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Tracked on January 23, 2006 10:17 PM

It would be nice to know what the turnout is throughout the day, high turnout bodes well for CPC.

Voting mostly peaceful in Quebec City. UN is concerned about intimidation though...

I'm especially anxious to hear from my friends in lovely Kingston, Ont. about the Liberal party sending a bus over to the psychiatric hospital to bring those unfortunate people out to vote, with help, in the ballot booth. Like they did last time.

Bringing the deeply disturbed & highly medicated, who can't function minimally in society, out to vote, with help, by a partisan group.

A vision which has always warmed my heart.

www.theinfozone.net is reporting on CTV Newsnet and the discussion between Charles Adler and Andrew Krystal.

Krystal said Adler and all Conservatives would vote for Adolf Hitler if he wore Tory blue.

Disgusting.

TIZ

Elections Canada needs to do a bit more homework.
Last election, they informed us our poll was in a community hall 36 miles away. We drove in a blizzard to get there. Afterwards, both our family and our (Cons.) MP wrote letters and met with the Elections Canada people, and were assured this would not happen again.
This time, there is a polling station within sight of our place. They still notified us that our poll was in another town hall - this time 34 miles away.
We voted at the local poll.
I wonder how many people in this riding were dissuaded from voting because they thought they had a 70 MILE round trip to do so? It is a Conservative riding...

I will vote tonight

Reports from my friend in Oakville. Line up at 9:30 am to vote when the doors opened.

All was silent in Winnipeg South-Center this morning... I don't think the hippies like to wake up before noon though...

Just voted for Conservative Candidate, Mr. Robin Baird, for the riding of Victoria. Early in the morning the polling station, in the local school gym, was buzzing with a steady stream of voters. Everyone appears in good spirits and the weather is fresh with a very light sprinkle of rain.

From the Ottawa Valley (don't laugh, the rural parts, and southern suburbs are as Conservative as they come).

Weather clear and cool. Morning turnout is moderate, but steady at the polling places I drove by (looked more closely at two).

The Conservatives have an excellent ground game in most of the southern and western Valley ridings; then again, these have been mostly Tory since Confederation (except for the Reform years and vote splitting). Their game in the urban core is weaker, and, apart from the Pontiac in Quebec, it's quite weak north of the Ottawa River.

No question that the Conservatives will hold their base in the Valley, even if temperatures raise to +20 centigrade, flowers bloom today, and dead bodies come walking out of the graveyards even more than usual to vote Liberal. Possible pickups?

Two ridings with star Tory candidates running (both ex-provincial cabinet ministers) to watch will be Ottawa West-Nepean where Tory John Baird is running hard; the Pontiac, across the Ottawa River in Quebec, where ex-Quebec MNA Lawrence Cannon seeks to oust Liberal David Smith. Worse weather would probably have been better for these two candidates, but they've got a good chance of picking up their seats.

Ottawa Orleans is a possible Tory pickup, though this seems to be a case of a relatively unknown Conservative candidate running against a fairly weak Grit incumbent. Ottawa South, where star Candidate and whistleblower Allan Cutler's running against the McGuinty machine (yes, that McGuinty, same family as Ontario Grit Premier) has almost zero chance of a Conservative pickup.

In fairness, Cutler's not a very good communicator, and David McGuinty has worked very hard for his constituency, much like Pierre Pollievre (CPC) in Nepean Carleton.

Glengarry-Prescott Russell's another conceivable Conservative pickup, though only just. The city core will be the usual mix of NDP and (mostly) Liberal.

At best, 3-4 Liberal seats down, all going to the Conservatives. At worst, a pickup of 1-2 in the Ottawa Valley.

-Holmwood

I can't wait to get to the polls tonight! I live in on Hamilton Mountain, but my ridig is part of Hamilton central. The players are David Christopherson for the NDP, Elliot Hill for the CPC, and some other dude for the libs. Christopherson should walk with it in my riding, but I'm worried about voting for Hill and taking the chance of splitting enough votes that the lib gets in.

I may vote NDP to prevent that from happening, but I wish I had a handle on how well Hill is doing in the polls. If I vote NDP and Hill loses by 1 vote....well, I'll be pretty upset with myself.

Unfortunately, I've spoken to a couple of NDP supporters who are spooked and considering voting Liberal to block the "scary" Stephen Harper.

When I ask them why they think he's scary, all I get back is a vague, "He can't be trusted."

When I point out that they are considering voting for a party that has stolen from the people consistently, and whose leader has broken every campaign promise he made in the last election, they still just have the deer in the headlights look of a zombie.

Then I tell them that if they vote NDP, there's a possibility they'll get an NDP for their MP. And if NDP supporters vote Liberal - there is no chance the NDP will win seats.

This mass hypnosis that the left wing has perpetrated over the "hidden agenda" is harder to reverse than I originally thought. I guess I had given Canadians too much credit for having critical thinking skills.

Those that vote for a party that has lied to us repeatedly, yet trust them more than a guy who hasn't lied to us at all mystifies me.

Calgary East

Just voted. I wore blue, of course, under the usual white robe and hood. Some others were wearing their "colours", as well.

Green supporters - aka Calgary Liberals too ashamed to vote Liberal - were drinking Starbucks and looking depressed.

NDP supporters in full-beards and Che t-shirts, telling me Conservatives are gay-baby-seal-killing-fascists. Although, they might have said "scary", but I wasn't really listening.

The Liberals weren't wearing red or anything, but I could still spot them out, filing out of that bus, all numbered and in handcuffs.

The sun is shining, almost 10 degrees above. It's a nice day here in Calgary. Wonder what it's like in Toronto.

Kyla,

I experienced exactly the same thing over the week-end. I spoke to a couple fellows I know who were intent on voting liberal to stop that "scary Harper". When I mentioned the money the libs had stolen from them, they just responded with the notion that it was a small price to pay to avoid Harper as PM. When I asked for specific reasons to think that Harper was so scary, they both just went into rants about George Bush. I was too disgusted to carry on the conversations any further.

I am in Oshawa and at my polling station,some disgruntled ndp supporters were shouting at people to stop the Harper fascists..what Morons!

maybe the folks in Ontario should read this article . . . might help them come to grips with teh changing times. As they watch their unionized, subsidized auto industry hollow-out, the West continues to grow richer, mor populous and powerful.

And tis is just about OIL in Alberta. Says nothing about oil in Sask or staggering resrves of Natural Gas in all three provinces.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/01/20/60minutes/main1225184.shtml.

Voted at 10:30am this morning. Huge turnout at the school where the voting took place. Cars all over the street and lawns... never seen anything like it.

And it wasn't just the "before work" crowd as it is still happening.

Very very heavy turnout in Etobicoke anyway - so far.

I dunno... they all LOOK like conservatives to me!

