will be trounced next May?  

Not yet. The most recent polls have him only 6-7 pts back and the vagaries of FPTP favour the Tories. It's still conceivable that Harper will scrape a minority.

[RogueBeaver]

Or better. That said, another Tory win would certainly be Harper's last.

[andrew_c]

If the Tories win a minority, they won't last long as a government.  Nobody wants to prop them up on confidence or supply.

[RogueBeaver]

So Zoolander, with his usual judgment, is courting a candidate here whose name is associated with corruption and whose office was allegedly at the centre of a criminal conspiracy.

[RogueBeaver]

Trudeau is boycotting Sun after Levant's wedding rant. Where among other things, he called the elder Trudeaus promiscuous sluts.

[DC Al Fine]

Trudeau is boycotting Sun after Levant's wedding rant. Where among other things, he called the elder Trudeaus promiscuous sluts.

Boycotting would imply he used their services previously

[Hatman 🍁]

Why is Paul Calandra such a dick?

[Hash]

Why is Paul Calandra such a dick?

lol. I just saw the video of the QP exchange. Have the Purgatories decided to become self-parodies? If so, this is one area where I can give them an A+ grade.

[Linus Van Pelt]

Why is Paul Calandra such a dick?

lol. I just saw the video of the QP exchange. Have the Purgatories decided to become self-parodies? If so, this is one area where I can give them an A+ grade.

http://globalnews.ca/news/1579059/ndp-leader-tom-mulcair-questions-speakers-neutrality/

Amazing and totally farcical exchange.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

Probably the dumbest thing I've ever heard said in any countries parliament. Before I saw him defending the comments, I assumed he was having some kind of strange psychosis.

[RogueBeaver]

CROP: NDP up 38/28/16/13. among Francophones, 36/34/13/13 topline. Looks like most areas outside MTL/OUT remain orange.

[Zanas]

CROP: NDP up 38/28/16/13. among Francophones, 36/34/13/13 topline. Looks like most areas outside MTL/OUT remain orange.

You should mention it's a general election Quebec-only poll more explicitly. Anyway, LOL at the Bloc at 16% among Francophones !

[Poirot]

Following the Crop poll, Léger marketing also has a federal voting intentions in Québec poll. The Liberal party is first with 39%, NDP 29%, Bloc 16% and Conservative 12%.

Among francophones it's a statistical tie with NDP 32%, LPC 30%, Bloc 21%, Conservatives 12%. Non-Francophones: 67% LPC, 18% NDP, 13% Conservatives.

[RogueBeaver]

Trudeau still doesn't have a position on Iraq air deployment, but managed to make a crass joke in his presser.

[RogueBeaver]

We are deploying air assets to Iraq.

[DC Al Fine]

The Liberals have a star candidate in Dartmouth-Cole Harbour, popular city councillor Darren Fisher. This is especially good for the Liberals since Fisher represents Harbourview-Burnside, the poorest, most NDP part of the riding. I imagine he'll knock off Robert Chisholm on election day.

[DC Al Fine]

On another note, the Liberals have picked a fight with the healthcare unions. The unions have been picketing the legislature for the past week. My office is next the legislature... I can hear the protesters...They have vuvuzuelas. Pray for me brothers!

[Flake]

Anybody want to give someone an overview of what's going on to someone who knows virtually nothing about Canadian politics?

[RogueBeaver]

If you mean events, then not much. There's a prostitution bill to be enacted this fall which will amend the current law to comply with a recent Supreme Court ruling. Debate on the Iraqi air deployment tomorrow. Everyone's waiting for the budget in February.

Looks like Dhalla's been red-lighted by Grit HQ. Trudeau really doesn't want the "club des ex" back.