PM Harper is a golden god!

WOOHOO !! About time!!

I'm pleased that they finally have a shot at proper governing.

Now Mr Harper......

Please prove to us you are better than the rest.

Please live up to what we here at SDA think you can be.

Please.

I for one ... oh never mind.

Being the visual guy I am, I couldn't help from noticing something interesting between Toronto and Vancouver.

I'll make my wish list short: get rid of the gun registry and the wheat board monopoly.

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!

Harper quickly changing into his Darth Vader garb, prepping to freeze Iggy in carbonite. Sweeet!

The CPC may lose my riding. The NDP may pick up 3 in Sask. Elizabeth May may win her riding. But I don't care. We have a majority!!!!! Thank you Bob Rae.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rEkFG5MNTk

"That's why where here, that's why we strive, that's why we serve..."

God bless Canada.

My top issues are:

1. Stop the insane spending!!!
2. Remove the anti-free speech sections from EVERY Human Wrongs commission.
3. End all public funding to the CBC or at least before 2012 stop all funding to CBC News.

Hoping for electoral peace. No fed election till 2015!

Don Cherry President of the CBC. Jack Layton appointed to Royal Commission on Sex Trade. David Suzuki, Canadian Ambassador to Afghanistan. Elizabeth May to ride on the Space Shuttle.

yeah we no longer have to hide the "hidden agenda" haha hilarious!

Suck it Bill Stewart, Jess, and Ted!

Wow.

I don't expect Harper to all of a sudden turn back into a Reform Libertarian, much as I would like that. He will probably govern exactly as he has so far, except that (hopefully) he will be a bit more relaxed.

And on a smaller note, all those donations to get rid of Mark Holland paid off!

Kill the LGR!!
And don't bring in any new anti-gun BS to "sweeten" killing the LGR.

Well, the "we *would*, but we only have a minority" excuse is now gone. Time to see if the CPC are actually conservative, or if they've morphed into Liberals with blue ties after all these years in Ottawa.

You couldn't ask for a better 2 days. First Osama gets his head blown off.

Then we blow away both the NDP and Libs.

Suck it Bitches !

Wish list:
Per vote cash
cbc funding
wheatboat
milk/ egg quotas
taxes
death to 30-40% of the mass of government

Speaking of ties, did anyone else note that CTV reporter at Justin Trudeau's headquarters who was insisting his orange tie was gold, not orange? What was up with him: a secret NDP plant?

Best. Election. Evaaah!

I now fully expect Ignatieff to diminish and sneak back down south (especially since he is currently loosing in his own riding). Bob Rae will now try to unite the left, bringing the Liberals and NDP together to form a new Canadian political party the "Liberal Democrates" or may the "New Liberal Democates" (the NDP gotta figure someway to keep the New in there) Either way I think tonight we witnessed the death of the LPC......

As Preston Manning said tonight, it has been a long haul.

Thinking back to the days when people spit on me, called me a nazi, vandalized my jeep, etc....all because I was in the first wave of Reformers....it was all worth it...to see the "natural governing party" reduced to a rump...

GO ARMY !
VOTE REFORM !

Cut loose the CBC, end forced contributions to political parties, end the wheat board and eliminate the gun registry. Reform or eliminate the Indian Act. And grind the Liberals' collective nose into the dirt! Yipeeeeee!

For the first time in my adult lifetime, I'm really proud of my country.

lol So much for all the push polls!

Can we break out our jackboots and start marching around yet?

mark holland had a private member's bill that would force, repeat, FORCE bystanders to aid crime victims under threat of criminal charges.

typical liberalism.

wont be much of that anymore. certainly none from him.

Duceppe, Ignatief, Dryden, Volpe, Trudeau all losing.

Dumbest comment of the night from Joy McPhail, BC NDPer moaning about the Conservative majority. She lamented that the Tories have too many candidates that are not in the mainstream. This is rich coming from a West Coast dipper.

Bruins win in OT, Osama gets smoked and Harper get a majority. Does it get any better?

Kate - why don't you start a "first three things to do" thread:

Here are mine:
1) Freeze all public hiring
2) Kill the LGR, destroy all the records
3) Return the Human Rights Commissions to a strict focus on employment and housing law. NO role in regulating speech.

(and on the wishful thinking, but it won't happen list)

1) put property rights into the constitution
2) open up discussion of our healthcare system, looking at the much more effective European models
3) Reform the immigration and refugee system so that it benefits Canada, not 3rd world countries.

All available auditors please report to Ottawa. We have the C.B.C., The Wheat Board, The Long Gun Registry, Elections Canada, Canada Post, Liberal Party Of Canada all requiring your services.

Have I missed any.

All together now everyone....Kumbaya, Kumbaya.

Iggy Python and the quest for the Holy Fail. Run Away! Run Awaaay!

Ignatieff speaking at his own funeral...

Good concession speech from Iggy.

Thank you for posting that video, Derek. I'm going to repost it everywhere. I hope Kate posts it too!

Iggy is blinking "F3ck You Commoners" in Morse code.

Right on, Brian Mallard. Right. On.

Yippee! Now I won't have to take up drinking for a hobby.

The "vital centre of Canadian politics" isn't for Iggy or the Grits to do a damn thing with.

So will Gerard Kennedy be using a food bank now?

So it looks like Jack and Olivia will be moving to Stornoway but why not? They're used to living in subsidized housing.

I am not happy about the demise of the Liberals.
Don't forget
the opposition eventually becomes the governing party.

A Conservative majority that is not beholden to Quebec. How sweet it is!

Is it safe to say that all polling firms in Canada aren't worth a damn?

I doff my hat to Mr. Ignatieff, he's a gentleman in defeat.

Robert W. (Vancouver)

Some of my postings lately have expressed frustration on my part. You were one of the people in Vancouver who "get it" in my mind.

This farm boy has had family die for this great country and it is my hope that greatness is refound.

I have just breathed a great sigh of relief.

Again: God bless Canada

I'm already trying to think up my dry, witty comment for when Iggy high-tails it. "I am shocked, shocked" etc., a la Claude Raines?

Derek, no hard feelings! In case you missed it, I think you might like seeing this pair of election maps I posted.

You're not wrong though, there are wayyyyy too many Selfish, Ignorant Leftards out there and in the GTA.

The Maker's 46 is served, pizza is half gone and four years of Conservative government awaits. Life is effing sweet.

Can i please haz hidden agenda .

So all in all, a pretty good day and a half.

Iggy just referred to the NDP as "the Center". He must be really, really tired!!!

The only last two things I'm hoping for from this election are both Lizzie May and Ujjal Dosanjh defeated!

Thank God.

I have been waiting for this for 15 years.

Harper and his campaign manager are apparently the smartest people in Canada.

Nice speech from Iggy. He doesn't sound like the visiting Archdeacon for once. Anyway woohoo! Don't let us down Steve.

Posted by: CP at May 2, 2011 11:16 PM

Oh G0d, how I just split up laughing at that!!

Fell asleep and slept through the whole thing, and awoke to SMS texts about the results.

Amazing. I'm elated at the con majority, the destruction of the bloq. But a bit disquieted at how much ground the ndp gained: this country, like the US, is becoming highly polarized politically between right and left, between doers and coasters, between producers and takers.

I hope the next 5 years are good ones, for the future of this country. Mr. Harper, you finally have your chance at unfettered government.

Please do so wisely.

mhb23re at gmail d0t calm

I meant to ask, are all women reading this now terribly worried that they're going to lose control of their bodies? After all, we've been told this ever since 2003 that if Harper ever won a majority then this would absolutely happen!

Historic Liberal Defeat (how sweet it is)
and Bloc-head decimation (the cherry on top!)
Mr.Harper, please govern wisely and may God be with us all.