:-)

Cheers,
Lost Budgie

Ignore the weak that will compare Harper to Bush and vote accordingly. The Liberals have always relied on being able to scare uninformed voters into supporting them. All indicators are that the electorate is engaged this time around.
People were pouring into my poll at 9:30 this morning. I took that as a good sign, the ones I recognised are conservatives. 3 blue signs and 1 orange on my street, usually about 7-8 red and my blue...I feel optimistic.

I voted before Christmas, as if there were any doubt. I live in the riding of Barrie, with incumbent cabinet Minister of International Cooperation Aileen Carroll against Tory Patrick Brown. A hell of a lot more Tory signs this year, and insiders in the Tory camp tell me Patrick was ahead by 12 points. Mind you, they were ahead last election too. This lady needs to be taught a lesson, that's for sure, after watching the local debates. How arrogant can one get?

The Ax Has Swung: Basil " Buzz " Hargrove (CAW, CAW, CAW), keeps his job. Martin loses his job. &&&&&

Posted by : Neal.
FORD TO CUT AT LEAST 25,000 JOBS, IDLE 14 FACILITIES IN NORTH AMERICA

**Watch FOX News Channel or go to http://foxnews.com for more ----------------
It's election day, and the news has broken.

Will this convince people that voting Liberal/NDP doesn't help them protect their jobs, and that it is time to vote Tory, or will it do the opposite and scare people back into the Libera;s arms?

any guesses? >>
http://www.voy.com/178771/123288.html

Recent polls have shown no erosion of dipper support. If anything the dippers have been moving slightly up. (See pollingreport.ca) The "voting Liberal to stop Harper" types have likely been reflected in the polls for a week or two at least.

We in the west appreciate the updates from Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes.

My lovely homeschooling wife and I just voted in Airdrie, AB(10 min. North of Calgary) and all was quiet on the western front. The sun is shining with a very warm chinook wind blowing from the west.(Is this an indication of things to come?!!!) Feels like the movie The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe scenario happening.
We stopped at the local Tim Hortons for an extra large D/D, and thought how great a Canadian commercial this would be-Got my Tim's and off to exercise my Canadian priviledge of voting. I should be in advertising!!!
I digress...the polling station was quiet with only 4 of us voting.

My kids are home from school today.

In Wpg S Centre they let all the voters go into schools to vote. All the criminals vote liberal so if you live in a liberal riding it stands to reason there are a lot of criminals in your childrens school. Bet your ass that if a pedophile goes to vote they will let them in the same school where my 4 year old daughter wanders the halls.

In canada.
In my city....

Advance poll had an hour wait and nobody was smoking dope, advocating abortion on demand or celebrating other folks sexuality... that I could see.

No federal prison inmates to tip the vote to the Fiberals either.

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Huge local turnout for advance polls

By W. Brice McVicar
Belleville Intelligencer - Thursday, January 19, 2006 @ 10:00

Thirteen per cent of eligible voters won't be casting their vote on Monday in Prince Edward-Hastings.

They've already done it.

The local federal riding placed third across Canada for voters using the advanced polls which operated nationwide Friday, Saturday and Monday.
Two other Ontario ridings Nepean-Carleton and Carleton-Mississippi Mills were ahead of Prince Edward-Hastings in number of votes cast.

Locally, 10,347 people have already voted in Canada's 39th general election.

We were gearing up for a good turnout but I didn't think we'd be No. 3 in Canada, Randy Kerr, returning officer for the riding, told The
Intelligencer.

He attributed the high number to co-operative weather, advertising and media coverage of the advance polls.

Carleton-Mississippi Mills had 11,970 people attend the advance polls while Nepean-Carleton had 11,231. The number of voters who voted in
Prince Edward-Hastings was only 896 less than the total number of advance voters in the province of Prince Edward Island.

Such a positive turnout could bode well for turnout on election day, Kerr said.

My goal is to be extremely busy. I want Prince Edward-Hastings to be No. 1 in Canada for turn out. I'm a returning officer so, obviously, I
want people to get out and vote.

Conservative candidate Daryl Kramp said he is hoping for the same thing. The incumbent said despite much complaining from all political parties about the timing of the election, the advance poll numbers indicate to him a great interest in the election.

It's exciting,? he said. I predicted that this election would have a higher turnout.

While knocking on doors during the campaign, Kramp said he has found people are aware of the issues and are interested in this election.

Liberal candidate Dr. Bob Vaughan said the numbers are encouraging and he hopes they are indicative of a high voter turn-out for election day.

Vaughan said people should be exercising their right whether they participated in advance polls or will cast a vote on Monday.

I think one can?t be critical of the government they get if they don't go out and vote, he said.

High advance poll numbers have not changed independent candidate Tim Hickey's belief that too few Canadians will actually vote in the election. From the beginning of his campaign he has said the No. 1 issue is low voter turn-out and he echoed this Wednesday.

It?s a good sign but we don?t know what the final figure will be. I think the number of people who vote will actually drop. That's my gut feeling.

According to preliminary figures, 1,561,945 electors voted at the advance polls across Canada. This is an increase from the 1,248,469 electors who voted in advance in the 38th general election in 2004.

Calgary - Nose Hill

Warm chinook wind blowing over the mountains - all is expected to be the same here in Calgary - hopefully the wind will blow up north and take the last remaining Liberal seat with it -

Had a few people this weekend say they may not vote cuz she's (Diane Ablonzy) is going to win anyways - apathy could be dangerous but 20,000 people would have to stay home from last time to change the color of this riding

Talked to one of our admin staff this morn and she said she was going to vote for the NDP cuz they brought in medicare!? When I told her I had left Ontario due to Bob Rae and Manitoba prior to that due to Ed Schreyer and their anti-business policies she said she would vote CPC. Printed off info for her from elections Canada on where she votes and will drive her to the poll at noon. One more vote for Lee Richardson.

I'm voting at 2:30 and will report back if anything exciting happens.

Just returned from voting for John Duncan on Vancouver Island. He just managed a win over the NDP last time and Smiling Jack visited the area 3 or 4 times during the campaign, heres hoping we get the vote out. Regards Jake

For the voter from Hamilton Centre, don't worry, the last election wasn't even close, so feel free to vote CPC. I'm in the same riding and the results are here.

I was the 11 voter this morning at poll #83 is Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar. No lineups at Westmount Schools, but a steady trickle of people. Realy nice day in Saskatoon, which is probably better news for the Liberals than anyone else.

Kyla and Rob R The dumb fear Harper thing is sooo frustrating.

These people have been drip fed the idea via the CBC and because the CBC is mainstream they never think to check facts.

Damn, I said the Fear trick was the Libranos best ace in the hole and for busy non-thinking Canadian voters it is working just as the Libranos had intended.

I got an Email from AM Radio CKNW about a mad cow thing. The link was live stream and I didn't hear the actual news item.

That and the Fear thing...both bad news. TG

Sorry, try that Hamilton Centre result here.

