[Canada] Canadian Politics Redux

[Malthus]

Heh, Canadian politics at its finest! 

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/quebec-fixer-takes-credit-for-clark-ouster-1981-pq-win/article19131195/

Also:

Among the delegates Mr. Lortie signed up were candidates and supporters he recruited during the 1981 Quebec election, in which he said the separatist Parti Québécois asked him to revive the defunct Union National party to help split the federalist vote.

"They asked me to make a fake election for 100 candidates, so I said, 'Perfect. Me, I can.' I want to organize, I organize," Mr. Lortie said in the CBC interview. "I charge nothing. They pay for the expenses. Me, like I said, I like to organize. I didn't need the money. I did it for fun."

He said he recruited his wife, people from his office, his secretary's husband and dozens of other "phony candidates." The PQ defeated Claude Ryan's Liberals in the election.

Nice to know he was an equal opportunity bag-man.

[Josephus]

Liberal majority likely.

My riding....NDP beats PC incumbent.

Nobody reads newsapers

[HVC]

Lol stupid ndp

[Josephus]

Huge defeat for Conservatives

[HVC]

Huge defeat for Conservatives

hudak. Huge lose for him. If they had a more charismatic leader they would have done better. Plus he lost all the government worker votes
Right off the bat. 

[Josephus]

As much a loss for the party as it is for him

[Ancient Demon]

hudak. Huge lose for him. If they had a more charismatic leader they would have done better. Plus he lost all the government worker votes
Right off the bat.

How could he have had many government worker votes to lose?

[Barrister]

Good grief.

Ontario is full of some really stupid people.

[Josephus]

Good grief.

Ontario is full of some really stupid people.

No.

Launching a campaign that says "Vote for me and I'll fire 100,000 of you"

Now that's stupid.

[Grey Fox]

Good grief.

Ontario is full of some really stupid people.

Sure when Quebec elects Libs, it's the best thing ever when Ontario does it, it is stupid.

Pick a side, ROC.

[Malthus]

I did not see this one comming. Held my nose and voted Conservative, hoping for a minority government. Liberal majority.

[Malthus]

Good grief.

Ontario is full of some really stupid people.

Sure when Quebec elects Libs, it's the best thing ever when Ontario does it, it is stupid.

Pick a side, ROC.

As you may know, just because they have the same name doesn't make them the same. Each province has its own trajectory.

[Grey Fox]

I did not see this one comming. Held my nose and voted Conservative, hoping for a minority government. Liberal majority.

Eh, I did the same thing back in April, voted PQ hoping for a minority government. Liberal majority.

[Maximus]

My brother-in-law in Alberta sends his regards to the few good people left in Ontario. Do we have any of those here?

[Grey Fox]

My brother-in-law in Alberta sends his regards to the few good people left in Ontario. Do we have any of those here?

The NPD voters? Josephus & Sask.