One thing about that though, Allan, is that alot of the Dippers' QC seats, face it, have idiots in them with no real connection to their constituents. Those Quebeckers won't be voting NDP again (like Ontarians won't be fooled by the provincial NDP again). At the same time the QC wing of the NDP will be pretty strong and Jack in placating them will piss off his anglophone blue collar voters in the ROC. So I can see them losing half their seats to the Grits four years from now (with or without a Bloc rebirth) and not gaining another 40 seats to become the new government. They'll also have to defend their ludicrous leftist policies for the next four years; something they've never had to do ever in the past as the fourth party. [Disband the Canadian Forces? Forced nationalization of large businesses? The government owning every drop of water in the country, even rain water? etc.]

Between the morse code comment and the subsidized housing comment, I've lost most of my celebratory drink out my nose.

This is an absolutely brilliant campaign for the CPC. Harper's exectution was flawless.

And now, for kicks, I'm gonna waltz over to rabble, and enjoy the gnashing of teeth and pulling of hair

mhb

Can we start up a collection for smelling salts for Andrew Coyne and Paul Wells and our good friend the suitcase of crazy Kady?

Mississauga-Streetsville landslide!

GTA is a Liberal wasteland no longer.

Lloyd Robertson and Peter Mansbridge just aged 10 years. All that's left for Craig Oliver is the formaldahide and silk pillow. Mill-F-ski begins anger management classes tomorrow morning. Bob Rae shelving his global governence plans for 4 years.

Congrats to my northern neighbors. May the results of your election be repeated here in the States in 2012 (I mean, of course, conservative victory. We don't want the incumbent being reelected down here:-)

I won't watch either so someone has to tell me - has anyone at CBC or CTV broken down in tears yet?

Is this a Majority WITHOUT Quebec??

If that is we are in good shape. No Fu$#ing rinks for Quebec and other BS.

Robert W. (Vancouver), yes I did like those maps. Thanks. Listening to TM having to interview Kenny made the whole thing worth it! Now, gun registry: Gone! CWB: Gone! (fingers crossed) and CBC: Gone! (praying)

Donna,

As I posted on an American friend's status, if conservative folk can win in a centre-left nation like Canada, they should destroy in a centre-right one in yours.

What a good week it has been.

Day 1, Osama is dead. Day 2, Canada is conservative. Can't wait for tomorrow!

Congradulations to Prime Minister Stephen Harper!
I am so proud of the people of Canada right now. They spanked the right people for the first time. Bloc history, Liberals history........
So everyone have a toast to our new government. Keep a strong arm on the helm Mr. Harper.
Now, you can finally get down to work!
I am going to party now!

This is great! I was seriously considering an "If you can't beat 'em join 'em" strategy should Jack have pulled off a potential run for PM. Now I don't have to cash in all my RRSPs and buy toys since Jack isn't going to pay for my retirement "outta his stash". And destroy the lives or our children in the process.

Thank you Canadians who voted in our new Conservative majority government!!!

Congrats to PM Harper! Well done.

BTW, Craig Oliver seems to have snapped an extra synapse or two. He's looking particularly demented tonight.

"And that's the kind of day it's been" - Lloyd Robertson

NDP - the official opposition, it is good thing McDonalds and Safeway have been hiring lately, they will be losing some staff tomorrow.

Pamela Wallin really needs to learn about personal space. She's had her hands all over the other panelists tonight.

W I N N I N G

Bob Rae just used the old "60% of Canadians didn't vote for the Cons." so I have a question for the historians out there. What % of popular vote did any of the other big majorities have in the past?

The over analyzing on tv is pissing me off. The talking head seems to think this was some kind of chess game where the leaders tried to out maneuver each other and Harper won because of the way he played the game. Has it not dawned on them that working people are just plain pissed off? Not to mention everyone is seeing what's happening in Portugal, Ireland and Greece? They still think we're stupid.

Welcome your new Conservative overlords Canada!
Love you Kate.
Love you SDA.
Love you Canada!

I'll sleep well tonight.

God Bless Stephen Harper.

Nice to see Ontario joining the West. 71 seats went Con with just 22 NDP and 13 Lib. Even more satisfying, the 905 and 416 area codes in Toronto went 34 Con, 12 NDP and 8 Lib.

So as one Ontarian to my fellow Western Canadians, nice to be here at the party. Sorry that we were so late in coming.

% of vote for majorities:

Chretien in 2000 had 40% of the vote for 177 seats, 40% (1993) for 177 (out of 295) and Mulroney turned 43% into 169 of 295 in 1988.

TOTN from Rob Breakenridge

@RobBreakenridge: Wow - the staff at the local abortion clinic was just led away in handcuffs

Next election? Oct 19th 2015!

About 165 seats with only 6 in Quebec. That bodes well for 2015.

Someone should remind Bob Rae that he became premier of Ontario with 37 percent of the vote, meaning 63 percent didn't vote for him and his bunch.

Boots 11:41: the rules are different for the Natural Governing Party, don't you know.

I came here to check on things and saw that Kate had beaten me to it with her Blue Light Special. A very similar line popped into my head listening to Ignatieff concede.

Reducing the BQ to irrelevance and sacking Duceppe is just icing on the cake.

Iggy lost in Etobicoke Lakeshore.
Guess patronage starvation hollowed things out to the point it panicked the herd.
Looks like Boob Rae is left to sell Trudeau and the brand to the NDP and watch
those Blueish Libs left drift over to Harper's team.

Next scheduled disaster: Dullard McNulty's fall in the fall.

Heard this from my wife's facebook page:

"Usama bin Laden dead, Conservative majority. Now if only Jesus Christ would re-appear, then this would be a most momentous week in 2000 years."

Enshrine Property rights
disband the federal human rights commisars
get rid of wheat board
get rid of long gun registry

I don't expect major shifts in Conservative policy though. Canada is a centrist country. This is a long fight to move the Canadian center to the right. This is an evolution, not a revolution. It took the left 40-50 years to move from our greatness to where we are today.

So I guess Quebec likes its separatist leader to be found naked in a whorehouse not wearing a hairnet in a cheese factory. No accounting for taste.

Is it just me, or does the air seem a little cleaner tonight?

Congratulations all - and when you speak of Ontario and Toronto, remember we will always be your brothers..

That is most likely the hardest and most soul searching experience Ig has ever had. He did work hard but he was the wrong guy asea in a leaky boat.

"next scheduled disaster" is the PC party in Alberta as well. Come fall

Thank you Ontario.
All is forgiven tonight.
(just an Albertan)

Most Endy Pee gains in Quebec.
Looks like Quebec has declared themselves to be bought and paid for socialist parasites.
(Key-Bake-Wah nationalists not so much)
It ain't about the culture so much as the baksheesh.

Cut them off the gravy train Stephen.

It was good to see that the electorate was able to see through the bogus charge of "Contempt of Parliament" that was cooked up by the Opposition and repeated by the MSM. Had the MSM done its duty, it would have reported the motion for just what it was: the first time in Canadian history that the Opposition used the word "contempt" in its name-calling towards the sitting minority government as the Opposition defeated the government. It never was anything more than that and it sure was great to see the electorate of Canada see through the mirage and determine where the real problem was and to offer a solution in Canada's best interests.

The second thing is: the Conservatives are not a right wing party. A very simplistic definition of the political middle of a country is that Party that the greatest number of people vote for. If the vote distribution occurs over the entire country, then that is further proof that that Party is centrist. In this election, only Quebec did not join with the CPC. Given the choice between saying that 22% Quebec is centrist and 78% ROC is right wing or between saying that 78% ROC is centrist and 22% Quebec is left wing, I choose the latter. Therefore the CPC is a very centrist Party, its policies will be very centrist. The main difference between this party and it predecessors over the last century is how it treats both Quebec and the Western provinces. But that is a whole new topic.

