Yesterday, 10:07 eastern time, Bernard de Rome announced on Radio-Canada that the conservative party of Canada and their chief, Stephen Harper, were elected as the new governement of Canada, but with a minority of the sieges in Ottawa. Out of 308 counties, they've got 124, ten of them beeing in Quebec (surprisingly) where the BQ, the party which is trying to represent Quebec at the federal level, wanted to get over 60 sieges and got only 51. For their part, the former leading Liberal party got 103 sieges, while the NPD got a great total of 29 places in the parliament. There was one independant deputy elected in the Beauport county, in Quebec. So this makes PCC 124, PLC 103, BQ 51, NPD 29, IND 1.
What does those numbers mean now, is that the Conservators of Harper just took about the same place as the minoritary Liberals of the last governement. The proportion between the two parties is inverted (from +-120/100 to 103/124). NPD gained 5 counties, which will most likely make Jack Leighton, the party's chief, quite happy, altought he was aiming for 44 sieges (which was quite utopic). Gilles Duceppe, chief of the BQ, must have had a bit of a cold shower, as he was hoping for 5 to 10 more sieges and probably around 7-8% more votes during the suffrage.
Paul Martin, former chief of the Liberals, announced yesterday that he would resign as chief of the Liberal party and deputy of his county. So here are the actual questions.
1. Who will be the next chief of the Liberal party?
2. Will the Conservators of Harper be a more honest governement than the one of the Liberals?
3. Will the conservators be able to do some right-orientated politics or will their minority statute block them?
4. Will the BQ try to negociate or simply be opposed?
5. Will the BQ and the liberal parties, old ennemies, work together against the conservators?
6. How long will the new governement stand until defeated? Which party will be elected next?
Some action, indeed, on the Canadian political scene.
What does those numbers mean now, is that the Conservators of Harper just took about the same place as the minoritary Liberals of the last governement. The proportion between the two parties is inverted (from +-120/100 to 103/124). NPD gained 5 counties, which will most likely make Jack Leighton, the party's chief, quite happy, altought he was aiming for 44 sieges (which was quite utopic). Gilles Duceppe, chief of the BQ, must have had a bit of a cold shower, as he was hoping for 5 to 10 more sieges and probably around 7-8% more votes during the suffrage.
Paul Martin, former chief of the Liberals, announced yesterday that he would resign as chief of the Liberal party and deputy of his county. So here are the actual questions.
1. Who will be the next chief of the Liberal party?
2. Will the Conservators of Harper be a more honest governement than the one of the Liberals?
3. Will the conservators be able to do some right-orientated politics or will their minority statute block them?
4. Will the BQ try to negociate or simply be opposed?
5. Will the BQ and the liberal parties, old ennemies, work together against the conservators?
6. How long will the new governement stand until defeated? Which party will be elected next?
Some action, indeed, on the Canadian political scene.
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