Way to go, Canada!

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What a day brightener!

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party has won the federal election, capping a stunning turnaround in fortunes fueled by U.S. President Donald Trump’s annexation threats and trade war.

Carney’s rival, populist Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre, was voted out of his seat in Parliament, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation projected Tuesday.

The loss of his seat representing his Ottawa district in Monday’s election capped a swift decline in fortunes for the firebrand Poilievre, who a few months ago appeared to be a shoo-in to become Canada’s next prime minister and shepherd the Conservatives back into power for the first time in a decade.

But then Trump launched a trade war with Canada and suggested the country should become the 51st state, outraging voters and upending the election.

https://apnews.com/article/canada-electi...218568949b

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They are just smarter up there.

Congrats to Mark Carney!

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So CFDT actually did accomplish One Good Thing, however inadvertently.

Congratulations to our neighbors up north.

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Had many discussions with friends about voting strategically for this one. That usually meant voting Liberal (to block the Conservatives) and not voting for the New Democratic Party (NDP).

Sorry if this is explaining the obvious. Most Canadians didn't actually vote for Mark Carney. Only voters who live in Carney's riding got to vote for him. The system here is that you vote for the representative for your specific riding. If enough representatives get elected from a specific party, those reps will then elect their leader as the Prime Minister.

My most current check says that the Liberals have enough to be considered the winners, but they don't yet have enough (control of 172 ridings) to be a majority. If the minority status continues, the Liberals will have to come to an agreement with either the Bloc Quebequois or the NDP to form a government. This gives quite a bit of power to either or both of those groups.

Personally, I wish both the NDP and the Greens had a better turnout. Can't complain, though.

Watched the early results yesterday afternoon on CBC. My wife was alternately upset and amused at my reactions to the results as they were being announced. Because of the time, the earliest results were from the east. Many of these ridings had low populations. An example (made up numbers, but not far from what I saw) was Conservative 36, Liberal 17, NDP 8. CDP was reporting the actual number of votes that had been counted. Well less than one-hundred votes would have its own riding.

Even my wife had to laugh when I pretended to be a CBC announcer. "Here are the latest numbers, but the MacLean twins haven't voted yet."

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for once, I mean it - Thanks Trump!

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Thank you Todd for the explainer. Did not know any of that about Canadian elections.

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Thank you Todd for the explainer. Did not know any of that about Canadian elections.


Likewise.

It was easy for the little gray cells to absorb.

Thank you.