Suggestion: bring a camera to the polling booth with you. Take names if possible. The Liberals have cheated, cheat, and will cheat.

Tim Horton wore Maple Leaf Blue!!!

Pretty quiet at 10:30 AM at a high school here is Saskatoon. Very sunny and above 0 degrees. Wish I had something more exciting to say!

Oakville,ON

Constant stream of people entering the church up the road. They may be going to pray to St.Ildephonse ( who's "Saint's Day" it is ) or possibly to vote CPC, which is more likely. My prediction - Liberal Bonnie Brown looking for work around 9.31 this evening.

Just finished voting here in Dauphin Manitoba at 10:30. My poll was in the high school. A Very steady stream of people coming in to vote. I had to park a couple blocks away. Damm poor parking facilities. Now we just have to sit back and wait for the good news tonight.

CBC ticker tape warning voters to beware of bogus e-mail making the rounds advising folks they can vote today OR TOMORROW. Wonder where that came from?

I'll be voting for Gordon O'Connor in Carleton-Mississippi Mills (west end of Ottawa). He should win easily. He is likely to be the next Minister of National Defence.
smitty out

Deeply disturbing to me was the lack of requirement to produce any identification whatsoever.

Can any of you enlighten me on this, and assure me that this doesn't pave the way for massive vote fraud (or even not-so-massive)?

From newmarket/Aurora

Votter Turnout is High...
The advance Polls were at 10%

We have Lois reps at all poles...

Looking Good...

SWMBO and I voted in Calgary SouthEast at 9:20AM. Traffic in and out was very brisk. Windy, but warm, everything is melting (except leftie's hearts). I persuaded three acquaintances to make the effort to vote. They are in their early twenties. This made me feel good.

Kyla-never underestimate the stupidity of people in large groups. JHuck-nice outfit! I wore my black jacket with a large crest of a local speedway on the back. Once a gearhead...

Polls opened here in Cache Creek BC at 7 am... slow so far, but steady.Coming in 1 and 2's. Just the pre-work I think.

(Aileen Carrol) needs to be taught a lesson, that's for sure, after watching the local debates. How arrogant can one get?

Very, and she has some unpleasant skeletons in her closet too. CIDA employees have all sorts of stories they could tell...

Well I have to say, I'm feeling a little left out. For the second straight election no one came knocking on my door. I was really hoping the Liberal guy would come because I was looking forward to a good debate.

The good news is that with the exception of the park across the street from the polling station, almost all the lawn signs I have seen were blue. As for those Liberal signs, I don't remember them being there on Saturday but suddenly there they are, 4 signs all in a row. So if that's any indication of local support, it looks like we'll re-elect our Conservative candidate, unless of course the trees and shrubs come out in force (or has that Liberal addendum to the voting rules not passed yet?). That's 1 Ontario riding down, 105 left to go.

On a more annoying note, it looks like Mikey Moore is back at it. His main page has a 'Statement on the Canadian Election' on the right bar. You can go over there and read it for yourself if you want (while I'll hyperlink to Moore's site on my own blog, I won't soil anyone elses with the link) or just wait for the email version that's been making the rounds. There's not really much in there that you haven't already seen or heard from every other Liberal ad or spokesperson.

Steady trickle at my poll in Toronto-Danforth, Layton's riding. Early reports of Liberal hijinks in Trinity Spadina - details unclear.

Please send me the email addresses of all your friends who are voting Liberal to "Stop George Harper.

I have some money tied up in Nigeria and need some help to liberate it!

Thanks!

CTV's blog is having a spite vote. Give the names of those you'd most like to see booted from the House. Lots of fun. All Liberals, all the time.

North Toronto at noon...slow but steady at my polling station. Skies are clear and blue, but the streets run blood red. Ignorant Torontonians are scurrying back to their Liberal mammas in droves. Talk radio this morning was a disgraceful mess of fear-and-smear. Globe & Mail knows how to manipulate this town's pseudo-sophisticates to a T. We've worked hard, and we'll do much better than 2004, but I'm just not feeling the blue wave here at Yonge & Lawrence.

DO NOT bring a camera to a polling booth, doing so contravenes the Canada Elections Act. I scrutineered for the advanced polls and they kicked up blue murder over someone trying to photograph their son's first vote. It's just not a good idea, and it's more trouble than it's worth.
But voting was really busy that day - just like a regular election day.

I'm in Ottawa South. I agree that Allan Cutler needs more time to learn communications skills and retail politics, but we are optimistic that voters will vote on the basis of party. If so, Cutler has a better chance than the pundits give him credit for.

The advance polls were encouraging for Cutler. But the CPC also won the advance polls in 2004 and lost the election. Indeed, this may simply reflect the fact that CPC supporters are more committed and can't wait to vote. It is entirely possible that the voters in the general population are less committed and more likely to swing Liberal.

McGuinty's record as a constituency politician is not as strong as he pretends. He was virtually invisible for the first year and only started the heavy lifting when it became clear an election was coming.

Yes, I'm reading some reports here on CIDA. They're very interesting, indeed. Wish people would remember everything the Liberals did in the last 13 years. Take a look at the Toronto Sun's 218 reasons NOT to vote Liberal, and you have all the proof you need. Aileen Carroll, as well as few other cabinet ministers, need to go. And they need to go right quick.

Talked to my wife, there are Tory signs ALL OVER THE PLACE. Looks like a bit of overkill, actually, but hey, every little bit helps. Patrick Brown is sure to win.

The riding of Stormont, Dundas and South Glengarry near Cornwall Ontario is a lock for Incumbant Conservative MP Guy Lauzon. The Liberal is a former Green Candidate.

I've had some encouraging news.

This morning I was doing political commentary for the London, Ontario A-Channel morning show. I pointed out the bogus email from Russia trying to show evidence of the "secret agenda" and the one purporting to be from Elections Canada saying you can vote Monday or Tuesday. I also reminded people about the slanderous call from Axworthy's campaign office to a live call in trying to smear the conservative candidate.

Since I got to work at my real job, I've had 3 people who identify as life long Liberals tell me they are voting Conservative today.

Some people are coming out of the fog!

One more thing (I promise), I'll be tuning in all day, so if anyone has any interesting developments (ie, Liberal hijinks) in Barrie or other ridings, post 'em!!! I'm salivating, and now can't wait until 9:30!!! God, HURRY UP DAY.

Tory Blue out here in Langley British Columbia,

Mark Warawa is our man.

Dropped off the kids at school and then right into the gym to vote.

Puzzled why so many moms are heading for their minivans and not the polling station?

What is with people? Call me crazy but I don't like it when people steal from me. And I am certain not to allow them to do it again!

I guess maybe they needed another coffee before casting the liberals away.

God willing

Whoops! I mentioned God. I guess I am a fanatic right wing freak!!

Oh well, God Bless Canada, God Bless America, and down with the Liberals

All is calm here in Cambridge, Ontario. There is no doubt that the 'Wave of Blue' has arrived here in Cambridge..

