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And if Bobby Orr was healthy his entire career, I'm pretty sure he'd have been universally considered better than either of them. Doesn't mean I want to retire his number league-wide.

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I do...you added the Liberal vote in there.

No, they had 43 in the 80s under Ed Broadbent. It's a great issue for their core supporters, i.e. affluent people. They're the ones who spend more in disposable income, so they're the ones who would benefit the most. Whereas poorer Canadians spend less and would thus save less, plus they get a GST rebate when the file their income tax return anyway. Being rich myself, I have no problem with tax cuts for the rich.

It's going to be very hard for them to cut the GST, because none of the other parties support the policy. On the other hand, introducing the bill now might be a good thing for the Tories. If the opposition defeats it, they bring the government down and we have another election, and the electorate would probably be in a bad enough mood at that move that they would send the Tories back to Ottawa with a majority. If they don't defeat it, well, the Tories get what they wanted all along.

The Greens didn't win any seats in the House, so they're still powerless. But yes, the Tories won't be able to do much of anything aside from working on government accountability and crime in this Parliament (which were the only things everyone agreed were problems in the first place). They can't do anything involving finances without support from the other parties, because if they get defeated in a vote on a finance bill, BAM, there's another election. Since no one wants that, they'll have to tread extremely carefully and govern pretty strictly from the centre. The social issues will end up being determined on a case-by-case basis, since the government can be defeated on those without falling.

John Manley and Frank McKenna will probably be frontrunners for the Liberal leadership. Martin resigning shouldn't be a shock. Any Liberal leader who lost power after 12 years of government would be expected to resign. Frankly, he's looked like he's wanted to resign throughout most of this campaign, and really for most of his last term.

Speaking of lightweights, John Baird was elected in my riding. Joy.

CBC had him losing to the Bloc candidate. Elections Canada has him losing as well. Thank God. One of the biggest lightweights ever to make the cabinet. I was embarassed to be working for Health Canada when he became Minister of Health.

Pierre Pettigrew was defeated. My biggest smile of the night.

WE WANT FLAIR It's like 1991 all over again.

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The last Tory government governed on a huge majority. I see the Tories getting defeated on a money bill sometime inside of two years. It's inevitable, given that none of the other parties agrees with them on any social issue. The Liberals would never align themselves with the NDP, and I don't see any need for it. They're not even close to being as weak as the PCs were after 1993. Once Martin resigns and some new blood gets in to revamp the party's image, they should come back strongly. Besides, the main problem is, and will continue to be, the Bloc Quebecois. No party is going to win a majority with the BQ as strong as they are right now.

More than anything, it means we're likely going back to the polls within eighteen months.

Looks like I spoke too soon. The ridings yet to report should push Tories + NDP over the top if they choose to go that route.

Damn, and I thought this was going to be a discussion of what idiots those guys are.

Sorry, I can't see how that last part would be fun.

That was an early poll. Another shutout. The really interesting thing is that the Tories are definitely going to need the support of the Bloc to form a government. I was expecting them to be close enough to 154 that they'd be able to form a coalition with the NDP.

Alberta should be coming in now. The polls are closed everywhere but B.C.

Huh...every time I look up, the Liberals are leading in one more seat.

So might the L.A. Clippers. But I'm sure not betting on it.

Conservatives are going to win. The Liberals are down in the Maritimes.

Yes, the anticipation is killing me. In a good way, though.

They just reported that Coliacovo only has a concussion on the telecast.

Shit, Coliaccovo's hurt bad. Unconscious and bleeding hugely from the head.