Thanks, Kate, for the bandwidth.

"All that's left for Craig Oliver is the formaldahide and silk pillow"

hahahahahahahahahahahaha

Sides 'r hurting... please, stop.

mhb

Buh-bye to that master extortionist, Gilles Duceppe. Any bets on whether he accepts his Canadian MP pension, funded by the federalist gov't?

Toronto Sun page declaring Chisu defeats McTeague WOOOO HOOOO

Congrats to my northern neighbors! Stay strong and don't fold under any potential Wisconsin-style lefty push-backs. Please keep us in your thoughts for our 2012 elections. Keep it up, Kate!

Can anyone explain what Gille Duceppe's remark about Mrs. Ignatieff meant? I'm not sure if he or the translator was stumbling there.

9:54 pm

cries for "electoral reform" on Global.

right on cue.

I feel like I'm on the Maury Show and I've just heard "you are not the father". woohoo!

Joe I heard a good remark on the radio. Quebec will go Federalist in the National election, turf Charest and go Marois Provincially. Still half and half so expect problems with Quebec.

If Marois wins provincially in Quebec, it will make for an interesting dynamic: a federalist Conservative government working hand-in-hand with a federalist Loyal Opposition in the Layton NDP to make the argument for a united Canada. Dogs and cats living together.

Let us not forget that the secret lost ballot boxes have not been found yet.

thanks to kate and all you sda followers for your info and great laughs
Go Steve

Somebody should do an "Up close and personal" profile on all these N.D.P. candidates just so they can't hide in the back benches. It would run well on "The Comedy Network".

Yesterday - Osama killed.

Today - Conservative majority & Liberals smoked, including their leader and other luminaries.

Tomorrow - we get to watch heads explode on the CBC and CTV, and at the Toronto Star.

Next 4 Years - minor bummer,we have to endure Lizzie May relentlessly whine about proportional representation, offset by Harper actually doing many of the items on his "secret agenda".

Oh Peter we know the CPC lost some ministers, but try to keep up and stay with the BIG PICTURE here

Mansbridge with a lot of hand-wringing tonight, minus his usual amount of discernible glee. The sight and sound of him literally choking on this ("I'm losing my voice") while trying to narrate the narrative, looking sickly pale, is almost pitiful. One billion a year.

HuGe congratulations Prime Minister Stephen Harper!
And equally huge Thank You!
The balloons will arrive tomorrow.

I wonder if this will scare Alberta "Tories" at all.

Also, awesome tweet, Kate. A literal LOL.

Mansbridge almost shot in his shorts when he announced Elizabeth May won. Another "big defeat for the Cons" in his words.

Anyone want to give another billion to CBC?

Majoritory!

So excited right now!

Gun registry....gone.
Political subsidies....gone.

Hopefully we drive that deficit down to zero faster than predicted and start paying down the debt. The Tories have to spend less money.

As to Quebec: I say f*ck 'em. There shouldn't be a cent spent in any seat the Tories didn't win (or might not win next time). They can decide to get onside, or stay on the outside.

Seat redistribution in the West and Ontario means this is day 1 of a eight years of Tory rule.

Enjoy it tonight folks.

Tomorrow is the first day of the next election campaign. Make your donations. Start thinking about how you can help in 2015. And in the mean time, our most important job is highlight every NDP misstep along the way.

Cheers,

(the other) James

Lizzie May now has a Caucus of One. Might that be the first "caucus" she's had in quite some time?!

(It's a lot funnier when you say it out loud! LOL)

Great night!!!
Is this the first majority without Quebec?

Is it just me or does Rex Murphy have the strangest shaped melon ever?

Speedy the problem is that the 'federalist' NDP is every bit as separatist as the bloc. Go read their literature re Quebec.

Oliver is looking like he's swallowed a toad, and is fighting to keep it down; that Senate seat just keeps getting further and further away, doesn't it, Craig?

Re: Exiled Maritimer @ 12:04

No, it isn't. Borden had a Majority without Quebec in...I think it was '17, but would have to check.

(the other) James

Exiled Maritimer

Is to. We hit a triple tonight!

or not...

And on this Historic night the Red Liberals of Ignatief were supplanted by the Blue Liberals of Harper-Fantino. We are screwed. We are actually on the road to an NDP government. Give it 10 years. Government will be bigger and primed for full-socialism.

Ending up, the Conservatives won the most votes in the 1896 election (46.5% of the votes, in comparison to 45% for the Liberals). However, they captured only about half of the seats in English Canada, while Laurier's Liberals won a landslide victory in Quebec, where Tupper's reputation as an ardent imperialist was a major handicap.
Tell Bob to eat it.

Gee, does anyone notice the conspicuous absense of the resident trolls tonight?
LOL

For you jess:

Everybody Hurts
http://tinyurl.com/3pmajud

Well, not everybody.

The Dauphin: "I was so focused on Papineau I barely watched the national campaign." Then why were you in Toronto campaigning you fool?

My riding 3, yes, three votes apart!
Rota is going down!!
The last polls should be rural...farmers and hunters,eh.

Chantal Hebert makes yet another insightful point: just when Jack!TM feels like gloating over his historic seat count, he's going to have to address the fact that his victories facilitated a Conservative majority.

There is some real justice in Canada.
That group of social-engineering elitists who tried to make paper-criminals of law abiding Canadians got slapped down HARD. The LGR should finally be dead. This is a good day for Canada.

Congratulations to PM & Mrs. Harper, all candidates and their hard working crews.
What a great night!!

To top it off, I saw the normally unflappable Nic Nanos frantically looking for a re-boot button when the count went majority. Poor Nic ... 'lies, damn lies and statistics'

$ FKA gord: “The over analyzing on tv is pissing me off. The talking head seems to think this was some kind of chess game where the leaders tried to out maneuver each other and Harper won because of the way he played the game.”

SUN TV didn’t do it like that. I was really impressed at how well they pulled tonight together—and they’re only two weeks old. (They were SO fair to the NDP and Warren Kinsella, I sometimes felt annoyed!)

Ignatieff’s “farewell speech” was gracious for about one minute: to preserve the fiction he'd crafted, he should have bowed out right then. His self-serving blathering on showed that the gracious first bit was pure theatre: for effect only. He really didn’t mean a word of it.

In the same breath that he, in effect, said, “I respect the Canadian people and they have spoken”, he insulted them: he said they don’t want “right wing”, as in the Conservatives. Oh yeah, Count? How did Canadians just vote?

Good riddance, Iggy.

Re: Winning without Quebec.

Yep.

Borden won a majority in 1917 without Quebec and so too did R.B. Bennett in 1930. But you're right in that it's been very rare in the modern era.

(the other) James

My favourite Iggy moment by far was his assertion that he'd serve as long as the party "made him".

The Left is in shambles.

This is a long-term victory as i cannot see the NDP sustaining their seat count. The only hope for the Left is to merge.

Query: is it possible that maintaining the voter subsidy would prolong the cannabalism on the Left? Perhaps killing the subsidy will force the merger...hmmm.

TAKE THAT Soros, avaaz and catch22 - go home.

The Potentate of South Van is history.

I Believe in The Tao of Steve!
-
and Jack!'s new post code will be:
0L0 L0L

Now if only the PQ would win in QC, vote themselves off the island and those new dippers in QC will be gone too.

Horror of Horror's!! Ellie May is going to get constant face time on CBC/CTV with her win. I will no longer be able to watch question period on my lunch break.

2011 is starting out to be a pretty good year... WOOO-HOOOO!! Next up... bring the Stanley Cup back home!! The CBC panel is in mourning. We're taking our country back biatch's... The MSM and the PPG can eat a big stinky turd! Ha,ha,ha... Sorry everyone, I'm just very happy. Way to go Canadians!

