Canadian election coverage Monday night

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Doug Eastick

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Sep 17, 2021, 7:21:53 PM9/17/21
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Our federal election is on Monday.  As I was driving today, I started wondering who the Canadian Kornacki is.  Who's the "map/wall person"?

I'll have to look at the various network teams this weekend.

Any Canadian listers have network preferences?


Chris Neuman

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Sep 17, 2021, 11:36:24 PM9/17/21
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I’m a CBC man myself, going back to the Knowlton Nash years. Can’t think of a Kornacki surrogate … maybe someone from 338? (For our US viewers, there are 338 seats in the House of Commons; comparisons to Nate Silver are encouraged). 

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Kevin M.

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Sep 18, 2021, 12:45:42 PM9/18/21
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In my heart, I choose to believe that Canadian election days are tremendously Canadian. Like, instead of polling stations, everybody goes to Tim Hortons, where there are differently colored Tim Bits, each color representing a different candidate. You eat the colored Tim Bit to cast your vote, and if you eat more than one… hey… that’s ok… it’s Canada. The winning candidate gets to slap the losing candidates in the face with a hockey stick. Then everybody drinks Molson and eats back bacon.

I wish I lived in Canada 

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Doug Eastick

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Sep 18, 2021, 3:17:34 PM9/18/21
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I wish I could vote for Jacques de Gatineau (formerly de Gautier), but he no longer pursued his career in politics.

Watch norm explain it.



Doug Eastick

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Sep 18, 2021, 8:34:02 PM9/18/21
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For the Americans on the list .. I'm wondering if C-SPAN will simulcast the CBC feed again.

Your color legend is as follows:
. Red.  Liberal. Left of center. Justin Trudeau.
. Blue. Conservative. Right of center. Erin O'Toole.
. Orange. New Democratic Party, NDP. Jagmeet Singh. Lefter... Unions... Working people.
. Green. Green party. Can't remember her name.
. Purple.  People's party of Canada, PPC.   Most strongly affiliated with antivax, "my choice to get vaccinated", racist,  white, and actually throwing rocks at Trudeau.    If the Canadian parliament was stormed by a party like in the USA, this would be that kind of party.


Polls are currently at statistical tie between Liberals and Conservatives.





On Sat., Sep. 18, 2021, 12:45 p.m. Kevin M., <drunkba...@gmail.com> wrote:

Bob Jersey

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Sep 18, 2021, 8:40:38 PM9/18/21
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Oddly, back here stateside, the mostly-lefty Democrats have lately been rendered in blue, leaving red to the righty Republicans.  A few decades ago it was the same as the Canucks still have.   B

Doug Eastick, to Kevin M and Chris Neuman, September 18th:

Brad Beam

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Sep 18, 2021, 9:58:55 PM9/18/21
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The Greens: Annamie Paul

 

Also: light blue is assigned to the separatist Bloc Québécois party, led by *looks it up* Yves-François Blanchet (YFB, to ses amis).

 

With 170 needed for a majority, the standings are currently:

155 Lib

119 Con

32 BQ

24 NDP

2 Green

5 independent

Doug Eastick

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Sep 18, 2021, 10:20:32 PM9/18/21
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Apologies, I forgot the Bloc in my list.  They don't run candidates outside of Quebec, which is why it slipped my mind.



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