Just in a drive to the grocery store I seen 22 houses with Conservative signs, 5 with NDP and 4 with Liberals.

There is NO DOUBT that Gary Goodyear (Conservative) will be re-elected here in Cambridge, ON.

I think that Toronto is going to open up the newspaper tomorrow morning and be suprised at how DIFFERENTLY they are from the rest of the Country. The 'BLUE' is spreading across the country with the exception of Toronto. For the first time, I feel I have more in common with the people of Quebec than I do with the people living off Yonge Street...

This should be a humbling experience for them!

Cheers!

Is anyone else getting the feeling that Stephen Harper has just embarked on a long Prime Ministerial position? I mean, once he is PM, what the heck are the Liberals going to use to scare us? If he has already been PM and the sun comes up on Tuesday, I would recommend that Liberal Party members get accustomed to an ever-decreasing attendance in the House.

All is calm here in Cambridge, Ontario. There is no doubt that the 'Wave of Blue' has arrived here in Cambridge..

Just in a drive to the grocery store I seen 22 houses with Conservative signs, 5 with NDP and 4 with Liberals.

There is NO DOUBT that Gary Goodyear (Conservative) will be re-elected here in Cambridge, ON.

I think that Toronto is going to open up the newspaper tomorrow morning and be suprised at how DIFFERENTLY they are from the rest of the Country. The 'BLUE' is spreading across the country with the exception of Toronto. For the first time, I feel I have more in common with the people of Quebec than I do with the people living off Yonge Street...

This should be a humbling experience for them!

Cheers!

Is anyone else getting the feeling that Stephen Harper has just embarked on a long Prime Ministerial position? I mean, once he is PM, what the heck are the Liberals going to use to scare us? If he has already been PM and the sun comes up on Tuesday, I would recommend that Liberal Party members get accustomed to an ever-decreasing attendance in the House.

Light but steady stream of voters here in Van South. Alas, no valet parking for the latte/chardonnay socialists who have elected Weasel Owen for the past couple of elections. Definitely not going to my Tory guy, but hey, I'll just have to move. Lots of the blue rinse crowd, Owen devotees, so unless the socialists spank old Weasel this time around, he's probably going back to Ottawa to do nothing as usual.

"Imagine your adult son is accused of shoplifting. He has an excellent job, takes great care of his wife and your grandchildren and you, gives lavishly to charity, has good taste in music and books, doesn't drink to excess or apparently have any bad habits except for a tendency to be a bit smug and now, he's been accused of shoplifting. So what do you do? Disown him, set fire to his house, your house and shoot every member of the family between the eyes!
That will teach the arrogant little pisher!"

Far more good than bad has been done by our government.

It will be interesting to see a change in gov't, but the incessant demonization of the Libs is really tiresome and inflated.

Just voted. Wasn't asked for ID for the first time in memory. Strange that I can show up at a ballot box in a first world country with a voter card which explicitly states it is not a form of ID and just vote. Not very busy, though I was happy to see a trustworthy fellow blogger there as an election scutineer.

Sadly, just spoke to a co-worker who is a long
time Liberal voter. He was so unimpressed with
the Libs and their candidate (Ottawa West) that he
was voting Cons. This morning he says he's voting
Lib to prevent a Cons Majority.....he's "afraid" of
what will happen......specifically afraid of ....?
Can't answer that one, sorry.....

Reminds me of:

Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana. As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all of the other monkeys with cold water.

After a while, another monkey makes an attempt with the same result all the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon, when another monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other monkeys will try to prevent it.

Now, put away the cold water. Remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new one. The new monkey sees the banana and wants to climb the stairs. To his surprise and horror, all of the other monkeys attack him.
After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he tries to climb the stairs, he will be assaulted.

Next, remove another of the original five monkeys and replace it with a new one. The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment with enthusiasm!

Likewise, replace a third original monkey with a new one, then a fourth, then the fifth. Every time the newest monkey takes to the stairs, he is attacked.
Most of the monkeys that are beating him have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs or why they are participating in the beating of the newest monkey.

After replacing all the original monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys have ever been sprayed with cold water. Nevertheless, no monkey ever again approaches the stairs to try for the banana. Why not? Because as far as they know that’s the way it’s always been done around here.

And that, my friends, is how Liberal voters think
(or don't)....

JCL

The sign elves were out last night in Hamilton West, lots of David Sweet CPC signs everywhere outnumbering the Liberal and NDP signs by a good margin.

No surprises, line ups or jerks at the polling station at 10AM, just walk in, vote, walk out. Canadian style. I like it.

Okanagan - Coquihalla

Beautiful sunny day here in the Okanagan. This riding is strong conservative. Asked at the polls if they had been busy. Reply: steady stream of people.

When I watched the sun come this morning, I said a little prayer. Hope that this is the beginning of something good for Canada! Good luck to Mr. Harper and his team today.

Out here in southeastern Ontario poll lines are brisk. I'm in Prince Edward Hastings, the Belleville riding, where Conservative MP Daryl Kramp will win re-election easily, as someone above already pointed out. We had record advance polling turnout.

The second 9:30 came and our polls opened, I got a phone call for my husband from the Kramp campaign to make sure he's going to vote (they obviously know I already have). They're really organized, and it's very encouraging. My sister and brother-in-law are voting for the first time in ages today, and they won't be voting red. And my father-in-law isn't voting red this time, either. I'm really hyped.Won't it be neat if tomorrow morning we wake up and the only areas in Canada which went red are downtown Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal? Imagine them outside the halls of power.

By the way, if you want to hear how Paul Martin defines Canadian values (municipal water works and daycare, apparently) you can read the transcript of the radio interview I did with him at http://hipathome.blogspot.com. Just scroll down. It's pretty funny.

I hope CPC scruntineers are asking that voters produce identification -- our voting system is so open to fraud it's a joke. Piles of voter cards at apartment buildings. I received one at my house for a tenant who moved out 5 years ago. He's (a) left the country (b) hasn't filed taxes in the past 5 years (c) died. It's ridiculous.

I'm in Downtown Toronto and it seems the fine Tony Ianno supporters were out doing what they do so well ...ripping down all of Olivia Chow's signs.
There never were any CPC signs anyways.
The Toronto core is a right off.

Thick crowds in my small conservative town. Rick Casson by a landside for sure! (there really was never any worry.)

"I'll be voting for Gordon O'Connor in Carleton-Mississippi Mills (west end of Ottawa). He should win easily. He is likely to be the next Minister of National Defence.
smitty out"

Already did that last weekend. :-)

Jeff,

Suppose your adult son has been CONVICTED of shoplifting. He is the executor of your grandfather's estate. Money has gone missing. He wants to continue. Just as you are considering keeping him on, you notice funny trading in the account involving transactions with his friend's brokerage firms.