Why is it taking Layton so long to come out to make his speech? Could someone please phone around to the community clinics to try to locate hime?

In Halifax tonight there is a great wailing and a gnashing of teeth; the lamentations of the women are quite noisy. Stuff's on fire and there's some sort of mass-suicide thingee going on down by the waterfront. Just thought you'd like to know.

There are now two choices for Stephen Harper, to govern as a real conservative, or to continue placing expediency ahead of principle.

I would have preferred a slightly different outcome where Harper was forced to confront this question no matter what. I hope nobody at SDA or in riding executives across the country mistakes this rather pedestrian result for a green light to do whatever the party insiders want to do -- I still maintain that this will lead to party disunity and eventually a split, because there are many people out there looking for more principle and less expediency.

Keep your feet on the ground and your eyes on the details of legislation, because there are some questionable details in forthcoming bills that affect freedom of speech. We'll see if this is just a patronage rush or the beginning of structural change in Canada. And one final note, congratulations to every principled MP who won election tonight. As to the rest, be on your guard, we watch majorities even more carefully than minorities.

Woo-Hoo! A rock-solid Conservative majority. Congratulations to PM Stephen Harper!

I look forward to a good day on the TSE tomorrow.

Joe I think federally the NDP will have to come more to the center than they were. If not thank goodness for a healthy majority. I don't think Canada is as willing as before to let Quebec call the shots. Could be tune up time.

If I were the NDP I would not put too much faith in their 'surge' in Quebec. Quebecers are rather whimsical (or should I say wierd)in their voting patterns. A while back they went overboard on the Creditistes, then it was the Bloc, now the NDP. If they elect a PQ government provincially and then have another plebiscite and wind up seceding (hopefully) the NDP will lose over half their strength in one blow.

start working on the JL attack adds, oh wait, they write themselves!

masturgate, community clinic gate, .....

The next thing to watch is Jacko try and run herder on his mob of unknown wannbe commies, union thugs and social organizers that ran as fill-in candidates for the NDO and are now the Quebec caucus of the NDP.

He should insist they all wear name tags so we'll know who to laugh at by name when they make a thousand and one rookie MP gaffs.

The NDP are going to be so entertaining.

And Lizzie thinks she made history by getting elected . . . and in the process of hogging all the GPC resources it looks like the party vote is down 3% - 4%.

She'll scream like a stuck pig when the per vote subsidy is cut off.

SooooooooooooooooooWeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Will all of Ottawa's homeless be moving into Stornoway with OliJack ?

Way to go!
I am so proud of my country right now.
This is a grand day!
It's time for Stephen Harper to reject Quebec.

From a former proud Quebecer

The MP-Vegas makes for much better front-bench eye candy than Lizzie May, I'm sorry to say

Nice to see Dryden giving a farewell speech.
Any word on Ralph in Saskatchewan?

Wow, Layton just stared at himself at his own rally for the last 5 minutes... How insane are the people who voted for this creep?

Canadian dollar up a half cent since polls closed.

Congratulations from your southern neighbor. I'm relieved that we don't have Lefties in charge all the way from the Arctic ice cap to Tierra del Fuego!

Well Jack will have more scrutiny now as official opposition. Better watch out for the press when you head out to your community clinic visits!

I see Jack is running with "Let's pretend I won" here.

YaaaaHoooo!
This may well be Canada's Century!

Nice to see Chris Alexander win in Ajax-Pickering. Good bench strength on Foreign Affairs.

Has anyone told Jack that he only came second and that there's a Conservative majority?
What an odd delusional speech.

I was kind of thinking the same thing, Luke.

Look for Joe Volpe to be delivering flyers for Gerrard Kennedy's new soup kitchen. Soup prices will be monitored by Dan McTeague.

sorry, just can't help myself...

Great one from Ace's site:

"Ignatieff says he'll be happy to play whatever role the party wants him to going forward. My guess is they'd like him to the play the role of the guy they never see again."

Ha.

mhb

This election is probably just nothing ... CBC and its Vote Compass speak for Canadians. /

Re the NDP's woes: A couple of hours ago, I was just mentioning to my husband that their gains must be bittersweet, as we saw riding after, west of Quebec, riding going Conservative. Then SUN News showed just that at the NDP headquarters. And the Dippers were really crestfallen when the Conservative MAJORITY was announced. Schadenfreude!

And now, in Reality Land, Jack has to deal with his Quebec loonies. Good luck to him. I think it will be like riding a bucking bronco. "Be careful what you wish for." Ditto the Libs. and Bloc, who, with the NDP, orchestrated this election in order to carry out their very own secret agenda of forming a coalition.

“How did that hopey, changey thing work out for them?” We smile!

What Chairman Kaga said.

However, it is a double-edged sword. The NDP have a huge number of seats. Jack Layton, the utter sleazebag he is, retained his seat, along with his odious wife, Olivia Chowcesceu. Despite the crippling blows to Ignatieff, Duceppe, Trudeau and other windbags who thought they were entitled, we still have a party that could stymie Tory efforts to remove party subsidies, among other things.

I breathe a little easier, however.

Hi Kate- Just ran thru all the election predictions made at the start of the campaign. Not many were far off on the CPC numbers, but the Lib, NDP, Bloc were all totally whacko.
I don't know how you'll decide the winner, but might I suggest an alternative (since nobody is really deserving).
How about the Tim Ball Defence Fund, or something equally appropriate?

Lizzie May - "Amateurs built the Ark, professionals built the Titanic."

OK, how about "People of religious faith built the Ark, men of pride and hubris built the Titanic."

That one workin' for ya, lady?

Did Layton just say he always prefers proposition? The jokes just write themselves.

Meanwhile, the Democrats have their candidate to run against Scott Brown in Massachusetts . . .

. . . once he comes back home from Toronto and all.

OK 1237 - I agree with you. These election results are cold comfort to me. The NDP every since ever was a joke party, fighting labour battles of the 1930s. They are the OFFICIAL OPPOSITION. Be very, very very afraid people.

The country is turning. The Bloc is shattered, and the socialists are on the rise.

I don't breathe easy at all!!

Just finished celebrating with Shelley Glover!!! Goodbye Michael and Gilles. Conservative majority rocks my world!!!

I was hearing a lot of talk that the conservative majority will be tainted in that they failed to win support from over 50% of voters. Can someone in the know tell me the last time a party received over 50%?

Osumashi:

I agree that the NDP numbers are deeply troubling, but I think it is too late to stop Harper. With the ending of the subsidies, and the addition of new seats in the west, I think (hope) that we'll have a sensible Conservative government for a long time to come.

(Besides, just wait till people find out what kind of NDP nut jobs they voted in!)

Jack can't continue his victory lap shtick without the borg-like chanting/incantations of "NDP!! NDP!! NDP!! NDP!!"

Does anybody else find that a bit creepy?

mhb

Geez, is JACK!TM still talking? Did someone put a mirror in front of him? He'll *never* leave the podium if you do that.

CPC CPC CPC CPC CPC

You KNOW it's coming in a few minutes...

you watch - big media will lead with Lizzy May tomorrow, followed by a long eulogy for Iggy, and eventually get around to grousing about the actual winner of the election.

After seeing tonight's results. As an American I'm wondering, why shouldn't Canada just move to a 2 party system? That is essentially what you have with the Tories vs. the NDP/LIBS/BQ right?

The only thing a mutliparty system seems to benefit is political junkies.

Nate @ 12:45 - THAT is why we want you Yanks to add more teams to the MLB playoffs

(also so the Jays get a shot at things)

John "one and the same" Layton. Effin' windbag.

