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Federal Politics
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kcantor
Senior Member
Sooo...
My favourite headline tag line of the day, sadly likely destined to be one of my favourites of all time:
"Is the girl-boss era coming to an ignoble end?"
"The Liberals are never held accountable for the female sacrificial lambs they send out for slaughter to save the position of a mediocre man."
From The Hill Times
My favourite headline tag line of the day, sadly likely destined to be one of my favourites of all time:
"Is the girl-boss era coming to an ignoble end?"
"The Liberals are never held accountable for the female sacrificial lambs they send out for slaughter to save the position of a mediocre man."
From The Hill Times
David A
Senior Member
I have some good free advise for the PM, which he would probably be wise to take this time - don't mess with Frida!
She may be loyal ... so far, but don't forget the KGB underestimated her and she made them look foolish in the end.
She may be loyal ... so far, but don't forget the KGB underestimated her and she made them look foolish in the end.
Glenco
Senior Member
Kamala Harris says 'we are going to win' as top Democrats endorse her
The US vice-president, bidding to be the Democratic Party's presidential candidate, is backed by former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.
www.bbc.com
David A
Senior Member
I continue to have a great deal of admiration and respect for Biden, despite all his recent likely age related difficulties. He yet again has put his country first and has done what is right.Kamala Harris says 'we are going to win' as top Democrats endorse her
The US vice-president, bidding to be the Democratic Party's presidential candidate, is backed by former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.www.bbc.com
I wish some other politicians who have been around too long would put their ego and delusions aside and do likewise.
Gronk!
Senior Member
US President Kamala Harris has a nice ring to it!
BASE
Active Member
Not sure why i got onto this but was looking at the population clock and decided to compare current federal parliament current seat count under the new allotments if a election were held today to see which provinces are under/over represented. I know there are numerous reasons why smaller provinces have better representation so not saying it necessarily should be exactly equal. I wasn't surprised Ontario was the most under represented province in terms of actual seats but was a bit surprised Sask was most overrepresented as things stand currently. AB about right where I would expect it after gaining 3 new seats in most recent redistribution round.
| Province | Seat Allocation | Current pop July 23, 2024 | ppl/seat | Seats if even (using 121,629/seat) *among provinces only | Difference from current (seat numbers) |
| ON | 122 | 16,201,473 | 132,799 | 133.2 | 11.2 |
| QC | 78 | 9,112,073 | 116,821 | 74.9 | -3.1 |
| BC | 43 | 5,713,362 | 132,869 | 47.0 | 4.0 |
| AB | 37 | 4,917,445 | 132,904 | 40.4 | 3.4 |
| MB | 14 | 1,500,200 | 107,157 | 12.3 | -1.7 |
| SK | 14 | 1,242,716 | 88,765 | 10.2 | -3.8 |
| NS | 11 | 1,082,207 | 98,382 | 8.9 | -2.1 |
| NB | 10 | 861,275 | 86,128 | 7.1 | -2.9 |
| NL | 7 | 543,865 | 77,695 | 4.5 | -2.5 |
| PEI | 4 | 179,205 | 44,801 | 1.5 | -2.5 |
| All | 340 | 41,353,821 | 121,629 |
David A
Senior Member
Interesting. While Alberta's difference is only 3 seats or so, I suspect that 40 vs. 37 may make more difference here than say where in Ontario they wouldn't notice almost a dozen because well they still decide elections anyways.
Tropical
Active Member
I would look at it a little more granularly than that. Ontario delivers very diverse results for all 3 parties, rather than the Conservative wall that comes from Alberta. Ontario doesn't really function as an electoral monolith that decides elections. There isn't really an electoral path for any party that doesn't rely on other regions in addition to Ontario seats.
That said, a huge proportion of ridings that can easily move between parties are in suburban Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver - and especially Greater Toronto. I'd suggest that framing.
David A
Senior Member
While this is true, I look at it a bit differently than that. Yes on a granular level all three parties do win seats in Ontario and are competitive in others.
But if a party wants to become government it generally needs to win a majority or more of the seats in Ontario and that is usually what happens.
Most of Alberta's 37 seats provide a good boost for the Conservatives and help lower the threshold elsewhere a bit, but on their own they do not do it.
SumAqua
New Member
Looks like there's going to be a new federal political party aiming to be more in the center called the Canadian Future Party.
archited
Senior Member
Isn't that what the Progressive Conservative Party was supposed to be -- it is right in their name.
David A
Senior Member
Yeah, but the conservatives side didn't like the progressive side or really want them in the party and it turned out there were more of the former so they took over and went in a different direction.
And just to make it even more clear the Federal party name is just Conservative now, except for some provincial remnants. So those former Progressive Conservatives have really been without a party now for decades, some have stuck with the successor to their former party and others perhaps voting for whoever most appeals to them at the time.
David A
Senior Member
More problems for Randy's former business/business partner
globalnews.ca
Boissonnault’s former company, business partner face civil fraud allegation | Globalnews.ca
Global Health Imports, co-founded by cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault, faces its seventh lawsuit and a new allegation of fraud.
globalnews.ca