That's great for the political class but Canada and average Canadians will get screwed! M
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sandwichman Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 7:47 PM To: RE-DESIGNING WORK, INCOME DISTRIBUTION,EDUCATION Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Futurework] some prelim thoughts on election It's a great outcome. Should be gratifying to nearly 3/4s of the electorate! 40% got a majority Conservative government, 30% got a strong NDP opposition and 4% got a Green party leader elected to parliament. I'd say it's not bad when 75% of the electorate get something positive from the outcome. On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 6:17 AM, Arthur Cordell <[email protected]> wrote: A paradoxical outcome. All the talk of getting together or call it what you will (coalition or whatever) went over OK. Until the NDP numbers showed amazing strength. As the numbers for the NDP grew and the Libs slid the talk of a possible NDP govt (with the Libs and NDP getting together, perhaps with the Bloc) seemed to drive right wing Libs to vote Conservative. And gave the Conservatives the majority that barely seemed possible at the beginning of the campaign, ie., before the NDP surge. A by product of the NDP strength was to eliminate, at least for now, the Bloc. As the commentators said over and over again: Elections bring unexpected results. As for the drop in the Libs. I leave that for others to discern. Some prelim morning after thoughts. Arthur _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework -- Sandwichman
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