Reply #6: Conservatives gained from Liberal losses [View All]

[alcina]

Your speculation isn't quite accurate: A party requires 155 seat to be the majority; the cons took 167. Even with a few seats going from Liberal to NDP, the "split" was not enough to compensate for that gain. The simple fact is that the Liberals tanked, and both the NDP and Conservatives took an enormous number of seats from the Liberals. Unfortunately, the end result was better for Harper than for Layton.

In the light of day, having slept off the shock, I realize I shouldn't be that surprised by Harper's gains in Ontario, and in Toronto in particular. They did, after all, recently elect the neanderthal Rob Ford as mayor, though *that* appeared to be more a result of vote-splitting.

My friend, who lives in the Toronto islands, joked that at least they won't have to worry now about the cons turning the islands into an offshore brothel (http://www.thestar.com/news/article/958062--mammoliti-pushes-for-toronto-island-brothels?bn=1). Harper will instead use them for a detainment camp.

Yay! Can't wait to get home....