Well its the day after and for me, the nightmare scenario of Trudeau with a majority. I could have lived with it in a minority.
He's going to have to go a long ways to earn trust out here, especially with his primary adviser through all of this being a pretty virulent anti-anything oil former adviser to Dalton McQuinty running things.
I don't believe that Trudeau has changed his core beliefs from a while ago where he was fairly anti-alberta having any real say in the government of Canada let alone running it. I can't help but hope that unlike previous Liberal governments that they don't treat this province like a piggy bank to fund vote buying programs in Ontario and Quebec.
He's now going to have to clarify his incredibly vague campaign promises, and show that he's not the guy with a terrible attendance record in parliament that couldn't function during question period.
The day of being just a social media guy has to end, he's going to have to not only lead the nation, but do his home work, on the foreign policy side of things, something that he's shown he has little to no understanding of. He can no longer be vague and flowery, he has to be able to explain and sell everything that his government is going to do.
The Conservatives didn't get destroyed or devastated, but they need to now rebuild the party, and also form an effective opposition, which in a majority situation is tough to do, they're basically going to have to hold the Liberals feet to the fire starting with the next budget.
I don't know where the NDP is going from here, this is a devastating result for them, and the temptation will be for them to slip back to being the loony left.
None of the parties ran a great campaign, the thirst for change generated it, and good for Canadians' for exercising their democratic rights, lets hope that they're not let down.
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