Agreed. Quebecors finally realized that the whole seperation thing isn't going to fly, and isn't in their best interest. They still like the socialism idea, however. I guess we just have to be thankful that Harper got the majority and won't have to cater to Quebec's panhandling for at least four years.
The thing is, if voters see Layton just pandering to Quebec he will lose his voters in the other areas of the country. So it will change things a lot even without a majority, since Quebec will now be controlled by someone who cares about other people besides just Quebec. The bloc was in there for the sole purpose of getting things for Quebec and they had no regard for the rest of Canada.
Ya same. Very happy to see the Bloc go down. I expected NDP strength but damn did they ever kill it. Three times as many seats as they won last election. Layton doesn't even KNOW many of the candidates that won in Quebec because they weren't expected to do anything. One NDP candidate who won in Quebec doesn't speak french, and spent part of the campaign in Las Vegas LOL. Just goes to show the strangeness that is Quebec politics. I would have liked to see more balanced power between the Liberals and NDP though.
The Block was supposed to be a temporary part anyway. Quebecers, who in general lean left, thought the best substitute for BQ is the NDP. In my opinion, the biggest winner was the NDP. Also, I really believe the Liberal party is in danger of splitting whereby the Center right will be going to the Conservatives with a small c in their mind, and the others heading for the NDP. My disappointment is the 19 seats scooped by the conservatives in the GTA area. WTF! Ontario was historically Liberal federally.
Yeah i heard the story about that woman winning, goes to show you how little some of these voters in Quebec know. I think that the womans biggest advantage was probably actually the fact that she campaigned very little. I think that if the majority of people in her riding had known she doesnt even speak french there is no way in hell she would have gotten elected, she simply got elected on the NDP momentum.
Nahhh the biggest winner was clearly Harper, and the rest of Canada won huge getting rid of the Bloc. The NDP will be in tough when a strong liberal comes in again because most of the NDP votes were simply liberals abandoning Ignatieff's sinking ship.