GT: Federal Election

[corporatejay]

Matt Grant just conceded and called Webber to offer congrats.

[Bunk]

Originally Posted by corporatejay

Matt Grant just conceded and called Webber to offer congrats.

Very disappointed for Matt Grant. That guy could not have done more to try and get elected.

Nevertheless, it will long be a competitive riding now I think.

[Knut]

Congrats to Kent.

First non conservative vote for me and having personally met him multiple times I am happy with his representation for us federally.

[savemedrzaius]

Originally Posted by Two Fivenagame

Glad to see Kent Hehr standing up against the conservatives. If he loses, I hope he doesn't take it sitting down.

This has got be a Yogism.

[DownInFlames]

I'm very happy for Kent and I think he'll do a great job representing us. A cabinet position would look good on him.

[combustiblefuel]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

Right and left have vastly different meanings in the US & Canada my friend.

No kidding. Our Conservatives are like there democrats almost. Just shows how messed up there politics really are.

[Nehkara]

Wow!

They've "uncalled" Kootenay-Columbia now. Wayne Stetski (NDP) now leads by 412 votes after it the riding had earlier been called for David Wilks (CPC). Two polls left.

This puts CPC under 100 seats to 99.

184/99/44/10/1

[Nehkara]

Wayne Stetski has won Kootenay-Columbia by 285 votes.

[Bunk]

Originally Posted by Nehkara

Wow!

They've "uncalled" Kootenay-Columbia now. Wayne Stetski (NDP) now leads by 412 votes after it the riding had earlier been called for David Wilks (CPC). Two polls left.

This puts CPC under 100 seats to 99.

184/99/44/10/1

It was the Gretzky endorsement.

[rubecube]

I'm curious if the CPC supporters on here agree with some of the predictions concerning the fate of the party. Don Martin on CTV was saying he believed that we're likely to them shift further to the right because they don't have a lot of promising up and comers in the party, and a lot of the moderates either lost their seats or resigned prior to the election (i.e. MacKay and Baird).

[EldrickOnIce]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

Electing the first Liberal MP in Calgary since 1968 is a pretty big deal. The Liberals need to try and build on that and hopefully they see it as an opportunity and Calgary benefits.

But do they?
They had a majority before they left Ontario.

[Flash Walken]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Ezra is having some technical difficulties tonight, his new crowdfunded studio can't seem to pick up the mics very well. I swear I only watched for 2 minutes...

Originally Posted by vennegoor of hesselink

probably therebel.ca

Originally Posted by troutman

Ezra makes $$$ from his sock puppets either way.

He may have actually learned to keep his yap shut:

n his blogging about Canada’s hate speech laws, right-wing personality Ezra Levant defamed a young law student as a serial liar, a bigot and a Jew-hating “illiberal Islamic fascist,” bent on destroying Canada’s tradition of free expression, a judge has found.

For these unfair, false and “extremely serious” written comments, which were motivated by “ill will,” and showed a “reckless disregard for the truth,” Mr. Levant must pay Khurrum Awan $80,000, Judge Wendy Matheson of Ontario Superior Court ruled Thursday.

Mr. Awan is now a lawyer in Saskatchewan, but in 2007 he was the public face of a campaign to protest the representation of Muslims in Maclean’s magazine. This led to three failed human rights complaints and spurred Canada’s first online culture war over the hate speech section of the Canadian Human Rights Act.

That law has since been repealed by the Harper government and this case was one of the last loose ends in the broader conflict. As a total victory for Mr. Awan, it represents the revenge of the “sock puppet.”

This was the condescending nickname Mr. Levant and others used for him on the theory the law student was being manipulated in his anti-Islamophobia advocacy by Mohamed Elmasry, former head of the Canadian Islamic Congress (CIC), who had earlier torpedoed his own credibility with inflammatory comments about the Mideast conflict on a television talk show.

But Mr. Awan did not have as close a relationship with Mr. Elmasry as Mr. Levant repeatedly claimed, nor did he share his controversial views, Judge Matheson found.

As she put it, “Much of what [Mr. Levant] wanted to talk about at trial related more to Dr. Elmasry than to [Mr. Awan].”

She ruled there is “ample evidence before me demonstrating express malice on the part of [Mr. Levant],” especially the fact he “did little or no fact-checking regarding the posts complained of, either before or after their publication.”

“I find that [Mr. Levant’s] dominant motive in these blog posts was ill will, and that his repeated failure to take even basic steps to check his facts showed a reckless disregard for the truth.”

Mr. Levant “ought to have been aware of the serious ramifications of his words on the reputation of this law student. Yet, at trial, he repeatedly tried to minimize his mistakes and his lack of diligence.”

The judge rejected the argument of Iain MacKinnon, Mr. Levant’s lawyer, readers of his blog would not take his comments “at face value” because they would be “well aware of Mr. Levant’s penchant to stir controversy and make outlandish comments.”

She ordered Mr. Levant to remove the posts from his website within 15 days — they have been posted there for years — and pay Mr. Awan $50,000 in general damages plus $30,000 in aggravated damages.

“Mr. Awan is very pleased with the decision and is grateful that at long last he has been vindicated,” said his lawyer, Brian Shiller.

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/ca...slamic-fascist

[Fuzz]

Sad to see Matt Grant not make it, good job for Hehr though! Surprised to see NDP numbers move up since I went to bed.

[Looch City]

Preliminary numbers for voter turnout say 68%, up from 61% in 2011.

[Mike F]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

Right and left have vastly different meanings in the US & Canada my friend.

Originally Posted by Caged Great

Most conservatives would likely vote democrat except those that would've voted Canadian Alliance back in the 90's.

The right in Canada is more or less the center in America.

True, but that doesn't change the fact that they've each got socialist bogeymen (the NEP in Canada, single payer healthcare in the US) on the verge of being pseudo-resurrected.

[EldrickOnIce]

He would have tweeted this today:
In 1972, Richard Nixon predicted the future: "I'd like to toast the future prime minister of Canada: to (baby) Justin Pierre Trudeau"

[SHOGUN]

[EldrickOnIce]

Liberals wins 54% of seats with 39.5% of national vote. Justin has promised to reform the system that has now given him a clear majority.
Will be interesting to see if he makes good

[Looch City]

^ that's a little freaky haha

[HotHotHeat]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

Kent is certainly loved by his supporters. I would think Trudeau has to consider him for a cabinet spot to get some Alberta representation in there.

https://twitter.com/MLumsden770/stat...46189688795137

I really, really want to think Trudeau is going to go about this in an inclusive way, and supported Matt Grant in my riding, but I'm finding it impossible not to prepare myself for Liberal shunning when it comes to representation in our next gov't.

Prove me wrong, Justin.