NMo. You don't set his house on fire. None of that. YOU SIMPLY APPOINT A NEW TRUSTEE.

Walked one block in the rain to the nearby school to vote here in lovely Langley, B.C. Rookie Cons. MP Mark Warawa last time around doubled the votes that all his challengers had put together. He will still win mighty handily, although I believe they have a stronger Liberal candidate this time around. 10:00 a.m. here in B.C., and the poll was very quiet, only about three of us voting. I joked with the polling guy that tonight should be very exciting and that I could not wait. He laughed and agreed with me.

Just returned from Polling Place... Time 11:10AM Mountain... Voting has been heavy for this time of the day. A quick glimpse of the List of Electors for my poll number indicated about 50-60 percent of the voters had already voted before me. This is terrific....
Looking at other polls in the same polling place it looks like it has been steady... (+10 degrees here in the foothills of the Rockies) so the gymnasium floors are quite dirty... ergo... lots of people have been trapsing in and out....

Got up this morning, discovered that "the sun had came up", came to the conclusion that the Liberals had been lying so voted conservative.
No volcanoes or anythig after I voted so think "we are safe".

It's sure nice to think that PMPM has but a few hours left in his tenure as Prime Minister.

A CPC majority would sure be tasty icing on the cake though.

Going to vote in about 45 minutes.

You can't be serious Jeff?
Anyone in government should be held more than accountable and made an example of.
Does the word honorable mean anything to you Jeff?

"A quick glimpse of the List of Electors for my poll number indicated about 50-60 percent of the voters had already voted before me."

1.56 millions folks voted at the advanced polls. They would be amongst the crossed-out names.

Went to Mikey Moore's site to read his pompousness letter to us rubes.
Here is my reply to him. Doubt he actually reads the emails sent to him, but it made ME feel better ;-)

"America is our neighbour, not our nation."
Paul Martin's spin doctors speaking out of his ads, during the second English language debate.

"Piss off neighbour and stick to your knitting."
Lyle Bert,
CPC supporter.

evilprinceweasel - "Deeply disturbing to me was the lack of requirement to produce any identification whatsoever."

Noticed that as well @ the advance poll in St.Catharines. Why is that?

Kelowna-Lake Country

The voting station I went to is having a steady stream of people(mostly older). It was nice to see that I wasn't the only one that took my pre-schoolers out today to see the vote.

Also I needed to show ID to vote.

Just did my duty and voted here in Lethbridge. Not much activity but I hope we get an excellent turnout. The price of freedom is vigilance and if people will not pay attention we will lose it. Gonna be an exciting and hopefully triumphant night!

Greg, I too hail from Airdrie. I thought I would take a drive around to the different polls and see what if anything was going on. I will be placing my vote this afternoon when my husband gets home from work. When I drove by the Town and Country there was a line up right out to the parking lot. Mostly, moms with lil toddlers hanging off their arms and legs.
I know "praying" isn't politically correct, but I am praying for a Tory win!
God bless Canada!

just 20 minutes south of ottawa leeds grenville riding our MP Gord Brown will win easy
i have a U-Haul booked for tomorrow anyone interested wanting to help empty 24 Sussex!
the more the merrier beer and popcorn will be suppied by Scott Reid

So why the need, or lack thereof, to show ID?

Being inconsistent can't be good.

Will be headed to the Masonic Temple here in Montreal shortly after work to do my duty. There is a chance we can unseat Robillard here in downtown Montreal, which would make my day. I am still shocked at our turnaround here in Quebec - I think we can pickup 10-15 seats here if things go well.

Will be celebrating a Conservative majority shortly after 11:00 pm. tonight. Champagne is on ice at home.

Dear Jeff,

You likening your Lieberal party, to your son who shoplifted.... Your story should read like this.

"Imagine your adult son is accused of shoplifting. He has an excellent job, lives an extremely lavish lifestyle that most of his neighbors couldn't even dream of, takes great care of his wife and your grandchildren and you, gives lavishly to all his buddies, sometimes he gives these gifts to his friends in brown envelopes. He drinks with his friends while eating popcorn and drinking beer. He cheats on his taxes by using offshore accounts. At some point he finds that the shop lifting isn't Jacking him like it used to, so he moves up into bilking peoples life and retirement savings from them by manipulating income trusts. He feels he has finally arrived, his ship were coming in as it were.

So what do you do? Disown him, set fire to his house, your house and shoot every member of the family between the eyes! That will teach the arrogant little pisher!"

That is exactly what we'll do Jeff. Drop your sheep mentality, follow the logical side of your brain. There is still time for you to be de-programmed, trust me it will be alright without the red flag.

But his mom says "he is a good boy, trust me he is a good boy"

Been driving folks to and from their polling stations. Amherstburg seems to be doing steady traffic, and one polling station in the LaSalle area is also steady. Also the hamlet of McGregor has a steady stream of voters. Don't know how this will bode.

Just voted in Ajax, Ont. I was the only one in the polling station. Buddy told me it was slow all morning.

Ajax is liberal country, maybe it's a good sign that it's been so slow.

St.Brieux Sask. +6C

Wore my BLUE colours, great day in Sask..we feel that Western breeze blowing in a PC Victory for Saskatoon/Humboldt riding candidate Mr Trost.....
steady stream of voters and also above normal volumes for pre-election day voting

Forgot to mention that Amherstburg, LaSalle, and McGregor are in Southern Ontario. Weather is beautiful - just a spring jacket and sweater is needed to-day. Those running - Cons. Jeff Watson, Lib - Susan Whelan of the Royal Family and the NDP can't remember his name.

I showed my voter card to a table at the entrance. They sent me to another table to get my ballot. To get my ballot they asked me my name and address. That it?! I questioned them about it and they looked at me dumbfounded. Voter fraud in Canada?

Arcola, SK

We're getting some Saskatchewan weather here - a few minutes of not-in-the-forecast thickly falling snow, then warm sunny calm for the rest of the morning, and now a good fierce wind.

A steady trickle at the polling station when I was there mid-morning.

The Grade 5 class made a field trip the block down from the school to see what voting looks like; my son said it was "boring." He checked with me to make sure I had voted correctly, though.

Wow! was I rushed this morning.

I had to change all of my "40 Below Conservative" signs to "4 Above, Overcast With A Chance Of Light Flurries Conservative"

What a beautiful day!