This just in. Based on the results of the Canadian election Canadas polling firms have been approached by UN representatives to write the next IPCC report.

prediction for funniest new flavours in parliament:

1) Jack Layton's NDP agenda being subsumed by Quebec's ME, ME, ME agenda

2) Lizzie May actually being able to ask questions in Question Period

Felt really good coming home and seeing that there's now a conservative majority. One can only hope that PMSH will now start pushing some of the policies that he had before becoming PM.

This was the first election where I haven't watched TV or gone onto the internet to get election results before the polls close. First inkling was when one of the docs at the working medical dinner I was attending took a phone call and, at it's conclusion, announced he was going to have another beer in celebration of the Conservative majority. The sudden good cheer around the table made it clear that pretty well everyone attending had voted Conservative.

What I'd like PMSH to do as soon as possible (tomorrow's OK) is:
(1) get rid of that POS statist gun registry and sic the auditors on anyone involved with it
(2) defund the CBC - I'm sure that Sun TV would be happy to pick up the few sane people that worked at the CBC like Rex Murphy
(3) dismantle HRC's and start investigating anyone who's ever worked there for human rights abuses
(4) declare that climategate demonstrated that CAGW is just an elaborate power grab and let the world know we want it warmer where we live
(5) eliminate the per-vote subsidy and make political parties raise their own money
(6) put property rights into the Canadian constitution
(7) Make Quebec pay its own way
(8) end forced bilingualism
(9) end immigration from muslim countries and stop allowing people to bring in sick relatives from third world countries
(10) end medicare

The above are a good start and I'll have some more suggestions about what can be done in month two of a majority government.

WTF happened to the voters of Saanich?! How is the watermelon leader going to be accomodated in parliament - will she have her own indoor whale tank?

I'm glad that the voters of most of Vancouver decided to stop drinking the socialist koolaid for long enough to elect Conservatives and the same goes for Toronto voters.

Before everyone gets too drunk, notice that the two solitudes are even further apart tonight:

BC: Conservative Majority
Alberta: Conservative Majority
Sask.: Conservative Majority
Manitoba: Conservative Majority
Ontario: Conservative Majority
Nova Scotia: Conservative Majority
New Brunswich: Conservative Majority

Quebec: Crushing NDP majority. Both Conservatives and Liberals reduced to tiny rumps.

Quebec has moved further away from the Canadian political consensus than at any time in its history. That goes all the way back to the time Cartier mistook the name of the local native village to mean the name of the entire northern half of the continent.

If Quebec feels alienated by this -- and no doubt they will -- watch for the PQ to come storming back in the Provincial election faster than you can say "ADQ".

Don't for a minute think this is over. This is just the first half of a huge change. The second has yet to play out, for better or for worse.

Next election? After Laytons speech!

I now have a use for Jack's cane...hook it 'round his neck and pull him offstage...

Geez, 'nuff man, eeee nuff.

Mark Steyn:
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/266282/liberal-party-canada-buried-sea-after-dying-firefight-mark-steyn

Thanks, mhb, for pointing me at Ace; some funny comments there.

@RN200

LOL, well I would like to see the Jays do better myself (Hard to do in the AL East though).

Also wouldn't mind seeing Toronto FC actually make the playoffs this year in MLS, and can't wait for the CFL season to start. (I have almost decided to adopt the Winnipeg Blue Bombers as my team, unless anyone has an objection to that.) :)

Howie: Mulroney?

Nate, not really. The Canadian party landscape has shifted around so much in the last twenty years that it's unrecognizable every other election. Right now it's the Tories vs. Everyone. But it used to be the Liberals vs. Everyone, and before that it was the Liberals and Reform and Bloc vs. Conservatives, and before that the Conservatives vs. the Liberals. etc. etc. etc.

@ Dave (12:47) - thing of it is, polls never capture / adjust / figure out which voters will actually turn out. Just like Rob Ford in Toronto, the conservative vote is simply more resolved than the lib vote. I'm sure the polls were right inasmuch as they gauged the leanings of people sitting at home. But gauging those who will act upon their leanings... another matter entirely.

Erik, Luke, it may be quite the boon that the Conservative have a majority but I don't think the NDP will stand idly by and let the subsidies go. That would be disastrous for them. I really want the subsidies gone!

Did Elizabeth May really make a comparison between the Ark and the Titanic?

Black Mamba, is that you at AoSHQ? :D

Re: 50% + of the vote...

The last election where the winner of the popular vote was more than 50% was Mulroney in 1984, before that, Diefenbaker in 1958. Before that, King in 1936. I believe Borden and Laurier both won more than 50%.

People that argue that past elections are illegitimate because more than half the voters didn't vote Tory seem unaware of this fact. The only time 50% of the voters have sided with a party since World War II were with Tory governments. Ergo their logic: every Liberal government since '36 has been illegitimate. Total. BS.

Cheers,

(the other) James

Nate at May 3, 2011 12:45 AM

Yeah sure.
We'll pass a law making that happen tomorrow just like you'd do in the U.S.A.
Now piss off.
(your vaunted constitutional Republic has been looking a little sick lately and maybe it's going to split into a 3 party system)

So is Jack going to give his new MP's enough time to come back from vacation before instituting his fines for no-show-votes?

boots,Dave: hilarious posts

"Then we blow away both the NDP"

? what in gawds name are you talking about? the NDP is the opposition having more than doubled their seats to a new record.

jeezlouize some of you hard core types are so blind.

@Oz

Excuse Me!?!? I didn't mean to attack anyone.

That comment wasn't a shot at Canada, it was actually a question. And no, the US is permanently stuck at a 2 party system.

N

If Jack Layton thinks he is now entitled to call the shots in Ottawa I tell him right now:"It ain't going to happen, Hippie!"

Erik - it's a small blogosphere :-) I wish Heather Mallick had twitter. Atwood's gone to her happy place where there is no election.

If Quebec feels alienated by this -- and no doubt they will -- watch for the PQ to come storming back in the Provincial election faster than you can say "ADQ".
~antelope

Yeah well the Wild Rose Party of Alberta is going to win next year and they'll say "Make my day, punk."

The number of sore losers amongst my Facebook "friends" is incredible. It's quite unbelievable how quickly the Leftist mind switches from sorrow to pure nastiness and often hate. Scary, actually.

Evan Solomon just seems really sad tonite..hahahahaha

Best headline seen.

Socialists crushed by Blue Conservative surge.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper:

"*But westward, look, the land is bright!"

…-

“Conservatives romp to crushing Canadian election win”

“Canada’s ruling Conservatives won a crushing victory in Monday’s federal election, as the left wing vote split between two parties and the separatist Bloc Quebecois faded to almost nothing.

Still provisional results showed the Conservatives had 167 seats in Parliament, well above the 155 they needed to transform their minority government into a majority. They won 40 percent of the vote, more than most pollsters had expected.

“The results are as they should be,” Conservative supporter Fred Biddle said at Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s raucous victory party in Calgary. “It looks like we are back to a two party system in Canada: Conservatives and all the rest.”

The Conservatives, describing themselves as the guardians of a surprisingly resilient Canadian economy, had stressed throughout the election campaign that they needed a majority to keep the economy strong.

The Canadian dollar firmed as the results emerged, and analysts expected the stock market to follow it up on Tuesday.

“(A Conservative majority) is likely to be seen as a positive in the world’s financial markets for the Canadian dollar,” said Jack Spitz, Managing Director of foreign exchange at National Bank Financial.”

http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE73Q44720110503

*H/T AH Clough

Chairman Kanga and (the other) James, many thanks. Perhaps we should demand that all legislation - passed by governments not receiving the legitimacy of 50% support - should be overturned. It might just be a good start.

@Nate - not much of a footie fan but I'll always cheer for the local FC here in Toronto. WBombers are a great choice.

But I really need to know who your hockey team would be before asking for your hand in marriage...

Every time Lizzie May has face time, the channel changes.

