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I disagree. It should have been a complete landslide.
The fact that Pierre Poilievre received any votes at all suggests that almost $5m Canadians are still fuckheads.
Minority liberal governments are more progressive so I’m all for it. Let the fuckheads revel in it.
This was my take as well - liberals are pretty centrist generally, which has its advantages, but having to cooperate with a smaller progressive party keeps them accountable. I liked what the NDP was able to leverage our of the last government, and I'm hopeful that the NDP and Greens (or, well, Green) can continue to punch above their weight as kingmakers here.
It's hard to change people's minds when they consume so much garbage and refuse to acknowledge other viewpoints.
What's that in rubles?
Sorry I meant 5 million individuals, not $5m
Heheh, I gotcha I was just being a goof :-)
No worries. I’m the silly bugger that mistyped. I’m trying to think of a way to blame AutoCorrect…
Oh that's easy! Just tell everyone you're an investment banker so you're always typing dollars and it just does that now. Of course, then you'd have to live with people thinking you were an investment banker, so... Options.
Heh. Options. Like stocks.
I’ve edited my original post.
Now we both look like Goofs!
I just woke up and I thought this was someone's attempt at a haiku, lol.
I have edited-
My original post. Now-
We both look like goofs.
It kinda works!
You are a total goof for coming up with that Haiku (I mean this in the most positive way possible)
It looks like his riding is still closer than I would like with him trailing by only ~3%
As of 4:54am today, PP’s losing by 3793 votes with 264 out of 266 polls reporting.
There are 105,889 registered voters in his district of Carleton with 83,756 valid votes counted and reported. That leaves only 22,133 potential votes remaining. However, many of those are likely no shows (turnout is never 100% in Canada).
That is a bold statement. Do you personally see what the motivations of all five million voters are?
I'm sure not all conservative voters voted for peter rabbithair because they like trump. Some people just want change and are not aware or do not care about the political reality we face.
How do you sway these voters if you denigrate them? If this minority government falls in a few months, then what?
We need to explain why voting a certain way is detrimental to democracy in Canada, not put down because of how someone voted.
Man thats a lot of words for I'm a cunt but don't wanna be called out.
To be clear, Poilievre has not received 5 million votes, the Conservative party has. And in fact, as of writing this comment, Poilievre is losing in his riding.
I live in a safe Australian LNP seat, the odds are that on Saturday night, our neighbours and I are (very likely) going to continue having a Right-Wing member of Parliament.
That does still mean that even though they are voting for our local MP, they are also voting for a former 1980s Queensland Cop with a suspiciously large amount of money as PM.
I would be happy if every (Australian) Coalition candidate and all the Right-Wing independent candidates received Zero votes this election, otherwise there are too many Australian Fuckwits.
Dude my friend explained it to me like this "I might be able to buy a house but at least I don't see homos on the street"
Hatred is more powerful then love.
I grew up in an electorate that had been 'blue-ribbon Liberal' since the 70s, and Labor representation only a tiny blip before that. Became very apathetic about voting after seeing the LNP win by a landslide at every local, state and federal election.
I'm now in a seat that's been either Labor or Greens since almost Federation. One seat in the House of Reps won't change the world (or even the country, most likely), but it's comforting to walk around my neighbourhood and know that the majority of the people I encounter are certified Non-Fuckwits. (It's also fun on polling day to see offers of LNP and far-right parties' how-to-vote cards declined by pretty much everyone in the queue.)