If you’d have told me even 4 months that there was a slight chance to beat PP, I’d have been ecstatic. I hope that his career (and the political feasibility of faschy candidates like him) implodes after tonight.
There was an organized protest campaign run where a whole bunch of people ran in PP’s riding to bring visibility to the mishandling of electoral reform in Canada, specifically around ranked choice voting and proportional representation. Liberals ran on it in 2010 and then failed to do anything other than make a mess of moving away from first past the post .
Thanks for the explanation! I’m familiar with the voting reform issue (and still salty Trudeau didn’t carry through on it), but some other readers might not be.
If you’d have told me even 4 months that there was a slight chance to beat PP, I’d have been ecstatic. I hope that his career (and the political feasibility of faschy candidates like him) implodes after tonight.
I would find it amusing if the “Independent party” ended up taking Carleton (ie: more voters voted independent than PP).
[edit] Woohoo! Looks like Carleton is likely going to (LPC) Bruce Fanjoy despite the plethora of independents. PP loses his seat!
He’ll probably just replace a CPC somewhere else, but I’d love to see this as a signal that conservative Canadians don’t want populism or fascism.
That reminds me - what the heck is up with the candidates in Carlton? Who are all these independents?
There was an organized protest campaign run where a whole bunch of people ran in PP’s riding to bring visibility to the mishandling of electoral reform in Canada, specifically around ranked choice voting and proportional representation. Liberals ran on it in 2010 and then failed to do anything other than make a mess of moving away from first past the post .
Thanks for the explanation! I’m familiar with the voting reform issue (and still salty Trudeau didn’t carry through on it), but some other readers might not be.
Currently losing his own riding. Jagmeet too, but both have few polls reporting.