153 Replies to “News From The Trenches”

  1. Tiz re; http://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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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 🙂

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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

  9. 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.

  10. 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

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. 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

  16. 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?

  20. 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!

  21. 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.

  22. 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!

  23. 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.

  24. 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.

  25. 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.

  26. 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.

  27. 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??! 😀

  29. 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!

  30. 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

  31. 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.

  32. 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.

  34. 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.
    🙂

  35. 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

  36. 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.

  37. 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.

  38. 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!

  40. 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.

  42. Canada 2006

    Liveblogging Canada 2006: Captain’s Quarters, The Surly Beaver, Decision Canada 2006, Sailor Republica, Free Republic, Publius Pundit
    Final Seat Projections: Democratic Space
    Official Results: Elections Canada

  43. 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.

  44. 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.

  45. down to the wire between HotCross Hedy and Svend.
    a question of who you vote in a liar or a thief.?

  47. 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

  48. 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.

  49. 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.

  50. 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..

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