Emailing from CypressHills/Sask. Warm, chinook winds are blowing today, snow and ice starting to melt...Asland is on the move? Is this too much to hope for? We are hoping that Canadians are waking from their long slumber and are so sick of their evil ruler of "Can...arnia's" diet of turkish delight that they are willing to turn to the right.
When Scott called the Day's Inn Hotel 1-800 number yesterday to get information about our hotel room we had booked in Medicine Hat he ended up speaking to a lady in New Brunswick. He asked her who she was voting for and she wasn't sure yet. He told her that we were hoping for a united Canada and that we cared for our fellow Canadians in New Brunswick as well as Quebec and that all across Canada we want to be able to sing our national anthem "O Canada" with pride! By the end of the conversation she sounded hopeful herself about voting Conservative because she was leaning that way already....she just needed a bit of encouragement to do the right thing.
Thank you Kate for articulating and putting in print what so many of us feel. You have given us hope!
We're off to Maple Creek to vote for David Anderson Cypress Hills/Grasslands riding
(not the David Anderson from BC) Our riding is very blue. He hope he wins by a landslide.
We will be driving 45 minutes to our polling station....thankful that we can vote for accountability, responsibility and integrity in government in this great country of ours.
God.......bless Canada!

I took my long-haired, unshaven, Starbucks- drinking, Queen's educated,unemployed butt down to my Calgary polling station bright and early and proudly put my mark by the CPC candidate.

As my wife and I walked back to the car, she calmly and dispassionatly informed me that if the Liberals get in again we (Alberta) would have to seperate. As much as I am caught up in the general feelings of good will and hope that is permeating the CPC campaign, I wonder if people have considered the blackness that may descend with a Liberal victory of some sort?

I have talked to so many people over the weekend that either voted in the advance or said they were going early or after work as long as they got out & voted. Miller cp grey/bruce counties in Ontario should remain cp. Advance polls were very busy & being reported on local radio they are steady again, Indication Canadian's want a change, & too those out their that keep insisting Harper's western, g. bush values are too scary, will you read the fact's HE WAS BORN IN TORONTO moved west When he was 18 or so, JUST LIKE DEIFENBAKER born In Holstein ON. Take a hike, give it a rest, Canadian's are not listening annymore they WANT a CHANGE

Brief update on Ottawa Valley: Isolated reports of Liberal scrutineers not even bothering to show up in western portions of Ottawa-West Nepean! (This was from the 80's onwards a Liberal stronghold as it became increasingly urbanized).

Confirmed Liberal scrutineer sightings in Nepean Carleton; this increasingly rare species is not yet endangered; federal intervention is not yet required.

Two Cents: I really hope you're right about Cutler in Ottawa South and I'm wrong. Sadly, I doubt it though. I'll be watching eagerly to see. (I've had repeated feedback from friends both 'dipper and Conservative as well as Grit that spoke highly of McGuinty's service to constituents, so fwiw, that's where that comment of mine comes from.)

If Cutler won... and Baird, and Cannon and O'Connor, that'd be quite an embarrassment of riches of cabinet talent from Eastern Ontario.

-Holmwood.

Same deal...
I actually brought out my ID and they say "we don't need that".

So, essentially, anyone who got my card could have voted for me??

Why do I need ID to rent Blockbuster videos and not to vote??

DM

Soup -- we could have gone to the same polling station. What if my voter card was stolen or delivered to the wrong address, or whatever. Someone votes for me, then I show up to vote with my ID/passport/whatever -- can they go in and get that one vote back? Has this happened to anyone?

Neither a liberal nor a Conservative bee? WK?

But, look at the following: What is a "hit"? What's a miss? Why such a huge #?...250,000 hits/day. Is this hyper-ventilation? Quote:

"# If you read this little web site - now nearing a quarter-million hits a day - I don't have to urge you to get out and vote. But I will anyway."
kinsella

It started to snow here in Halifax about 3:45 local time and the roads are now snow covered at 4:30. On my drive home there were reports of cars off the road outside Halifax and the streets are slippery. This may effect turnout of voters who planned to go home after work then go vote.

I have to pick up my wife at the ferry terminal on the Dartmouth side of the harbour and then go to the polls. If the snow continues for the next half hour we may be walking (about 2kms).

Mike, Dartmouth NS

Friends of mine who are scrutineers in K-W tell me the polls are brisk and there were some line ups this AM.

Snow really starting to come down in Fredericton. The Liberal nightmare I would imagine. Clear all day for the seniors to get out only to have the 9-5 folks stay off the roads.

That would be a shame really :)

Ooops, car off the road on my street. I live at the base of a large hill and a car couldn't stop and ended up in a neighbors front yard. Took out a small ornamental tree, a weeping mullberry, I think. Anyway decided to walk to poll.

Tiz re; www.theinfozone.net is reporting on CTV Newsnet

Posted by TIZReporter at January 23, 2006 09:58 AM Good Catch! I liked the replies to Krystal from Adler and Infozone. The latter included this interesting statement from Trudeau. Can't believe I'd EVER refer to something he said but here it is:

"Pierre Trudeau once commented that Canada will be safe when all Canadians can feel at home in all parts of Canada."

Boy did that ideal ever go south.

Is it just me, or is it a real pleasure to scroll through the comments and see people from ridings all across this country describe their trip to the polling booth.

The Serpent Elvis tries to spoil it: In Newmarket-Aurora, where Conservative Lois Brown has worked to remove Belinda Stronach, the Elvis impersonator and defrocked Anglican Dorian Baxter, of the "Progressive Canadian Party" "PC" has waited til today to blast the arterial roads of the riding with new bag signs whiich say, in violation of Elections Canada regs, "Progessive Conservative" in hopes of confusing the voters. Dorian has, by his own words, received a nice donation, at least $10,000, from Frank Stronach, for his "church". Last election Elvis received over 1,000 votes, and Stronach as a "Conservative" won by only 689 votes.

I bet you $100 Pierre Bourque is standing outside of his voting place shouting "Who will be the next to donate $500? What would you do without bourque.org?"

In a related story, I threw a quarter to a guy who was begging for a cup of coffee. I thought he was far more deserving :)

On my way to the poll in Aurora.
Note to Belinda...
Your fired!

West Vancouver sunshine riding. No sunshine slight drizzle. Nothing different then the last 31 days.Got a call from CPC campaign asking if I needed help to go vote.The worker said it is pretty tight. This is Reynolds old riding that he used to win by gazillion votes.But it was redistricted and is now one of the largest in the country I think (geographically).Reynolds won by 1700 in 2004, and the lieberal has been campaigning ever since.Signage is pretty even.I don't know how this one is going to turn.Keeping my fingers crossed and going to vote now.

Alright folks, look around at those close to you and make sure you have done all you can to ensure they are informed.....

I just had an offhand chat with my sister and it came to light she was about to go vote NDP.

I said "Pardon?"

I then said.... You have two children under the age of 6, you wish to throw away that $2400 dollars?

she said huh?
I said, I think you need to become a bit more aware of the platforms.

then she said: well I do like CPC's stand on abortion....

I shook my head and then rather than arguing said, ok, whatever it takes.

There you go Paul, you got a CPC voter with your abortion propaganda.

Just dropped off my vote for the local conservative.

