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Canadian General Election (OT) - #elxn42: October 19, 2015
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780,000 more people voted today, bringing the total to 1.6 million. That's a 34% increase from 2011, where 1.2 million voted up to this point.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-advance-poll-numbers-1.3266556
This is awesome.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-advance-poll-numbers-1.3266556
This is awesome.
LurkerPrime
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lol
Incredible. Closer than I ever would've guessed.
Good. People got something to say? Say it. Vote or stfu.
Wow. That's good. It would be something if Election Day has a similar increase in voting.
People are really getting serious about the "Time For A Change" sentiment.
PumpkinSpice
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I can't remember which one, but I was looking through the methodology of some polls and it said that they weight responses on how likely they are to vote by demographics like age. They're going to be eating crow if turnout stays this high on election day.
Most of the pollsters have their own band that they fluctuate within. EKOS is one of the ones that show a closer race (the trackers seem to be closer than the individual polls, for the most part, interestingly).
There are a lot of Albertans born in Ontario.
"Widely known as a bastard." Yup.
The Liberal candidate for my riding is the former BC Regional Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. Hopefully she wins. I imagine she'd be involved in implementing their platform should the Liberals form the government.
Advance polls: long waits and a protest clown
I didn't know that we had Pegida in Canada. That's a little scary.
Truly sad that there are people who dedicate so much time to dictating what women wear. Thankfully, they're little movement doesn't seem to be popular. I hope it stays that way.CBC said:Some voters also used the day to call attention to the niqab debate that has dominated much of the election to date. One man from Dorval showed up to vote in a clown costume and claimed he was able to vote without removing his mask. He said an officer asked him to take an oath to confirm his identity.
"Truly sad that I can vote to elect a Canadian prime minister without having to show my face and prove my identity," said Rafik Hanna.
One woman showed up at a polling station in Cap-Rouge, near Quebec City, wearing a potato sack on her head. It was later confirmed that she was able to cast her ballot after swearing an oath.
And in Gatineau, a man showed up to vote at the Centre Communautaire Le Baron dressed as a ghost. But rather than take an oath, he said he showed his face to confirm his identity.
As the day progressed, social media groups emerged urging voters to wear masks at the ballot as a form of protest. Few of them had more than 105 Facebook likes, so it appears they did not get much traction. However, the photo of one man who claimed to vote while veiled by the Quebec flag was shared widely.
The photo appeared on the Facebook page of Pegida Canada, an anti-Muslim group.
I didn't know that we had Pegida in Canada. That's a little scary.
Voted today!
First time voting in Canadian elections (usually just vote absentee in U.S elections) but have had enough of the current government up here and am actually knowledgeable about Canadian politics this time around so went to register and vote early. I am a grad student at Queens.
First time voting in Canadian elections (usually just vote absentee in U.S elections) but have had enough of the current government up here and am actually knowledgeable about Canadian politics this time around so went to register and vote early. I am a grad student at Queens.
LurkerPrime
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Oh. It never even ocurred to me that that is why people were wearing masks. In retrospect, it seems obvious... Ugh.
The term 'protest clown' is pretty good, though.
I was under the impression that they were protesting how ridiculous the Niqab debate is/trying to make a statement that veiling yourself doesn't matter.
Is it really the opposite??
Yeah. They're basically equating a woman's religious decision to wear the niqab to wearing a clown suit. It's very disrespectful.
LurkerPrime
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I would've assumed the same, but here we are.
firehawk12
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It's Quebec, so of course it's people protesting the niqab itself. lol
BigJonsson
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I vote tomorrow
You Are Viewtiful
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Not to mention she won't ever get beat up on the street in front of her children for wearing that clown suit. Oh well, racists gonna racist. It sucks that they've now crawled out of the woodwork though. Before they kept their opinions to themselves.
Cripplegate
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Voted today. Toronto Central. Felt good man.
matthewwhatever
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Awww, darn it...I thought it was the opposite, so I thought it was neat people were showing solidarity with a minority group. That's so disappointing.
In other news, Mulcair accidentally vowed to turn Vancouver Island green.
(And addressing what he actually said: the new NDP talking point of "We already have 100 seats -- we're closer to beating the Conservatives than the Liberals, so vote for us!" bothers me on so many levels. It implies they're taking all their current seats for granted, for one thing, and for another it pretends the whole situation is completely static. By that logic, the Liberals should have been the only choice for non-Conservative voters in 2008 and 2011, since they were so much closer to the Conservatives in seat counts.
Morrigan Stark
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The Infoman segment on the niqab was hilarious
Any link to that?
Morrigan Stark
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All episodes are free to watch on tou.tv, but it seems it's on youtube too (French only):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycw7anXp4wk
Click on the timestamp "Le Niqab enseigné par Passe-Partout ► 8:07" in the description to go directly to that segment.
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I work at the elections and... yep... that's a thing...
Are people doing this outside of Quebec to.
GuessMyUserName
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Heh, yeah I totally didn't get the purpose of goofy disguises. First thought was they're dressing up to show how it's no problem to conceal your face.
... until I read what they were actually saying. Yikes.
... until I read what they were actually saying. Yikes.
I don't mean to call your grandmother a liar, but if she's not in Quebec, she's a liar.
Holy crap, was that actually Passe-Montagne? I'm reliving my childhood here.
Sakura
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A liar on who she voted for? We are in BC. Family talking about politics during thanksgiving dinner.
Morrigan Stark
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Yup lol
Okay that was pretty good.
"Why does she wear a Niqab?"
"To hide her big nose!"
"Don't call me again..."
And now the theme song is getting stuck in my head... 🎶Passe-Montagne aime les papillons.. 🎶
What was the reaction from the family?
Sakura
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Not much reaction really, most of us voted Conservative and my brother and uncle don't seem to be interested in politics. My mum voted NDP so they were talking about it, talking about immigration and stuff mostly. My grandma said ultimately she doesn't like any of the parties.
I just was a little surprised because I didn't know the niqab thing was much of an issue outside Quebec.
Perfect Blue
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The new Trudeau ad is running during the Jays game. Pretty cool!
Hmm. Yeah the niqab issue shouldn't be a big debate but the conservatives are smart. It affects such a small amount of the population, and people are basing their vote around it when there are much more pressing issues.
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Conservatives have way higher support in other provinces.
TheRealTalker
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this likely we will see a rise in Conservative votes there that would bring them back to office
You Are Viewtiful
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And/or Alberta and Saskatchewan, yeah. Fearmongering about niqabs is insult to the proverbial injury.
FTFY.
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