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[firehawk12]

He's talking to you firehawk12.

firehawk12 he's talking to you now

I shut the stream off in disgust before I could hear Mulcair. I assume he paid lipservice to NDP voters.

firehawk will you vote again if NDP hits 40?

Naw, it doesn't matter. My choices are voting Liberal or not voting, and I'd rather not vote under those circumstances.

 

[BaloneyFraise]

Good god this speech is a bore.

It's better with the weirdly delivered french translation over it on Radio-Canada. It's delicious.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

Final line - "I am ready to be that Prime Minister"

 

[pestul]

Wow, we got 3 more campaign speeches tonight lol

 

[Coldnoodle]

Stats Canada ‏@stats_canada 3m3 minutes ago
93% of the Canadian furry fetishists will be dressed as Ace this evening

It's okay Stats Canada, you'll be back soon.

 

[Saige]

Liberals less than 100 votes behind in Edmonton Mill Woods. Thought Sohi had a real chance.

 

[You Are Viewtiful]

What the hell are people expecting?

Less fluff words tbh. I feel like I've heard this speech before.

I think I'm done. Don't know why I expected some epic speech that will burn Harper forever lol.

 

[vinnygambini]

It's better with the weirdly delivered french translation over it on Radio-Canada. It's delicious.

I'm on Radio-Canda - the translator is awesome

 

[LurkerPrime]

You! YOU! YOU!

I like this speech.

Having the French translator really ruins the flow of these speeches. Can't they just let him speak French uninterrupted?

It's just weird when the translator gets way ahead (and translates something he says in English anyways). Trudeau's translator got a good 6 seconds ahead of him at one point.

 

[explodet]

Whew, Trudeau's doing his darndest to distance himself from how Harper operated as PM.

 

[excelsiorlef]

On the bright side for the NDP at least Randall Garrison got re-elected, maybe we'll get to see the trans bill passed again and properly put into law now.

 

[Morrigan Stark]

Good god this speech is a bore.

Sure is. Full of platitudes too. And repetitive.

 

[PumpkinSpice]

The NDP are currently 3 seats higher than 2008. At least they will still end up with the second highest seat count ever in their history. I hope they work hard for the next election and try to get some of the seats they lost back in the future.

Broadbent had more in 88

 

[Stumpokapow]

Side note: this actually might be the NDP's third best election performance ever. 2011 and Broadbent's last election.

I mention that to say that although obviously the Orange Crush was wiped out, it'd be interesting to interpret what's actually going on. It seems to me that basically everything the NDP "loaned" from the Liberals in 2008 or the Liberals or Bloc in 2011 reverted back, but what they're left with is just about where they were before, or a little more. Maybe a bit diluted because of the rise in raw seat count, naturally. At 35+ seats, they're still stronger than they were under McLaughlin or McDonough or even most of Layton's time as leader or even under Douglas. I guess it depends how you read the "dillution" as being significant or not.

Edit: I see I'm not the first to note this.

 

[TheOMan]

Wanted Harper and the Conservatives to win again.

Feeling pretty down tonight.

Congrats to Trudeau however, please don't let us down.

Spoiler

Thank goodness I locked in my mortgage for 5 yrs last month.

You think because of the outcome of this election interest rates are going up? WAT??

 

[Mailbox]

Sure is. Full of platitudes too. And repetitive.

Majorities scare people, he has to reassure canada it's not in for another 4 years of bullshit.

 

[Complex Shadow]

IT'S STILL GOING

 

[Razorskin]

Justin's voice is just not ready.

 

[anaron]

NDP 41!

 

[Lebon14]

I hope Québec city feel it in the butt for licking the cpc ass when it's a libéral majority.

The good news is that Montréal will finally have investments and infrastructure projects.

And Lac-St-Jean too.
I swear I'm going to send an anonymous open letter to the newspaper around here. That is my imperfect Sundae...

✗ Beat Denis Lebel in Lac St-Jean by voting NDP
✓ Have Harper defeated all means necessary
✓ If Harper is defeated, he's resigning (although he was a wimp about it)
✓ Thomas Mulcair must be re-elected in his riding (and continue)

 

[UberTag]

What the hell are people expecting?

"My fellow Canadians... as a young boy, I dreamed of being a hockey puck; but tonight I say, we must move forward, not backward; upward, not forward; and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom!"

and

"Marijuana for all."
[crowd boos]
"Very well, no marijuana for anyone."
[crowd boos]
"Hmm... marijuana for some, miniature Canadian flags for others."

 

[wachie]

You think because of the outcome of this election interest rates are going up? WAT??

Dem Moslems are also coming, time to bunker up!

