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Originally Posted by photon
I guess, but are the Cons going to be able to make more gains with a minority government? Libs come back with a better(?) leader and those voters who stayed away from the Libs due to Dion and the general lameness of the Liberals come flocking back.
I guess we'll see, the worst part is another election sooner rather than later.
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The thing is that the place the Cons were supposed to gain support was in Quebec against the Bloc. They didn't do that, but the silver lining is that the left is further fractured as the NDP have made big gains on the Liberals.
Now, we're going to see a bit of extra pandering to Quebec and to the Maritimes and next time around, maybe that'll be the bit that pushes them over the hump.
Surprisingly, the Liberals actually gained a couple of seats in Quebec, but that's not a big deal since the Bloc only gained one seat as well, while the Cons lost two and the other one was (I don't know) independent?
So the landscape in Quebec is virtually unchanged. Still prime territory for both the Cons and the Libs. Whichever party does better in the next couple years in Quebec will gain the most in the next election.