-:Undertaker:-
19-10-2015, 09:22 PM
http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/oct/19/canada-election-justin-trudeau-stephen-harper
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34568497
Canada goes to the polls to elect a new government
- Prime Minister (since 2006) Stephen Harper is fighting for a historic 4th term in office
- Highly split three-way race under First Past the Post Westminster system
- Recent polls have shown Conservatives losing ground to the Liberals
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Canadian-Senate-thrones.jpg/1280px-Canadian-Senate-thrones.jpg
Thrones in the Canadian Senate where the Queen of Canada Elizabeth II (or the Governor-General) delievers the Queen's Speech
Canadians have started voting in fiercely contested parliamentary elections that could give them their first new leader in nearly 10 years. Incumbent Conservative PM Stephen Harper is fighting for a rare fourth term but the frontrunner is Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, son of late prime minister Pierre Trudeau. The left-leaning New Democratic Party (NDP) could also play a decisive role.
Opinion polls have suggested many people are still undecided. Voting hours are staggered across the country and polls opened in Newfoundland at 0830 local time (1100 GMT). Polls will close in the west of the country at 19:00 (02:00 GMT). It is one of the longest and possibly closest election campaigns in Canada's history, with leaders criss-crossing the country to try to sway undecided voters. Mr Harper, 56, is selling himself as the steady hand who can steer Canada's troubled economy back on track. His campaign has run TV advertisements saying that Liberal leader Mr Trudeau, 43, is "just not ready" to take office.
"Every single vote for a Conservative candidate is a vote to protect our economy against Liberal and NDP deficits and taxes," Mr Harper told supporters in Regina, Saskatchewan, on Sunday. As polls opened, he tweeted that a vote for the Conservatives would "protect Canadian jobs and our economy (https://twitter.com/pmharper/status/656097927027425280)". Mr Trudeau started the race in third place but the Liberals took the lead in opinion polls in a late surge.
It's going to be a tight one last time I read the polls. I do hope Harper remains, I can't lose Stephen Harper just after Tony Abbott as my favourite Anglosphere heads of governments. My amateur knowledge of Canadian electoral politics says to me that as the Conservatives are strongest in the western provinces so there's therefore more chance of a split vote between the Liberals and NDP in other seats? Am I right?
Are any friends in the Dominion on Habbox following the elections? What do you make of it?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-34568497
Canada goes to the polls to elect a new government
- Prime Minister (since 2006) Stephen Harper is fighting for a historic 4th term in office
- Highly split three-way race under First Past the Post Westminster system
- Recent polls have shown Conservatives losing ground to the Liberals
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Canadian-Senate-thrones.jpg/1280px-Canadian-Senate-thrones.jpg
Thrones in the Canadian Senate where the Queen of Canada Elizabeth II (or the Governor-General) delievers the Queen's Speech
Canadians have started voting in fiercely contested parliamentary elections that could give them their first new leader in nearly 10 years. Incumbent Conservative PM Stephen Harper is fighting for a rare fourth term but the frontrunner is Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, son of late prime minister Pierre Trudeau. The left-leaning New Democratic Party (NDP) could also play a decisive role.
Opinion polls have suggested many people are still undecided. Voting hours are staggered across the country and polls opened in Newfoundland at 0830 local time (1100 GMT). Polls will close in the west of the country at 19:00 (02:00 GMT). It is one of the longest and possibly closest election campaigns in Canada's history, with leaders criss-crossing the country to try to sway undecided voters. Mr Harper, 56, is selling himself as the steady hand who can steer Canada's troubled economy back on track. His campaign has run TV advertisements saying that Liberal leader Mr Trudeau, 43, is "just not ready" to take office.
"Every single vote for a Conservative candidate is a vote to protect our economy against Liberal and NDP deficits and taxes," Mr Harper told supporters in Regina, Saskatchewan, on Sunday. As polls opened, he tweeted that a vote for the Conservatives would "protect Canadian jobs and our economy (https://twitter.com/pmharper/status/656097927027425280)". Mr Trudeau started the race in third place but the Liberals took the lead in opinion polls in a late surge.
It's going to be a tight one last time I read the polls. I do hope Harper remains, I can't lose Stephen Harper just after Tony Abbott as my favourite Anglosphere heads of governments. My amateur knowledge of Canadian electoral politics says to me that as the Conservatives are strongest in the western provinces so there's therefore more chance of a split vote between the Liberals and NDP in other seats? Am I right?
Are any friends in the Dominion on Habbox following the elections? What do you make of it?