We have no government!

CapelDodger said:
It's terribly absolute, isn't it? No confidence. Not just not quite enough, but none at all. To an outsider it seems rather un-Canadian.
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Sorry, but what do you mean by none at all? According to the article the vote of no-confidence was 171 to 133.

Unless of course, you were being overly literal and perhaps making a joke? :)
 
My fellow Canadians....here we go again, eh?

For myself, I liked having a minority government. Lacking proportional representation, it seems to be the best way for supporters of opposition parties to have a voice of sorts in Parliament. But hey, I'm an NDP supporter in Alberta, of all places; our voice here is the most high-pitched of squeaks.

My prediction is another minority government; I'm not sure who the PM will be, though I suspect Martin will pull it off again. It just seems like a lot of trouble and expense to go through for not much change.

As for a winter election, meh. I'd vote in fifty below if I had to. Though as a campaign volunteer, I'm not looking forward to trudging through the snow to shove leaflets into people's mailboxes.
 
DanishDynamite said:
Sorry, but what do you mean by none at all? According to the article the vote of no-confidence was 171 to 133.

Unless of course, you were being overly literal and perhaps making a joke? :)
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The 133 were the Liberals, who apparently had confidence in themselves. The 171 were everybody else.
 
So what happens if the Liberals get a plurality of seats but no majority? Do the NDPs, Conservatives, and Bloc call for another no-confidence vote in a month? How often can you hold new elections? Your 'parliament' system of government frightens and confuses me.
 
Thats the first time I have ever heard of anything Canadian frightening anyone. How about Poutine? Now that's scary!
 
If we get another minority Liberal government (which is somewhat likely at the moment given the current polls), there won't be an election so quickly. Calling a non-confidence vote early would certainly piss off the electorate, and they would then probably vote for a majority liberal government again (because neither the NDP or the Conservatives appear as a viable alternative to the majority of Canadians (meaning Ontario, Quebec and the two cities of 1 million+ west of the former)). Either way, after next election, all that corruption/Gomery inquiry thing will be forgotten, so we can expect, as Rick Mercer puts it, that the Liberals will rule Canada forever...
 
No Canadian government!?

How can you tell?

Disclaimer: These comments were made entirely in jest. I have many friends who are openly Canadian.
 
*sigh*

Unfortuanately, it will probably mean another Liberal gov't. I can't see the Liberals losing many seats in Ontario - AdScam didn't see to phase them.

There was even an article in the Globe & Mail a few months ago, where the argument was made that a few million wasn't that much to get worked up about, because when you averaged it out between Canadians, it worked out to a large coffee from Timmie Ho's per.

I do see them losing quite a few seats in Quebec, but I think those will get picked up by the Bloc and NDP (not sure about Layton's base in Quebec though). Harper might get a few out in Alberta, but nothing big.

I'm not upset about the election, I'm pissed about AdScam and the guy having to do a speaking tour.
 
DanishDynamite said:
Sorry, but what do you mean by none at all? According to the article the vote of no-confidence was 171 to 133.

Unless of course, you were being overly literal and perhaps making a joke? :)
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When a minority gov't like this is overthrown (or, when the attempt is made), it's called a 'Non-Confidence Vote'.
 
I think this is going to be stupid.

Based on what's coming out of the Conservative, and Liberal camps, it's going to be a gong show of a campaign.

The Conservatives have been handed many sticks, bottles, pipes, baseball bats, guns, bows and arrows, and other methods of beating the Liberals on various issues, and all they seem capable of doing is bleating like large sheep (not that there's anything wrong with sheep) about one topic....the Gomery Report, which hasn't even been issued yet.... with pompous indignation.

The Liberals are playing the ole "Look at how evil and scary Steven Harper is! If you look at him out of the corner of he looks like the devil. Look! Look! Horns!" and "The economy is doing well" like they have a positive effect on that.

The NDP have moved slightly to the center, and seem to be making some sense (and it really sticks in my throat to say that as I'm a long time conservative).

I predict we get the same batch of hosers we have now. I guess we get what we deserve, though.
 
Badger said:
I think this is going to be stupid.

Based on what's coming out of the Conservative, and Liberal camps, it's going to be a gong show of a campaign.

The Conservatives have been handed many sticks, bottles, pipes, baseball bats, guns, bows and arrows, and other methods of beating the Liberals on various issues, and all they seem capable of doing is bleating like large sheep (not that there's anything wrong with sheep) about one topic....the Gomery Report, which hasn't even been issued yet.... with pompous indignation.

The Liberals are playing the ole "Look at how evil and scary Steven Harper is! If you look at him out of the corner of he looks like the devil. Look! Look! Horns!" and "The economy is doing well" like they have a positive effect on that.

The NDP have moved slightly to the center, and seem to be making some sense (and it really sticks in my throat to say that as I'm a long time conservative).

I predict we get the same batch of hosers we have now. I guess we get what we deserve, though.
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Exhibit A:

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Politics/CanadaVotes/2005/11/29/1329069-cp.html

The starting gun no sooner sounds than Stephen Harper shoots himself and his party squarely in the foot.

Exhibit B:

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Politics/CanadaVotes/2005/11/29/1329295-cp.html

"It's not BS, however it is strong and helps plants grow" from the liberals.

Gah!
 
I am glad there is an election but I also predict another Liberal minority. I think Harper will be tossed after that and then they will have another election in about two years. But after this election I think there will be an even stronger western separation movement. I am already hearing lots about it and I am all for it.
 
CapelDodger said:
There was levity intended. I should resist the temptation. All the same, "No Confidence" does seem harsh. It could at least be put in Latin, to take the sting off.
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I agree that more things should be solely expressed in Latin. Bush's speeches, for example.
 
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