[GullFoss]

I for one am quite content with the outcome.

1) a weakened NDP/Green vote suggests consensus for a balanced approach to climate change

2) If you only look at policy, the liberals had some big wins (tax and redistribution policy) and some big losses (mostly related to the energy bills and tmx pipeline). The resource file drove Western alienation, which is a big misstep. That suggests enough for a second term, although in a minority capacity.

3) My biggest gripe is that no one really voted on SNC lavelin, which was truly egregious and should have turned a LPC minority into a CPC minority. It didn't matter. The entire loss distribution was either reversion to the mean (Atlantic Canada) or resource policy (Western Canada) related. The Liberals lost one seat due to SNC - in Vancouver.

4) the conservatives didn't make sufficient inroads into ON. That cost them the election. You have to look at the GTA as it's own province and the CPC maybe won 5 of 60 seats. It's not good enough. The CPC needs a broader strategy that focuses on the needs of the GTA. In my view that focus has to be on one of three things:
- good jobs for young people
- quality of life in GTA
- environment

I think the first one - good jobs for young people - is the biggest one the CPC can focus on. And to me that starts with a massive increase in subsidized cross country post-secondary education. Providing hope and opportunity for those in rural areas, mainland Vancouver and the GTA. It's a winning policy. Everyone who has kids can see that coming out of university with $100k+ in debt is a true hardship for middle class families, but you need a post-secondary education to get ahead these days