General Politics Discussion

[Kodra24]

Although I didn't vote for Conservative-lite (PC's) I'm glad they won - it's the best of a horrendous group of parties

[plam]

Although I didn't vote for Conservative-lite (PC's) I'm glad they won - it's the best of a horrendous group of parties

Minority governments, anyone?

I am not glad that the bike-lane-ripping-up, Greenbelt-selling PCs won.

[bravado]

If only provincial elections were actually just polls of the people currently waiting for hallway medicine, they might be a bit more serious.

[danbrotherston]

Interesting, it seems clear that things are worse now than when the Liberals were in power. I don't like the Liberals, but healthcare is worse, housing is worse, corruption is worse, transport policy is worse.

Like, these things are pretty uncontroversial here.

[Kodra24]

I did my part and voted PC to keep the red guys out. Unsurprisingly, he won in a landslide.

Landslide? It's pretty much the same as before, the PCs ended up with 80 seats, down from 83 in the last election, while the Liberals took some seats from the NDP.

Well yea, that’s the definition of a landslide - when your party has 3x the number of votes as 2nd place 

But you're right in the sense that nothing’s really changed except taxpayers have to foot the bill for an unnecessary election - it was a calculated political move by Ford to preempt the Federal election

He most likely figures if PP gets elected there will be significant fiscal restraint which definitely won’t be popular and would damage his chances of getting reelected in 2026

Anyways it’s over now, next up Carney vs Pierre

[dtkvictim]

Landslide? It's pretty much the same as before, the PCs ended up with 80 seats, down from 83 in the last election, while the Liberals took some seats from the NDP.

Well yea, that’s the definition of a landslide - when your party has 3x the number of votes as 2nd place 

I mean, seats are all that matters at the end of day, but it's still hard to call a minority of the popular vote a landslide. Your comparative example doesn't really hold up in regards to what people want when the total "left" vote was larger than the conservative vote (although some might disagree where the current Liberals actually sit).

[ijmorlan]

Interesting, it seems clear that things are worse now than when the Liberals were in power. I don't like the Liberals, but healthcare is worse, housing is worse, corruption is worse, transport policy is worse.

Like, these things are pretty uncontroversial here.

The Liberals can be counted upon to provide normal, incompetent government, without much really insane stuff going on. And sometimes they manage to get something really good happening.

I’ll take that over the Doug Ford show any day.

[westwardloo]

Well...... Not sure if I can say I am surprised in how Cambridge/ Kitchener South Hespeler voted, but I am really surprised that Kitchener didn't vote Mike in.

[bravado]

It was surprisingly close in Cambridge, and Kitchener South Hespeler is just a disaster, but I'm genuinely surprised by Kitchener Centre. The vote splitting is cause #1 there, but it really looks like Mike didn't grow his voting base over the last few years. That's a surprise to me because he genuinely seems like the hardest working guy in Parliament - and I can't help but add this to my list of footnotes about how working hard and being a genuine person really doesn't matter in politics. You won't get electorally rewarded for it, so why bother?

I'm disappointed about Cambridge, "Convoy" Connie is yet another local no-show at debates but it was relatively close by the end of the night. Bryan May is by all accounts a nice guy.

That anti-covid guy in KSH is just something I don't even want to talk about.

[westwardloo]

It was surprisingly close in Cambridge, and Kitchener South Hespeler is just a disaster, but I'm genuinely surprised by Kitchener Centre. The vote splitting is cause #1 there, but it really looks like Mike didn't grow his voting base over the last few years. That's a surprise to me because he genuinely seems like the hardest working guy in Parliament - and I can't help but add this to my list of footnotes about how working hard and being a genuine person really doesn't matter in politics. You won't get electorally rewarded for it, so why bother?

I'm disappointed about Cambridge, "Convoy" Connie is yet another local no-show at debates but it was relatively close by the end of the night. Bryan May is by all accounts a nice guy.

That anti-covid guy in KSH is just something I don't even want to talk about.

Truly disappointed in the voters of Cambridge/ KSH, two of really bad Conservative candidates won ridings against Liberal incumbents when it was clear the liberals would form government.  I feel like Conestoga College's recent immigration policy might have caused our Region to flip to the conservatives.  The vote split clearly hurt Mike, not sure how people in that riding would pick party over candidate, but unfortunately I don't like in KC anymore.  

This result means we can basically kiss receiving and federal funds for the Cambridge LRT goodbye. It all but guaranteed that we won't see phase 2 of the LRT for at least another 5 years, my prediction is we are still taking cambridge LRT in 10 years.

[cherrypark]

It was surprisingly close in Cambridge, and Kitchener South Hespeler is just a disaster, but I'm genuinely surprised by Kitchener Centre. The vote splitting is cause #1 there, but it really looks like Mike didn't grow his voting base over the last few years. That's a surprise to me because he genuinely seems like the hardest working guy in Parliament - and I can't help but add this to my list of footnotes about how working hard and being a genuine person really doesn't matter in politics. You won't get electorally rewarded for it, so why bother?

I'm disappointed about Cambridge, "Convoy" Connie is yet another local no-show at debates but it was relatively close by the end of the night. Bryan May is by all accounts a nice guy.

That anti-covid guy in KSH is just something I don't even want to talk about.

A few factors that made it tough for Mike: (1) Carney LPC momentum / not running against a bowed out Liberal definitely ate some votes (+13% from 2021); (2) boundary changes added more CPC aligned areas (look here with the 2025 boundary overlay: https://www.election-atlas.ca/fed/); and (3) while he's a model MP that I wish dearly we had more of in Canada working to earn representation, the Greens (and NDP) being such a non-factor on the federal stage is a permanent anchor on his viability, even if key parts of the Green Party fit his profile.

[Kodra24]

Although I’m disappointed with the outcome of the general election I’m glad to see Kitchener Centre turn blue along with the neighbouring ridings, gotta celebrate the small wins!

Conservatives also have more seats in Ottawa and hopefully will form a majority next time around

Frightened Boomers, welfare recipients and government workers got the Libs over the finish line, congratulations!

[creative]

The true Conservative Party died with Brian Mulroney in 2023. What we have now is an offshoot of the reform/alliance party masquerading as the Conservative Party of Canada. The Conservative Party used to be centre right but have now moved far right like our friends to the South of us. I’m hoping that the Liberals under Carney move back to the centre from the center left. Time will tell.

[bravado]

Frightened Boomers, welfare recipients and government workers got the Libs over the finish line, congratulations!

It’s so weird seeing a “money and the ethnic vote” moment in 2025

[panamaniac]

Although I’m disappointed with the outcome of the general election I’m glad to see Kitchener Centre turn blue along with the neighbouring ridings, gotta celebrate the small wins!

Conservatives also have more seats in Ottawa and hopefully will form a majority next time around

Frightened Boomers, welfare recipients and government workers got the Libs over the finish line, congratulations!

You need to add "women" to your list.