 

[mo60]

41 now for the NDP. The liberals are losing seats as trudeau is talking which is hilarous.

 

[Smiley90]

if he says the word "positive" just ONE more time...

 

[Mailbox]

this speech is way too long though.

Jeez

 

[matthewwhatever]

The NDP are currently 3 seats higher than 2008. At least they will still end up with the second highest seat count ever in their history. I hope they work hard for the next election and try to get some of the seats they lost back in the future.

Third-highest. They did better in 1988 too (43 seats then).

If your assumption is that they want to pick an interim leader who has no skin in the game, sure. Some parties do that, some don't. I'll admit that in Canada the most recent tendency has been to do that. I don't really have a read on how energetic the base would be for a new leader. You could have post-Martin or especially post-Dion thing where all the obvious choices pass on the leadership and we get down into the also-rans. I suspect it won't be that bad, but still.

I think they'll be able to attract a decent-sized crop of candidates. The winner still inherits a party with a fairly large caucus about a massive bank account. I don't know who their base will coalesce behind, but I'm already anticipating they'll be fired up and ready in four years.

 

[Mysterious]

Liberals won majority with 38.8% of votes. Conservatives have 32.1%.

Lol they ain't bringing electoral reform

 

[vinnygambini]

I'm waiting for another: "vous nous avez dit!"

 

[explodet]

"My fellow Canadians... as a young boy, I dreamed of being a hockey puck; but tonight I say, we must move forward, not backward; upward, not forward; and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom!"

and

"Marijuana for all."
[crowd boos]
"Very well, no marijuana for anyone."
[crowd boos]
"Hmm... marijuana for some, miniature Canadian flags for others."

 

[mo60]

Side note: this actually might be the NDP's third best election performance ever. 2011 and Broadbent's last election.

I mention that to say that although obviously the Orange Crush was wiped out, it'd be interesting to interpret what's actually going on. It seems to me that basically everything the NDP "loaned" from the Liberals in 2008 or the Liberals or Bloc in 2011 reverted back, but what they're left with is just about where they were before, or a little more. Maybe a bit diluted because of the rise in raw seat count, naturally. At 35+ seats, they're still stronger than they were under McLaughlin or McDonough or even most of Layton's time as leader or even under Douglas. I guess it depends how you read the "dillution" as being significant or not.

Edit: I see I'm not the first to note this.

In terms of seat count this is their second best seat count ever.

 

[kess]

this speech is way too long though.

Jeez

no wonder his voice is shot, lol

 

[Tabris]

Boom. That last line was goosebumps worthy.

 

[Smiley90]

lol hijab

lollllll

BURN HARPER BURNNNNNN

 

[TheExodu5]

NDP seat count is creeping up.

 

[meitantei_conan]

Boom. That last line was goosebumps worthy.

Brought a tear to my eye. :')

 

[B-Dex]

The ether is strong.

 

[Azzanadra]

NDP at 42? I might have a heart attack. Could have been 52 if the Bloc just died already.

 

[GreyWind]

 

[LurkerPrime]

Bravo, Trudeau. Bravo.

 

[Mr.Sumal]

what Trudeau said brought a tear to my eye

 

[Professor Renegade]

I hope that after this election the dollar will slowly rise over the next few months. I know that change isn't necessarily something that the economy favours, but I'm hoping that we can see some prices return to normal.

 

[pestul]

Wanted Harper and the Conservatives to win again.

Feeling pretty down tonight.

Congrats to Trudeau however, please don't let us down.

Spoiler

Thank goodness I locked in my mortgage for 5 yrs last month.

Your loss. Financially that is.

 

[Mailbox]

Every time he nods his head I feel like he's thinking "yeah... keep sucking"

 

[mo60]

Third-highest. They did better in 1988 too (43 seats then).



I think they'll be able to attract a decent-sized crop of candidates. The winner still inherits a party with a fairly large caucus about a massive bank account. I don't know who their base will coalesce behind, but I'm already anticipating they'll be fired up and ready in four years.

It looks like they may end up with 43 seats tonight.

 

[Tabris]

These last comments are global impacting. I hope media around the world highlight this!

 

[eBay Huckster]

NDP at 42? I might have a heart attack. Could have been 52 if the Bloc just died already.

would probably be in the 80s if the Bloc just died already, votesplitting probably favored the Grits there

 

[You Are Viewtiful]

NDP seat count is creeping up.

#OrangeWave

Yess, this is what I wanted the speech to be. Rip Harper apart!!

 

[Darksol]

"Who belong to every faith..."

But no lack of faith

 

[gabbo]

This is sweet.

The one MP i'm sad to see go, and I'm in another part of the country

 

[Merguson]

You can stop now. It's okay. You won.