BlMa, you're a night owl! What's everyone's take on Lizzie May? Does it make you puke a bit in your mouth? I hate the fact that the press will have to give a bit of play to that point of view now. Bah!

quoting Queen (TM)
"AND WE ARE WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS"
THANK YOU CANADA

Justin Trudeau on TV now - I'm watching, and I'm kinda envying OBL,lucky guy doesn't have to listen

Excuse Me!?!? I didn't mean to attack anyone.
~nate

Well excuse me for saying what many Americans say when Canadians tell them how to run their country on their blogs.
At least in Canada you can't blow the leader's head off and change the whole government over night like happened in the U.S. in '63.

Lizzie is fine. The Dauphin is on my TV screen right now making me puke in my mouth.

PMSH's chance to make the speech of his life.

He will make us proud.

In Manitoba CPC gained two seats : one from Liberals and one from NDP.

Tonight, for the first time since this election was called, I will sleep the sleep of the innocent. And as has been said, tonight God blessed Canada!

Thanks Quebec for joining Canada. I don't like your choice of party c'est la vie.

from the twitter link: "Celebratory gunfire! "

yep. good thing harpertoon is scrubbing the registry, the shooting has started.

'member all the scandals the msm tried to smear Jason Kenney with? Just won his riding by a hair under 37,000 votes!

@Oz

I didn't tell you how to run the country, I asked if it made sense to have a multiparty system if you have a number of left leaning parties vs. a right leaning party.

I don't understand your comment regarding the JFK assassination. Our Congress hardly changed overnight. The Democrats increased their congressional majority the following year.

73 chicks in Parliament is pretty good, but we still need more. Ladies, you have 5 years to bulk up and work out and get those nominations!

oh, yep. the verbal shooting has already started at SDA.

we have a digital gunfight ladies and gentlemen.

And all the MSM can talk about is how wonderful the NDP has done, and Moonbat May getting elected.

It's as if they haven't yet discovered a Tory majority...

The next four years will still be an attack on the Tory majority by the MSM

Jack and Olivia are going to be very comfortable in Stornaway. This will be the second time that they have lived in subsidized housing.

Just about to start PMSH's speech. Bob Fife looking very timid and humble, Craig Oliver looking utterly spaced out, some serious backstepping going on. CTV just spent the last hour gushing over Jacko Layton (thank God for the mute button).

In addition to axing the gun registry, the wheat board, and the per vote subsidy here's hoping for an end to official bilingualism, at least in Western Canada.

Gotta love this

Wow, Ben Harper got tall and grew up before our very eyes...

I didn't tell you how to run the country, I asked if it made sense to have a multiparty system if you have a number of left leaning parties vs. a right leaning party.

You can't tell people how many parties they can form and you can't tell people they can't vote for 4 different Leftist parties.

What part of the concept of liberal democracy don't you get?
You Americans should be so lucky as to have the Democrats to split into 4 seperate parties.
Instead, you've got the Republicans about to split the vote for the exective branch into Republican/Teaparty/Libertarian/Independent.(Trump)
JMO

Alberta has more NDP MP's than SK does.

Commies!

My candidate was elected! I'm elated!

I feel bad for Lawrence Cannon, who has been a great cabinet minister and representative for Canada. The man is pure quality.

With the Conservatives winning a majority, Canada's economy will be on firmer ground. The opposition schemers should be quiet now.

I think it is time for Quebec to separate with Jack Layton as the first president of the Republic of Quebec.

I are tired of this extreme right wight politic.

ha ha ha !!! at May 3, 2011 1:08 AM

Yeah, I'm arguing with an American.
Get your solice where you can today.
Enjoy your sawdust breakfast tomorrow morning.

Stephen Harper RULES!
(some people say he has the eyes of a wolf,...woof)

Nice reference too and shot of Preston.

Is this what was playing as theme music?:

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/collectivesoul/betternow.html

If so, I love it!

I think it is time for Quebec to separate with Jack Layton as the first president of the Republic of Quebec.

Make this Albertan's day, puleeze.

@Oz

I don't think you understand the concept of political parties in the US. You have groups form coalitions that form the parties, not single parties based upon demographics. That's pretty cemented into our system. That's why a group like the Teaparty or the Libertarians hasn't split from the Republican party. If that was going to happen it would have happened between 2008-2010.

Obviously, I said something wrong, so I apologize for my comments, but my reaction was more in response to the "piss off" comment. I would never tell you to "piss off" if you made a comment like that to mean on an American political blog.

In 1993, Libs won 177 seats with 41% of vote. In '97, Libs 155 seats with 38.5%. In 2000, Libs 172 seats with 40.8%. In 2004, Libs got a minority of 135 seats with 36.7% of the vote. Then the Conservatives got minorities of 124 and 143 with 36.3% and 37.7% respectively. (From http://electionresources.org/ca/house.php?election=2008)

I can't find any stats that go farther back than that but during that period, no majority party ever earned much more than 40% of the vote.

Those who argue that 60% did not vote for the Conservatives, should remember that this argument cuts both ways. Also, they tend to assume that those who didn't vote for Harper form a monolithic anti-Harper party, which is not the case. And those who argue that we should be governed by proportional assignment of seats to votes, would doom the rest of Canada into indenture to GTA and Quebec--which was the case during many of the Lib years. Many of us have not forgotten.

"You Americans should be so lucky as to have the Democrats to split into 4 seperate parties.
Instead, you've got the Republicans about to split the vote for the exective branch into Republican/Teaparty/Libertarian/Independent.(Trump)
JMO"

Yes, unfortunately the Democrats have successfully made themselves into the umbrella party for every client constituency motivated by a desire for free s**t paid for by anybody who's not them.

As for the Republicans, I'm starting to believe they are some sort of mass experiment in plumbing the depths of ineptitude, probing it to see if there is a bottom and if so, where it lies.

Time for a new election sign.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5185/5682922556_ff00885c13_o.jpg

Good times!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCbVw03zEyU

I'm wishing for a test pattern where CBC used to be by the end of the week.

As a majority,we must stand for ALL Candaians,even those who voted against us.....Right Honourable Stephen Harper...Calgary,May 02/2011 11:20 PM MDT

It's late in the east, it's a workday tomorrow, and I am hammered and happy. Tomorrow will be a rough morning, but this PM of ours is as real of a guy and straightforward as Jack or Iggy and that's a good thing. We are in good hands.

Well Nate, I'm sorry and I apologize for saying "piss off", it was uncalled for and rude on my part.
I think that in your lifetime you are going to see a 3rd party in the U.S., hope it doesn't shock you too much.

Harper supporters cheer his reference to Layton.

Layton's supporters booed his reference to Harper.

Hmm...

Oh and by the way... is Harper smiling???

Awesome!

I've been working on this a long time.

Who says you can't be in contempt of Parliament and still win an election!

"Harper supporters cheer his reference to Layton.

Layton's supporters booed his reference to Harper."

yup.. that was noticed and expected.

PMSH also knows how to keep it short and sweet - Jack...were you watching and learning?

Good post Rita. Layton mentions Harper and twice the crowd booed. In english and french. PM Harper mentions Layton and respectful silence. That lizzy is the difference between pros and amatuer.

"God keep our land, glorious and free"

Amen

@Oz

Apology accepted, and perhaps your prediction will come to fruition, although I think the US would have to go bankrupt for that to happen.

In any case, good night, enjoy the results.

Turned out a pretty good evening after all!

Coupla beers and a good win by the best party...what more does one need?!!

A few bad boils lanced and their heads removed to be squeezed in that kleenex of Jacko's. Hah!! what a nite!

Thanx Kate, You are the best...your numbers say it too.

