Rock the Vote Part 3 - by wongoz

Good citizens of Canada, I salute you! Regardless of the fact that the Libs have retained power, albeit in a minority government, an impressive 60.5% of registered voters turned out to cast a vote! The 2 Guys can't claim all the credit, but we'd like to think our exhortations did have something to do with it... :P

alright, so the fallout of the election has yet to be determined, but basically, the Canadian electorate has given the Liberal platform another chance, though with some restraint, to be sure. A surprisingly poor showing by the Conservatives (do we still call them Tories?) in central and eastern Canada means that though the party represents the strongest opposition to the government in some time, they really only represent western Canada (shades of the Reform party and the Canadian Alliance? i think so.).

The big winners are the NDP and the Bloc Québecois. The Bloc has brought the sovereignty issue back on thre front burner, while the NDP demonstrated that left-leaning Canada does indeed still exist. In fact, the parties I consider to be left-leaning garnered almost 20% of the popular vote - something that cannot be ignored.

So what can we expect in the next little while? Well, first of all, there will be a lot more political tangoing than we've seen in some time. The Libs need a partner to push through any legislation (and to avoid a loss of a vote of confidence, which would trigger another election), and that makes the NDP the real powerbroker, as the Grits probably don't want to be seen cozying up to the BQ.

Well, it might not be very efficient, and there might be a lot more political dancing to be done, but at least it's something that we've chosen for ourselves.

Next up: Apollo's take on new Raptors coach Sam Mitchell.