CTV News projects Liberal majority, Conservatives become Official Opposition

[Newsjock]

Last edited Mon Oct 19, 2015, 10:38 PM - Edit history (6)

Source: CTV News

The Liberal Party will form a majority government, knocking the Conservatives out of power and into the role of Official Opposition, the CTV News Election Desk projects.

It’s an historic win for the Liberals, who are leaping from third place to the seat of power. The Trudeau family is moving back to 24 Sussex Dr., establishing Canada’s first political family dynasty.

Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/ctv-projects-liberal-victory-ndp-tories-battle-for-official-opposition-1.2617286

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Updated to add new projection for Liberal MAJORITY government.
CBC just called it for majority, too. (7:38 PT)

[Fred Sanders]

1. Astonishing rejection by Canadians of the conservative strategy of fear and division.

The Liberal Party's economic and social and immigration, security and evnvironmental platform is left of the Democratic Party, and now the centre-left-left page lilies will be given a chance to show their mettle in the real world.

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

2. CBC's calling it for the Grits, too.

It's impressive that the Atlantic went solid Liberal, but the places where they actually have conservatives have yet to report in.

[GreatGazoo]

3. Great news. Congrats Canada!

http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/oct/19/canada-election-justin-trudeau-stephen-harper

Liberals: 57 seats
Conservatives: 18
NDP: 6

[George II]

4. I've been waiting for returns, thanks! That's GREAT news, Mr. Harper - you know your way out!!

[gcomeau]

5. Prairies still dissapointing...

...if the early returns are predictive. How the fuck is anyone still voting Conservative?

[laundry_queen]

16. It's called brainwashing about deficits

"you can't run a household like that!" they say. Like none of them have ever had a mortgage and they all pay cash for everything.

I've had to hide a bunch of posts from the whiny baby crowd on my facebook. Lots of "let the people who voted Liberal pay for the debt!" posts.

Oh, and panic over another NEP.

[gcomeau]

22. But the freaking Conservatives *created* the deficit

Over a decade of surpluses under the previous Liberal government, then along come the Conservatives and BAM... gone.

I can't process the bizarro land mindset that would cause anyone concerned with deficits to vote Conservative.

[laundry_queen]

23. As I said it's brainwashing. And leftovers from Ralph Klein. nt

[roamer65]

6. Best part of the evening will be Harpo's concession.

...and his retirement from politics. Good riddance to bad garbage.

[rationalcalgarian]

20. Yeah, but he's not hurting

and that's what pisses me off. If we could rescind his pension and make him actually work for a living.... nah, he has no skills, no talents, no education, no abilities. Now he gets a monthly check from the taxpayers for doing fuck all. Wait a minute... isn't he supposed to be against that? Well, he always was a lying, hypocritical sack of shit so it comes as no surprise.

[Chakab]

7. I guess that the "zero tolerance for barbaric cultural pratices" hotline proposal didn't resonate

with the voters nationwide.

The CPC was starting to sound as silly as the Republicans in the last few weeks of the campaign. (Well, almost as silly.)

[forest444]

8. Good for them.

I mean, who could support something like this, eh?

And in Canada!! It may seem like a trivial policy detail (unless you're 80, arthritic, and have to walk 10 blocks in the snow to get your mail); but it turned out to be a fitting metaphor of the kind of inhumanity Canadians could expect from Harper if he had been returned to government, and I'm glad it wasn't lost on the voters.

Congrats, Canada. And all the best.

[rpannier]

9. The Awesomest Prime Minister ever is going down???

Gretzky must be so disappointed

[wolfie001]

11. Harper must've allowed him to shelter his $$$$

Isn't that what the 1/10 of 1% does?

[rpannier]

12. I never realized just how conservative Gretzky was until this came up

My understanding is, he supported Dole, Bush twice, McCain and rMoney

[laundry_queen]

17. Ew.

I'll never think the same way about him again.

[rationalcalgarian]

18. He's wealthy, with many, many millions of dollars

Who the hell else would he support? He hasn't said it, yet, but if he came out as a Trump supporter, I would not be surprised. He used to be a human being, but now he's just wealthy. Fuck him.

[Newsjock]

10. Citizenship and Immigration minister DEFEATED in his own riding

Just called by CTV. Ha!

[Joe Shlabotnik]

13. good riddance to more trash n/t

[bbgrunt]

14. congrats Canada!! a clear liberal majority!

[xocet]

15. Good on Canada! n/t

[a la izquierda]

19. Certainly better than the Conservatives. Nt

[Jim Lane]

21. I'm glad Harper's out, but I wish the NDP were in.

From what I've read of the Liberals, they're less liberal, in the American sense of the word, than the New Democrats.