There was a pop song out in the 60's called Master Jack...its first line said,"Its a strange strange world we live in Master Jack"
It is a strange world,(at least as far as this election went)

In his own mind,Jack won tonight...I'd say Jack is about to go under the microscope after tonite.

Best to ya Jack...at least you won't be able to claim Stornoway as a political expense... nor your wife either!

Who says you can't be in contempt of Parliament and still win an election!
~2kevin

There won't be anything contemptuous about the next parliament, not that there was about the last one according to how the Canadian people have voted today.

Looks like the shadowy Bloc Coaltion was what canadians had contempt for.
Seems the message from Canadians is: "Steady as she goes and don't make me come to the voting boothe again for another 5 years."

perhaps your prediction will come to fruition
~Nate

I hope to be wrong.

A conservative majority means two things. It gives Harper the moral license to do the things the promised he would do, and it also gives the same license to do the things that his opponents said he would do.

And remember, PMSH, you were right the first time

"Kyoto is essentially a socialist scheme to suck money out of wealth-producing nations," Harper's letter reads.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2007/01/30/harper-kyoto.html

"Apology accepted, and perhaps your prediction will come to fruition, although I think the US would have to go bankrupt for that to happen."

Well, pretty soon even the most clueless are going to figure out that Quantitative Easing is Bankruptcy's best friend, not quite as sexy but "she has a great personality", and Bankruptcy would simply love to set us up on a blind date.

More seriously, it's not as though the US two-party dichotomy is codified into law or anything. Take for instance Bernie Sanders, who caucuses with the Democrats. This could become more prevalent, resulting in something akin to the coalitions more often seen in parliamentary governments. I think the GOP leadership still does not appreciate what thin ice they've taken the party onto. They would do well to look at their own history vis-a-vis the old Whig Party.

Was just clicking through the election results map savoring the sea of blue but when I looked at Alberta I thought something had gotten stuck on my monitor screen. It wouldn't rub off and when I zoomed in closer, there was a distinctly unblue area in Edmonton.

How do you Albertans explain this? When I lived in Alberta it was very comforting that people either voted Reform or Conservative about 70-80% of the time. An NDP MP from Alberta? WTF? Did the NDP bus in loads of dead people from cemetaries from the whole country to get enough voters there? And it was turning out to be such a good evening except for this ugly imperfection.

I'm glad to see that Calgary was still solid blue.

oh, yep. the verbal shooting has already started at SDA.

we have a digital gunfight ladies and gentlemen.

Look out!!! He's got a pun!!! Look out!!!

WE actually voted for our own good for once. Absolutely stunning.
This will go down in the history books.
God Bless Canada.

Congratulations Stephen Harper.

What Peter O'Donnell @ 12:19 and Erik Larsen @ 12:41 said.

Thanks Kate for giving us this forum.

One person who is breathing a sigh of relief...the Governor-General. Now he won't have to face the possibility of calling on a socialist-seperatist coalition to form government!

Any news on the Vegas girl? She won "her" riding.

This is a victory for common sense over stupidity. As a young person this was the first election that I could vote in. However, I've known which party I would support since I was 10 years old. Since the Right United, the Conservatives have consistantly improved with each election. Now that we have a majority, Canada can move forward as a strong, free and properous country. May God bless our fair Dominion.

loki, it isn't called "Redmonton" by Calgarians for nothing.
Maybe they put patchouli oil in the water there.

My sentiments.

Ferko string band - Happy days are here again

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFUabzkAjBQ

Lizard May is just so full of herself. Typical self-serving leftard, not working for the greater good, but for her own indulgence.

She's horrible to listen to

What a great night for this young voter! I was a little nervous as our numbers fluctuated, getting so close to majority only to fall again then when they stabalized... I've never felt happier. The NDP surge frightens me a little but hopefully seeing what wackos they are in the next couple of years will have them booted back down to third party status. But any election where the LPC and the seditious Bloc are destroyed is a good election with me! Congrats Prime Minister Harper and what a great speech!!

Also, I wish Iggy well in his next tenure at Havard.

I'm sure that there's a chain-reaction of exploding lefty heads right now. Watching the gloomy and grumpy Chantelle Herbert on the cbc made my day.

One (the only) bright spot with Lizzie the Beaver elected: Being tied up in parliament, our trees and forests can breathe a huge sigh of relief.

Craig Oliver has lost it!

Craig Oliver has lost it!

He's been called 'elected' but with only a 26-vote lead my CPC in Etobicoke-Centre isn't assured yet. Keep your fingers crossed!

Spent all day door knocking in the rain for my vancouver area Conservative Candidate and then apent 2 hours as a scrutineer. What pure joy to come out of the polling station to the news of a Conservative Majority! I have tears in my eyes still!

Thank you Stephen Harper!
God Bless Canada!

The dippers are going to be a complete disaster in opposition. As for the eco-terrorists getting a seat she'll only make the news once or twice a year and will only serve to dillute the dipper and freakshow vote next time. I really want to see the Vegas candidate in QP.

Well Quebec, you soiled the sheets yet again.
It might have worked if the ROC would have fallen for the leftard scare tactics.
But now you're dependant on a paper tiger socialist with conflicting interests elsewhere, with no coherent national policy, and no clout against a real (for once) national majority government. Enjoy.

The good thing about a Conservative Majority is that they can't blame the opposition for bills not passed or deficits. They now control the House of Commons and the Senate. Lets see what they do.

I have no idea why my posting got caught in the filter. I've corrected some spelling mistakes so my apologies if this appears twice.

oz, I'd forgotten about the "Redmonton" label. I always did prefer Calgary.

Was pondering what comes next and I think now is the time for us to flood PMSH's office with letters (yes, the paper kind that you fold, put in envelopes and transmit via the complicated archaic snailmail protocol) with some of the Conservative principles that we've noticed a distinct lack of when he was PM of a minority government.

I was very impressed with SH when he was a Reformer and later as head of the Canadian taxpayers federation and he was the closest thing to a Libertarian politician that we've had. My hope is that, being the supreme strategist, he's kept these ideas under wraps and has been waiting for the appropriate time, ie a majority government, to put them into legislation. My fear is that there is something in the Ottawa environment that rots peoples minds and turns them into brainless socialists. Whether PMSH is immune to this unknown local socialism inducing factor is unknown but I really hope that he is.

While getting rid of the gun registry is at the top of my list considering how long I've fought against it, the most important issue really should be dealing with the statist agenda underlying CAGW. Canada has the opportunity to be an international leader in this regard by simply rejecting all of the junk science that underlies the IPCC reports. Climategate revealed the depths of corruption inherent in the climate "science" club and we have a unique opportunity now to finally slay the monster of CAGW.

Right now the US has turned against CAGW with a Republican congress and, if Canada stood up for what the science really shows, there would be a N. American consensus (I promise not to use that word again in this post). The watermelons will be outraged but they are the ones with the secret statist agenda with its seemingly innocent green wrapping. I'd like to see Vaclav Klaus have some company when it comes to national leaders standing up to the watermelons.

So, I would suggest that you keep the letter very civil and it wouldn't hurt to look up PMSH's pre-MP statements on CAGW which are consistent with science. Remind him of those and also let him know you support him if he decides to take on the watermelons head on.

This is the most important problem facing us as a nation and, should the predictions of a coming 20 years of cooling come true, we'd be a lot better off if we started preparing for it now rather than wasting vast amounts of money on "renewable energy".

Liberal heads exploding.....

Oz: You're being a boor. You're probably drunk,and you're certainly ignorant. Have a glass of water, a multivitamin pill, and a nice sleep.

In other words, shut the ....oh, never mind. I don't want to visit your neighbourhood.

Oz: Sorry. I sent my suggestions to you before I read the comments +/- 1:30. Glad you sorted the matter out.

