Even if the liberals win that riding with absentees ballots its going to be a new day. They still have to find a way to appoint a speaker (probably green?) and will have to all be at the leg in person for every vote to pass. Plus the first byelection that pops up will be a deathmatch. Hopefully they will show some more respect for the process and people outside their cronies this time around.
The greens will take this as a huge victory and continue to harm the causes on the left they claim to be supporting by throwing even more at the next election and vote splitting so I'm sure this will just be a brief interlude for the Libs long run. I wish we had proper liberal and conservative parties.
Also gotta say that the plan for cheap daycare was not a terrible idea. As a parent of two young kids, seeing the burden that daycare puts on young families, and how many people it ultimately takes out of the workforce (also how many new workers are never even born because their parents can't afford kids).... that idea is inevitable in Canada if we ever want to reach a point where our population grows without immigration. Economically it is farsighted and its an area our society needs to get its #### together.
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