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Canada Calls Election
The Conservative Government of Canada has called an election for October 19. The election day is set by law but the election call is determined by the governing party and usually comes 36 days before that and that is when parties can start campaigning. This year they called it much earlier, requiring an eleven week campaign, the longest in Canadian history. This was a ploy by the Conservatives to make their opponents run out of money before election day. The conservative party is supported by big business and big donors and is much better off financially that their opponents.
Here are the parties, their current standings and their leaders:
If anyone is wondering, we are supporting Tom Mulcair and the New Democratic Party. Canada's "Liberals" are just another right wing party, otherwise known as "Tories (Conservatives) in red ties".
As it stands right now, I would say that the NDP are going to win.
ReplyDeleteIt won't be the same as if Jumpin' Jack were at the head of the table, but it'll still be entertaining!
That's what the polls right now are indicating but lets wait till we see what fruits Harper's scorched earth policies and attack ads bear. It would have been nice if Jack Layton were around to fight this one but Tom Mulcair is well suited for both the fight and for taking control of the Government.
Delete11 weeks is ludicrous. Personally I am going to ignore them all until October. Hard to do though, with over an hour of a 2 hour Canada AM devoted to everything every leader is doing minute by minute, maybe I'll just leave the country?!?
ReplyDeletePS: I don't think many of us were wondering 😇
DeleteWe will see how long you an successfully ignore campaign once the robo calls start.
DeleteSigh.
DeleteWho else would we vote for?
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