"NDP! NDP! NDP"

Oh...that's what they were chanting. I thought they were chanting "Give to me! Tax mo-ney! Live for Free!"

"Oh...that's what they were chanting. I thought they were chanting "Give to me! Tax mo-ney! Live for Free!""

While I realize that you're stereotyping, I live in a rural area and many of the people I know rely on EI. And they vote Conservative. Overwhelmingly. And they complained when the EI wasn't extended more last time.

Oh my goodness... Harper uttered the G word during his acceptance speech. :) "God"

It's a theocracy... run to the hills! /sarc

The next election will be liberal they are grooming Trudeau, every one I talk to, likes him.
Hes young, good looking, and got sparkle.
As for harper I voted for him, but don't like a lot of what he stands for.Grants to oil companies, they pay no tax and make billions.Billions in bank bailouts and they make billions.Have a look at the Canadian debit clock see where thats going.Bills passed secretly to take your rights away.Massive unemployment, In my town its said to be over 40 percent.Food gas and commodity prices out of control. Thats not a rescission but a failed country.

Ruby Dhalla, Ken Dryden, Mark Holland, Ujjal Dosanj, Gerrard Kennedy, Mike Savage...... So many pieces of Liberal Sewage thrown in the toilet and flushed.

Canada is a better place today.

Wowzer. I go to bed early for once expecting the usual blah, and wake up to a Brave New World. Awesome!

This is some Hope and Change I can believe in.

Lefties, to quote the great ElRushbo, who stole it from some nameless DemocRat wanker who thought he was being clever: "We feeeeeel your pain."

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!

And now, my requests of Mr. Harper and company:

1. Please kill the friggin' gun registry, the gangrene is really starting to smell.
2. TAX CUT NOW.
3. TAX CUT NOW, and start with the billion bucks the CBC is currently stealing.
4. Bring back the Arrow! Hey, its part of the Hidden Agenda right? Canada should have our own military/industrial complex. Bombardier alone just isn't enough. ~:D

Watched 'till midnight...A great day for Canada!

Remember, the political party funds of 2$ per vote is supposed to be illiminated...Let's see if the welfare gang/tweeter generation can be as effective comes 2015 for the Orange Crush.

A majority without Quebec, even less Con seats in the "emoti-mob-mental" Province of Queerbec where they dumped a forever opposition party for a stronger forever opposition party...Losers!

It will be really sweet to see the House of commons in action now...A hoot to watch Jack's neophyte waitresses being told that this is Ottawa and that that all wood adorned room is where they sit and speak...After they have been told what the word 'democracy' means and what an MPP role consist of. Maybe Jack will make the little blondie his personal masseuse.

It's too bad we have to hear Liz May screech once in a while in her corner...Beavers don't chew varnished wood do they?

Peter (not the illiterate)...You forgot some of my favorites from Montreal: The Queen of pettiness herself: Marlene Jennings and the drunk, unshaven Pablum Roguedriguez.

Remains: Coderre, Trudeau and Dion...Yeck! Quebecers are truly losers.

overlord.... overlord.... lets see what miriam websters says about that:

over·lord
noun \ˈō-vər-ˌlȯrd\
Definition of OVERLORD
1
: a lord over other lords : a lord paramount
2
a : an absolute or supreme ruler b : one having great power or authority
— over·lord·ship noun
See overlord defined for English-language learners »
See overlord defined for kids »
Examples of OVERLORD

He is the overlord of the underground gambling industry.

First Known Use of OVERLORD
13th century

yup, very fitting term.

Loki
'WTF happened to the voters of Saanich?! How is the watermelon leader going to be accomodated in parliament - will she have her own indoor whale tank?'

Recalling a past comment- 'if the House of Commons has the same seating rules as airlines, she will be entitled to two seats.'

Hippy, granola tasting a little off this morning?

It's going to be a long four years for you.

It's going to be a long four years for you.
Posted by: K at May 3, 2011 9:31 AM"

good grief no.

this election could provide a thesis for my poli sci MA.

p.s. tuition is FREE for this 60 y.o. hippie. heh heh heh.

p.s. Im having strawberries and yogurt for b'fast. how about you? a patriotic timmies sugar donut? no wonder you're testy, backside all bunged up like that.

Not a fan of Timmy's or donughts, not exactly fuel for fitness; I'm betting I'm a lot less bunged up than you this morning.

60 & still stuck on stupid; "fat, drunk, & stupid is no way to go through life son".

As an old Reformer it did my heart good to see Preston in the CPC crowd last night. Extra special that PMSH acknowledged him.

My take away on this campaign;
- what more does one need to see from the MSM to realize what a bunch of scum bags they really are!
- NDP Jack will have his hands full with a causcus full of seperatits. Watch his party implode.
- my biggest concern is the level of entitlement that permeates the citizens of this country. The level of discourse in this campaign hit a new low. Serious topics were not debated!
- As Boob Ray tries to take the Libel remanents to a union with the NDP I see quasi sane Liberals moving to the CPC.
- Finally it sickens me to see how many politicos from all parties are involved for their own financial benefit. Glad to see Jaffir's wife got beat!

Glad you sorted the matter out.
~Vancouver Boy at May 3, 2011 5:14 AM

Me too.
It's a lovely day and I'm very happy that the CPC has won this shiney new MAJORITY!

What could be more squirmingly embarrassing than a 60-year old who calls himself a hippie? Pathetic suspended-adolescent old fart!

Oh no here come the Klan hoods. Ha ha ha

It's about time Canada!

We will be a great nation once again.

*Wonder how many lefties are starting sprouting gardens in their kitchens imagining the concentration camps being built? Some for them and some for baby seals. Run, leave Canada now, head to Saudi Arabia while you can, we won't stop you promise.

hippie5.0
'this election could provide a thesis for my poli sci MA'
Wow, who would have known. Just what Canada needs, another poli/sci genius taking up space in a university so that you can wax eloquent during inane political discussions.

I thought the highlight of the evening was watching poor old Bob Fife looking gloomier and gloomier as the night went on. He looked like someone whose dog had just been run over by his ex-wife as she drove off in his new pick-up. It was all he could do to not break out in tears, it seemed.
Plus, whenever he tried to put forth some negative comment about the Conservative majority, Pamela Wallin very nicely and politely rebuked him.
hee hee

for some fun:

The parties leaders May 3rd check list:

Elizabeth May:

- Reduce Green popular vote by 50% to get elected and get that $170k a year - check

- Order new Birkenstock’s – check

- Promise a low carbon lifestyle – check

- Book First class airfare to Ottawa – Check

Gilles Duceppe:

- Call Jack Layton for recommendation on a good massage clinic – check

- Start collecting federal pension – check

- Laugh all the way to the bank – check

Michael Ignatieff:

- Resign – check

- Order servants to start removing items form Stornaway – Check

- Stop by the U.S. Embassy to inquire on status of citizenship application – check

- Board flight for his villa in France – check

Jack Layton:

- Get a relaxing massage – check

- Order GPS units for his new MP’s so that they can find their ridings – check

- Get the GPS units programmed so that his new MP’s can find Ottawa – check

- Give Gilles a GPS unit with all the best massage clinics pinpointed - check

- Order 70 copies of the NDP Handbook "6 weeks aga I couldn't spell MP, now I r one" – check

Stephen Harper:

- Put “soldiers on our streets with brooms and shovels”, to clean up when lefties realize that contrary to what Jack Layton said, Stephen Harper has a majority and their heads explode – check

- Start legislation to rename Canada "Harperland" - check

Worst outcome possible really. Fantino reelected, May actually in HoC, Conservative Socialists United get majority they do not deserve in any way shape or form. They will fritter and piss away the next four years and then it's NDP government. It'll happen.

I'm happy when you're not happy libertariansmartass.
That's the cherry on the sundae right there.
(8^D.