Post Mortem

Mark Steyn; So it's corruption plus socialism. That's great news, isn't it?"

Class victory speech of the evening - openly gay Conservative - turned - Liberal Scott Brison : "There's not a lot of room for Red Tories in a party with a lot of red necks."

We have a minority government with a "tie" potential. The Liberals and NDP, who are expected to work in concert, will have 154 votes in parliament, less the appointed speaker.

The Conservatives and Bloc Quebecois have 154 seats, plus Chuck Cadman, who was a Conservative MP who won his seat as an Independant after losing the local nomination.

No word yet on whether the newly enfranchisedCanadian Convicted Felon community influenced any of the outcomes.

Cosh has a synopsis

Saskatchewan anhilated the NDP - a Conservative sweep of 13 of 14 seats, with the exception of Finance Minister Ralph Goodale, who has respect across all party lines. (Plus, he's good insurance - smart strategic voting there). Premier Lorne Calvert's shaky majority is more vulnerable than ever - this is a message to the provincial NDP as much as it is the feds.

With this Anti-American, left wing alliance and David Pratt gone - the only decent Liberal defense minister in the past decade - things look desperate for the military. Short of an attack on Canadian soil, nothing substantive will be done with the NDP holding the hammer. And hopes for early BSE-border resolution just evaporated.

I said on the Shotgun last night - the unofficial slogan of Western Canada, The West Wants In may be on the cusp of changing to The West Wants Out.