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Post by Andrew_S on Oct 14, 2019 2:56:07 GMT
"Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet, the only other major party leader campaigning publicly Sunday, said he has no interest in forming a coalition with anyone. “There will be no support for a government, for a party, for a coalition or anything of the sort,” Blanchet said in French during a campaign stop in an NDP-held riding northeast of Montreal."
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Post by mondialito on Oct 14, 2019 11:03:53 GMT
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Oct 14, 2019 14:28:20 GMT
Are the Bloc gains part of an unwind of the NDP vote?
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Post by Andrew_S on Oct 15, 2019 0:07:04 GMT
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Post by Andrew_S on Oct 15, 2019 0:09:38 GMT
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Post by maxque on Oct 15, 2019 2:38:47 GMT
It's Québec, those electors could be back to the Liberals or the NDP by next week for all we know. |
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Post by Andrew_S on Oct 15, 2019 2:58:15 GMT
What's described in this article is very odd. It says there was a direct threat against Trudeau at the rally he was at the other day, but they decided to go ahead with the event anyway. It seems a dangerous decision to make when there are 2,000 supporters in the same room. Trudeau was wearing a bullet-proof vest and was surrounded by special agents, but what if the person had accidentally shot or attacked the other people in the room instead? Surely it would have been safer for everyone to have cancelled the event. nationalpost.com/news/politics/election-2019/john-ivison-trudeaus-security-scare-a-dark-turn-for-an-election-filled-with-online-hate"There was, it emerged, a specific threat in the room against Trudeau personally (as opposed to a general threat to the public). The RCMP’s recommendation was to put on a show of strength to deter the threat and to send Trudeau’s wife and children back to the hotel.
The decision was also taken that the show must go on, which must have been terrifying for the Liberal leader, knowing there was the very real prospect that someone in the room was trying to kill him." |
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Post by The Bishop on Oct 15, 2019 10:11:02 GMT
Though given that nothing actually happened, it was arguably the correct decision?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2019 11:59:16 GMT
It's a difficult decision. On the one hand you can't let terrorism threaten democracy. On the other I agree with AJS; it's quite something for Trudeau to turn up in a bullet proof vest and security, while completely understandable, his expecting are just as vulnerable and not anywhere near as well protected. Well done to those who did go but they shouldn't have had to go. Just because nothing happened doesn't make it okay.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2019 20:40:54 GMT
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Post by greenhert on Oct 15, 2019 21:12:00 GMT
Are the Bloc gains part of an unwind of the NDP vote? They will be a consequence of it, yes, if indirectly. The Bloc Quebecois will never return to its glory days of the 1990s. |
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Post by Andrew_S on Oct 16, 2019 0:10:45 GMT
While we wait for Monday night, this is the election show from 4 years ago:
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Post by Andrew_S on Oct 16, 2019 2:59:05 GMT
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Post by finsobruce on Oct 16, 2019 7:51:58 GMT
It'll certainly be interesting to see if Niagra falls.
I'll get my waterproofs.
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Post by Tony Otim on Oct 16, 2019 8:01:31 GMT
Looking at the poll, we're not really a very representative sample of Canadian opinion, are we?
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Post by yellowperil on Oct 16, 2019 8:12:40 GMT
There must be a joke in there somewhere about Niagara Centre, but I can't quite work it out. Edit- I see Finso had tried, but maybe the real joke will come when we see the result. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2019 8:23:36 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2019 8:26:41 GMT
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Post by John Chanin on Oct 16, 2019 8:41:25 GMT
There must be a joke in there somewhere about Niagara Centre, but I can't quite work it out. Edit- I see Finso had tried, but maybe the real joke will come when we see the result. BQ gain....... |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Oct 16, 2019 10:01:59 GMT
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