Weather is pretty balmy here(+5C)in Saskatoon. Should help voter turnout, might need the rubbers tho :)

Here's hoping santa brings me a late christmas present. (Martin and Stronach getting the boot, and the last Ugly splotch of Liberal red in Saskatchewan (Goodale). I'd love to see him stay, but being one of few honest people in the party he must be turfed by association)

Barclay

Lethbridge Alberta. Wind is peeling the walls off the house right now, otherwise known as a "balmy day".
Solid Tory for Rick Casson, but both my neighbors have the local NDP communist banner. Lots of university employees and seniors around my house. Good folks, just empty headed.

St.Brieux, Sask

Just finished snowing so no reason not to vote right?? I have not talked to anyone that is NOT voting PC except a lady yesterday who sheepishly admitted she was L.....l I could not believe it after all the slimy Liberals did???? some people just do not care I guess

Vote Liberal, Alberta!

DemandMore, she sounds like a good woman who probably just isn't that informed.

She didn't even know anything about the Conservative platform, but agrees that cutting 0-9 month babies (sorry, fetuses - throw away organs similar to the appendix) into small pieces is a bad thing to do.

I think I love her.

Pretty busy at the Masonic Temple here in downtown Montreal. Had to get registered, as I had moved here from Ontario a year ago. It wasn't a hassle at all.

Apparently we don't stand much of a chance here (Robillard's riding, after all), but here's hoping the Tories win anyway. At least they will get my $1.80.

chip, I totally agree it's nice to hear the stories of everyone voting in their ridings. Right now I'm in CHINA and I must admit that there's something cool about voting from the other side of the globe.

As a student of Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, I'd be hitting the polls there, but this year is more intersting. I'm studying in China on a very interesting exchange program as part of my BBA Economics degree. My advance polling cards were delievered to our dorm, and when the delivery guy called a Chinese friend happened to be with me to translate the phone call. I picked up the ballots for myself and my roommate and marked our happy face beside our chosen candidates -- just joking about the happy face.

I personally took a one hour bus, followed by a two hour train from Tianjin to Beijing, a breif stop at the Canadian (coincidence) coffee chain Blenz, and then took a taxi to the embassay district to personally hand the triple-sealed envelopes to the person on duty. Delivering them by hand was a good opportunity to have a fun day trip to Beijing, and also to make sure nothing could happen to those ballots in the mail system. Knowing my luck, if I'd mailed them I might accidentally have sent them to the wrong country.

Whether you've got an small blizzard or ocean between you and the poll booth, I'm glad to hear everyone's enjoying the fun and suspense at home.

Van Center . . no line-up at 1145 this morning at the Roundhouse Polling Place.

Bumped into Hedy Fry leaving as we were arriving.

Really hoping the left side splits 50/50 with Hedy & Svend killing each other off and Tony Fogarassy/CPC comes up the middle

Vancouver Centre

Est. 15% by 11:30 AM, quite slow after the early morning rush.

NDP and Lib scrutineers had lunches delivered to them, will get a free supper also.

Willing to offer me a Dad's Cookie after determining that I wasn't too scary.

All of us in good humour. Them because they both believe their candidate will win and I because even if their candidate does win, they will be sitting in the opposition.

The deputy returning officer amused us all. She said that she took the job so that she could meet the eligible men that lived on her street.

Vancouver eh?

Jeff - translate this please

BAAA BAAAA BA BA BA BAAAAAAA

Sorry, wrong html in my haste! so Jeff, translate

this

"# If you read this little web site - now nearing a quarter- million hits a day - I don't have to urge you to get out and vote. But I will anyway."
kinsella"

Here are his stats.

http://www.warrenkinsella.com/stats/

Judge for yourself.

AlbertanfromBC: To funny!
Kate: Excellent call on Kinsella.
Got my beer and popcorn supply ready, I din't receive my heating rebate (and probably won't, since I'm not a prisoner) in time to by RUM!

6pm, Don Valley West (tony North Toronto). Turnout around 60% already! Probably lots of motivated anti-Harper champagne socialists boosting turnout. Internal polling suggests this will be a very close two way race - Harper rerouted to come in and help out on Saturday morning...but probably no cigar for John Carmichael. NDP no factor here.

Reporting in from Trinity Spadina - the after-work crowd at St. Alban's school on Palmerston was thick and busy. A big difference from the last time when few showed up and the few who did seemed to be sleepwalking.

No sign of any scrutineers other than the NDP's. Line-ups at every polling station (about 23 stations in the school gym). Crowd down here in the beautiful heart of Toronto's Annex was heavy on the overt-sexual-freak/visible-feminist-Gorgon demographic. I would have a hard time counting the number of women voters because of all the heavily made-up errr...men I suppose we could call them...with their flowing locks pulled back in a businesslike fashion, nose rings specially polished for the occasion.

Poor old Sam Goldstein. I guess he is lucky not to be winning here. I told his campaign manager that if he did, I was going to make his life hell on all sorts of nasty so-con issues. Put his office number on my speed dial, make a pest of myself at riding association meetings and whatnot. Olivia's looking likely to take it away from Tony. You never know, it might be an improvement.

Good news though. I had a Goldstein sign up for ten days and no one vandalized it. That's tolerance!

As I was walking up to my polling station, I started to think about all the young men who died so we could vote.

It made my putting that x on the ballot feel especially good.

It was with a song in my heart and a skip in my step that I entered my local polling place and cast my vote for Cindy Silver in North Vancouver. No line ups but it appeared to be steady traffic into the building.

This election has made me feel happy to live in Canada again!

Silver's campaign has had twice as many volunteer's as incumbent Don Bell and she definitely won the sign battle.

However, I still had to give my head a shake when I drove past one house with a Don Bell sign on the lawn and a homemade sign pasted in their window that read "Stop Harper, Vote Liberal"

Perhaps after making that sign, those people then set out to make their tinfoil hat too.

London, Ontario City Hall....Steady stream of voters although not enough people to generate lines.

Based on the comments here I didn't automatically produce my ID, and they never asked me for it....I find that very wierd.

I did two tours of our poll stations in
Ottawa-Vanier today, to check on the signs
we put up earlier this mornoing - 1 a.m.

It has been busy all day. More so than last time.

Reporting in from one poll in Mississauga East-Cooksville... after work rush produced numerous voters and long lineups. I find the returning officers here to be very nice and competent in doing their jobs. Interestingly, as of 7:15 pm EST, no other party has scrutineers present except me (on behalf of CPC candidate Carl DeFaria, of course). This is only one polling station here (in the apartment building where I live) but it is still interesting to observe people voting.

OK, back to it now... the count will be interesting to observe. This may be a tough riding for Conservatives, but who knows? It's a 905 area code riding, so if DeFaria can win here, then maybe there's hope for a big CPC win across Canada. Wouldn't that be excellent??! :-D

Earlier today, I reported on the exchange between Charles Adler and Andrew Krystal on CTV News Net.

I just uploaded an mp3 of the entire exchange.

www.theinfozone.net

You can read the emails from Charles Adler, and the comments to me from Andrew Krystal.

