gutter_trash
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they campaigned as something they were not. Trying to Tony Blair the party from the Left to the Center when Canada already had a Center party is like uh???
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Canadian General Election (OT) - #elxn42: October 19, 2015
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they campaigned as something they were not. Trying to Tony Blair the party from the Left to the Center when Canada already had a Center party is like uh???
Nah this speech sucks. Your party had a lead and lots of momentum before it got squandered. Where did you go wrong? How will you rebuild? That would be a good speech.
PumpkinSpice
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She would be great! I really hope her term as premier goes well, and that she doesn't lose re-election.
Yep. I'll be interested in seeing where the party goes from here.
Morrigan Stark
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Yeah. I think it was a good, dignified speech too. I must be crazy.
Seems like he's not stepping down just yet. Suck it haters.
Hélène still winning in Laurier. Poirier back in 3rd place behind Duceppe.
UberTag
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No Trudeaunami puns yet?
HNNNNG. Loving the come back. Damn it's so close..
Maybe if she improved her speaking skills. Maybe.
Been a rough year for her, eh. First the loss of the mayoral campaign, now this.
TemplaerDude
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I'm glad to see the Conservatives ousted. I hope they re-examine their stance on many, many topics and hopefully get rid of Harper. I won't be voting for them for a long time if they stick to this American Republican social platform.
dragonfart28
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He shouldn't step down.
People still like him and he is a genuinely good politician.
He still has a chance the next election.
People still like him and he is a genuinely good politician.
He still has a chance the next election.
I haven't heard anything on CBC or CTV. So lets wait and see.
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We're dragging our ass
NotTheGuyYouKill
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But yeah, Mulcair's speech was gracious, but it looks like he was covering for a lot of hurt.
This election wasn't about the failings of the NDP, even though they didn't run a good campaign. The election was about desperately looking for a replacement for Harper and the Conservatives, and the electorate figuring out that it was better to settle for the Liberals.
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I believe Layton was leader w/o a seat, but yeah, Chow is not the person to galvanize the base.
Onion_Relish
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Pretty random, but it turns out that south surrey white rock has a libertarian party candidate running named... "Bonnie Hu". She managed 0.4% of the vote.
Her work experience includes "Candy Attendant" and "Cashier" at Fortune Work, both for two months at a time. I'm sure my partner who lives in White Rock sorely regrets throwing her vote away not supporting this up and coming political superstar.
Her work experience includes "Candy Attendant" and "Cashier" at Fortune Work, both for two months at a time. I'm sure my partner who lives in White Rock sorely regrets throwing her vote away not supporting this up and coming political superstar.
Jack died.
Morrigan Stark
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His riding is in Québec, come on now. He talked about the whole country too.
I liked Mulcair's speech, I still feel bad for the NDP. Lots of good NDP candidates did not deserve to lose their ridings, but the Liberal momentum just took over.
Sucks that Dewar lost, even though Mckenna seems like she will be a good MP, I liked him in Parliament. I hope he will run again in the future.
Sucks that Dewar lost, even though Mckenna seems like she will be a good MP, I liked him in Parliament. I hope he will run again in the future.
It was the best part of his speech. Loved it.
I wish all canadians spoke both languages and we didn't need a translator. That would be the dream.
Muclair needs to take the L and resign. The NPD need to rebuild their party. I feel like the liberals won't do much in the next 4 years.
Yeah. We're looking at a Liberal majority anyway, there's no rush to switch leaders for the NDP right now.
firehawk12
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Someone just linked a new story above.
Mulcair isn't resigning? OH FUCK OFF YOU FUCKER.
Speaking of dragging ass, I slipped on my stairs last night and got a huge bruise on my ass. It's a sign.
He's in Quebec, he'd be crazy not to especially considering how the NDP got rocked there this election.
The Bloc owes them too.
The PLC being unusually strong on the north shore of Montreal has allowed the Bloc to win 5-6 seats at the expense of the NDP.
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Weird. Me too. Except I was drunk and fell off my chair.
MetalFearSolid
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Is this the real legit reason? Heck seems like NDP supporters starting to believe that. But why not vice versa for them.
Not what you do in a concession speech, I'd argue.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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I guess the Night King didn't really come back from the dead after all.
Anyways, good Mulcair speech I guess. Him sticking around for a while might be good for the NDP.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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You know, that's actually a pretty intriguing idea. It'd be a heck of a trajectory.
OpinionatedCyborg
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Niqab issue caused voters to flee the NDP in Quebec. Once that started, voters in Ontario began switching their allegiance from NDP to Liberal because it became apparent the NDP no longer had a chance of winning (over half of the NDP's seats were in Quebec). This happened in the rest of the country as well.
Perhaps without the Niqab issue, the NDP would have maintained 30 - 33% support and the Conservatives would've gotten a minority government.
Morrigan Stark
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Yeah. The post-mortem always comes later.
Go Laverdière! It's a lock now for Laurier.
Abstruse Moose
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One of the reasons. It was pretty much a two horse race with Mulcair being marginalized.
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