Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Canada votes in a minority government

We watched live coverage of CANADA'S 40th GENERAL ELECTION on CBC tonight, thanks to a simulcast on C-SPAN.
Prime Minister STEPHEN HARPER and his CONSERVATIVE PARTY made gains across the country compared to the 2006 federal election, but projections and final ballot tallies indicate the Tories will not have enough seats in Parliament to win a majority government.
The BLOC QUÉBÉCOIS did well in Québec, where Conservatives had hoped for a breakthrough. Tory gaffes sunk the party in the province, however, and might have spoiled Harper's hopes for a majority.
Our own election is less than a month away. It was fun watching our neighbors to the north make their decisions tonight.

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