TIZ

Just voted in White Lake, Ontario (the home of the illustrious Cheryl Gallant). Glad to put an X next to anyone but that clown Lindsay!

Go Blue!

As an Albertan who has recently moved to Ottawa ... thank you for continuing to give me hope!
While my vote was a "throw-away" in a riding that has been liberal for 70 years ... 'tis the cost of comraderie with my rest of Canadians whom desire change!
Interesting question that was brought forward from my "still-voting-liberal-coworkers" ... what if the conservatives only win a minority, is it possible for the liberals to approach the "liberal-appointed" governor general with a request to form the next government instead (as a coalition government with the NDP)?
PS - My advance poll in Ottawa-Vanier was steady all day last week

Clear sky, beautiful day here in kamloops B.C.
I just cast my vote for our incumbent conservative candidate Betty Hinton, who is sure to be re-elected.
No line up, but i noticed there were most of the names crossed off already. I voted at 4.
3 Hours to go.

My husband and voted at 5:00 in the Hamelet of McGregor, ON. There were 4 stations and all were busy. Drove by another polling station and it was doing some heavy traffic. This area is Essex and went blue last time. Here's hoping we do the same. Tuned into radio 800AM CKWW - Melanie Devoe and there was the PMPM talking about the auto plants in the area. Before you knew it he was giving all reasons why he should be elected and why Harper and Layton should not. He went through his whole platform. Now, I thought electioneering was supposed to end when the polls closed. Could someone please enlighten me because I am just livid.

Excuse me that should have been electioneering should stop when the polls open. As you can see I am as mad as hell

Hello from Que!

The polling station is one block from my home and was busy, cars all day long.
Have no idea of the convservative candidate's name, but didn't really care as I voted blue for Canada.
:)

at about 4PM Sask time I tuned into CTV Newsnet and there was thAT SLIMY LIBERAL landslide Annie into her speil about all the goods thngs the liberal have done in the last 12 years etc etc etc...I thought "what the hell is going on here"" trying to move the undecided to move to her liberanos....bunch os slimeballs the lot of them

Just returned from voting in Calgary Southwest. No big surprise. Polling station was quite crowded with the after work crowd. No surprise in the results either. I'm comfortable predicting Stephen Harper with the biggest margin of victory in the country. (gotta add that last part - otherwise it's a no-brainer prediction - and may still be a no brainer!!!) Not a single candidate came to my door this election and virtually all lawn signs on private property were for Stephen with one or two for the NDP candidate while the Libs and Green signs could only be found on public lands. Again no big surprise.

Just returned from voting in Calgary Southwest. No big surprise. Polling station was quite crowded with the after work crowd. No surprise in the results either. I'm comfortable predicting Stephen Harper with the biggest margin of victory in the country. (gotta add that last part - otherwise it's a no-brainer prediction - and may still be a no brainer!!!) Not a single candidate came to my door this election and virtually all lawn signs on private property were for Stephen with one or two for the NDP candidate while the Libs and Green signs could only be found on public lands. Again no big surprise.

Just got back from voting and running errands in Maple Creek, Sk riding. Road was muddy as ever to get there! Scott's mom said that NDP stood for Narrow Dirt Paths hahaha ....sad but true here in Saskatchewan.
Polling station was busy with lots of familiar faces from the community...lots of quiet optimism. Went for a beer at the local bar which we hear used to be closed on election days to avoid bar room fights. It was pretty quiet in there today. Locals told us of a nasty fight that happened there a number of years ago. We're going to turn on the tube now and be back and forth to blogging.
Go Harper go!

I have been looking between both SDA,and CQ.
CQ's is now dead in Toronto, East York.

Hey I love you guy's for what you are doing.

Esquimalt - Juan de Fuca checking in. Typically cool, damp Vancouver Island day; no rain though. Poll seemed steady but not busy. Hard to tell what that means here in a riding which is going to be a "tight, three-way race". Reformer-turned-Liberal Keith Martin has a lot of personal support here, and he has all but renounced the national campaign (he was the guy that called Big Paulie an idiot). Still, the soldiers-in-our-streets ad will cost him in a riding with strong Navy representation.

On a personal note, that goes down as the most satisfying vote I have cast thus far in my 37 years. Even better than booting out the NDP provincially.

Although John Cummins will probably take Delta-Richmond East, I wish I lived in North Van.,Cindy Silver is hot, HOT.

Canada has proven that it is a communist country. Even though the CPC technically won the election, they only have about a third of the popular vote.

The rest are all far left and many who voted for them did so with great trepidation. I pity this sorry country. We have little hope of maintaining our prosperity and freedom.

Will he step down? We will see by tomorrow.

If the Liberals had not campaigned at all they probably would have won a majority. It's their own campaign that diminished their numbers. Hard to believe, but that's the way it looks.

down to the wire between HotCross Hedy and Svend.

a question of who you vote in a liar or a thief.?

Makes me want to never set foot in Vancover center ever again. Scary place!!! Should call it moon bat center.

Syncro

Not a bad night, Martin will step down, Mclellan was defeated, Pierre Pettigrew lost.

An arrogant talk show host, Andrew Krystal was shown for the kind of person he is.

A good day.

TIZ

LOL I just infiltrated Annies party. I got shoved in by the media during the scrum which put me face to face with Annie. I think I may have distracted her with my beer drinking and this stupid smile on my face that I can't seem to get rid of. LMAO!!!!

I'm sorry, I'll try not to rub it in to hard.

I'll confess, I'm from Ontario and I want to apologise to all of you. We really screwed Canada with our left leaning votes. I know its a Conservative minority, but Ontario really showed its stupidity tonight. The Liberals robbed us and insulted our intelligence and still we gave them a huge number of seats. I'm really disappointed.

Wow.. crap. That sucked. Not even close to what I thought. And.. why is Alberta the least diverse province in the land? Even Ontario mixes it up a bit..

Bruce I agree and I offer my apologies as well!

My riding was a nail-biter between Con and Lib? Why so close? I just do not understand.

Sad fact that 2/3 of the electorate was way out in la-la-land...

As a "leader" Paul Martin was divisive for his party and divisive for the Nation. Paul Martin was largley given his successes right up to his appointment of PM of Canada, on a silver platter.

Now he has shown himself to be a quitter. Pathetic.

Harper on the other hand has done nothing but unite on his way to the leadership of this nation.

Nothing, I repeat nothing was given to him. Yet what he has achieved in the last 3 years is beyond remarkable.

MSM pudits have bet against him and undermined Harper all along the way, yet he perservered and won. With absolute class and integrity.

MSM will continue to cheerlead for the Libs and spin negative on the Conservatives. Good for them, for in doing so they will continue to marginalize themselves with the Canadian public. And Harper will continue to win.

Because that what winner do. And quitters quit.

Let's be gentle winners people.

I repeat once again, let's not rub it in