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05/02/2011 11:41:49 PM · #26

Duceppe defeated.

Quebec is an orange doughnut with a blue centre.

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05/02/2011 11:42:46 PM · #27

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

Originally posted by Louis:

Originally posted by cpanaioti:
It was broken in the same way when the Liberals won similar majorities in the past.

Meaning: It's still broken just not to your liking this time around.

Always been broken, yes.

Unfortunately, it will probably remain broken since PEI will never give up any seats as their 4 seats are part of the constitution. Rep by Pop would require them to give up some.

I guess we remain a Parliamentary anomaly in the West then.

05/02/2011 11:45:00 PM · #28

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

Duceppe defeated.

Quebec is an orange doughnut with a blue centre.

And Ignatieff, AND Minister Lunn, apparently, losing to Elizabeth May! Cool. NDPers cheering the grrens at NDP headquarters.

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05/02/2011 11:46:58 PM · #29

Has anyone seen this guy Harper's birth certificate? ;-)

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05/02/2011 11:47:39 PM · #30

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Has anyone seen this guy Harper's birth certificate? ;-)

It doesn't matter. He doesn't need to be born in Canada to run in an election. He just needs to be a Canadian citizen.

So, the question should be, where are his citizenship papers? ;o)

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05/02/2011 11:50:02 PM · #31

Being a Duel Citizen, I wonder if I could be President of the United States and Prime Minster of Canada at the same time... then I would create one GIANT Country called Socomville!

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05/02/2011 11:54:04 PM · #32

Originally posted by Socom:

Being a Duel Citizen ...

How about solving problems in a more diplomatic and less violent fashion, please ... ;-)

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

It doesn't matter. He doesn't need to be born in Canada to run in an election. He just needs to be a Canadian citizen.

Dang, I almost moved to Canada in 1972 -- I could be PM by now ... ;-)

05/02/2011 11:55:46 PM · #33

Here's a twisted fact: the BQ lost less than four percent of their share of the vote, resulting in a deficit of 46 seats! Now that he has his majority, Mr. Harper will have somehow lost his zeal for reform, which he of course strongly supported in the fractured days of PC/ Reform.

Wow, Duceppe steps down. What a night. :/

05/03/2011 12:02:12 AM · #34

More history: the Greens have a seat. May took out a Conservative cabinet minister, Gary Lunn.

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05/03/2011 12:12:15 AM · #35

Now I recall attending a Provincial Parliament session in Victoria once; it was pretty obvious why they call it British Columbia ... :-)

05/03/2011 12:14:21 AM · #36

Originally posted by GeneralE:

Now I recall attending a Provincial Parliament session in Victoria once; it was pretty obvious why they call it British Columbia ... :-)

That would be the Provincial Legislature ;o) or Legislative Assembly.

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05/03/2011 12:20:06 AM · #37

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

Originally posted by GeneralE:
Now I recall attending a Provincial Parliament session in Victoria once; it was pretty obvious why they call it British Columbia ... :-)

That would be the Provincial Legislature ;o) or Legislative Assembly.

I can't remember which ... I think they had robes and wigs and sat at a long table, which they'd bang on every so often -- I also can't remember if that was in approval or derision ... :-(
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05/03/2011 12:26:17 AM · #38

Robes and wigs? Was it Halloween?:-)

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05/03/2011 12:33:07 AM · #39

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

Duceppe defeated.

HAHAHAH! Quebec I give you a blue ribbon.

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05/03/2011 12:34:52 AM · #40

Originally posted by Louis:

Robes and wigs? Was it Halloween?:-)

I don't think so, I gathered it was the usual. It looked rather like a British court (as seen on US TV). It was a long time ago, so maybe things have changed, or maybe it was something just for us tourists in the upper gallery. Or maybe I've just seen too many episodes of Rumpole of the Bailey and it's all a blur in my mind ... ;-)

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05/03/2011 12:35:48 AM · #41

Originally posted by FibreOptix:

Originally posted by cpanaioti:
Duceppe defeated.

HAHAHAH! Quebec I give you a blue ribbon.

Why is this one so special?

05/03/2011 12:42:48 AM · #42

Duceppe is leader of the Bloc Quebecois, the separatist party. A very skilled politician, and the BQ was official Opposition under Lucien Bouchard after 1993 election. Now they don't even have official party status after tonight. He is a brilliant politician, but much of English Canada reviles him.

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05/03/2011 12:48:31 AM · #43

Originally posted by Louis:

More history: the Greens have a seat. May took out a Conservative cabinet minister, Gary Lunn.

Now she won't have to fight to participate in the debate for the next election.

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05/03/2011 01:05:30 AM · #44

The Liberals and NDP will have to take responsibility for the Conservative majority....they triggered an election that nobody wanted, now they have to live with the results for the next 4 years.