Hux Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 Wow......! What a crazy night! Unfortunately, the campaign I was working on down here in Windsor didn't make the cut, but while we lost the battle, we won the bigger war. The results were a big surprise, when a week ago the Conservatives were cracking champagne on their plane....thank you voters of Ont. for kicking back the right-wing sh!t, perhaps for good. Last night the country took a big left-turn, and rejected the conservative option, and now we have a cozy Liberal/NDP group of MP's who could do some real good. "Anybody an expert on parliamentry procedure (Hux?) ? What happens if there is a tie ona confidence vote? Who is the tie-breaker? Governor General? The Senate? Supreme Court? Jambands.ca?" It's actually Booche, no, it's the Speaker of the House. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 According to this, the Speaker is elected (by secret ballot) from the set of sitting MPs, and only votes to break ties. So, what would be a good strategy for, say, the Liberals when it came to electing the Speaker? If they get a Liberal, then their bloc is reduced by one, which makes Liberals + NDP exactly equal Conservatives + BQ, and that former-PC/now-independent vote becomes the swing vote. If, say, a Conservative gets to be Speaker, then Liberals+NDP exceeds Conservatives+Bloc by two votes, and that former-PC/now-independent vote doesn't matter as much, assuming each party votes together. Aloha, Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberdinghy Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 Sweet lord...politics confuse me sometimes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Constable Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 You bunch of crazy hippies ... explain to me how a shift to the left is a good thing ... get out your cheque books cause this one's gonna cost us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggo Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 hahaha... kc are you going to be around for some camping this weekend? miss you!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\/\/illy Posted June 29, 2004 Report Share Posted June 29, 2004 Hey Hux! Congrats to the party buddy! Make sure you tell Paul that this may be his last chance. Don't f@ck it up because I don't want those crazy conservatives in power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmyB Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 Today I'm proud to be a Canadian. That the electorate went out and voted back the Liberals into a minority situation with the NDP gaining ground. And only being one vote for the two of these parties running the country with a majority is a better result than I could have possibly imagined. The Conservative party got their butts kicked by losing 8% of their vote from the previous election with the combined Canadian Alliance/Proggressive Conservative party. Canadians said no to the Conservatives and said we would rather punish the Liberals by rewarding the left, and the BQ. My only wish was that the Green vote went to the NDP and/or Liberals as we would definitely be in a majority coalition with the Liberals/NDP if that was the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
\/\/illy Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 You know, the weird thing is that it horrifies me that there are enough people out there voting conservative to give them 99 seats. :: :: :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Not Bob Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 I did it all just for you, Hux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bONES Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 My only wish was that the Green vote went to the NDP and/or Liberals as we would definitely be in a majority coalition with the Liberals/NDP if that was the case. funny, my wish was that ALL the Liberal/NDP voters checked [color:"green"] GREEN on their ballots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted June 30, 2004 Report Share Posted June 30, 2004 Today I'm proud to be a Canadian. I'll echo that, haven't been so worried about an election since Mulroney... kudos to Canadians, looks good on the world stage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im going home Donny Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 I feel I deserve another nude dude episode after my Liberal vote MR HUX .......I suggest a nude dash down Main street Canada day will suffice :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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