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Canadians voted for a sweeping change in government Monday, giving Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau a majority to end the nearly 10-year rule of Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Election returns showed Trudeau's Liberals winning a majority of the 338 seats in Parliament. With 85% of polls reporting, the Liberals either won or were leading in 185 seats. The party needed to win 170 seats for a majority government.
Trudeau, 43, the oldest son of the late prime minister Pierre, will become the second youngest prime minister in Canadian history.
The story is being carried by USA Today and just about every major news outlet. There were some economic takes on the election as well.
takyon: Results at CBC and BBC. DeSmog Canada has an analysis focusing on potential shifts in environmental and science policies:
The Liberal party has taken a strong stance on the war on science in Canada, promising to free scientists to speak publicly about their work. Trudeau has also promised to instate a Parliamentary Science Officer to ensure transparency, expertise and independence of federal scientists. This position will mirror that of the Parliamentary Budget Officer.
In addition to unmuzzling scientists, the party also wants to work collaboratively with the provinces, First Nations and other stakeholders when it comes to ocean management. This is significant in light of the Conservative government's de-funding of numerous marine science programs, including the only research being conducted into the effects of industrial pollutants on marine mammals. The Liberal party has promised to reinstate $40 million of funding for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by VLM on Tuesday October 20 2015, @12:40PM
Wow what a love fest for our northern tier "Hope and Change" good luck with that, look what we got stuck with vs what we were promised.
Anyway how about some contrarian balance?
I was hoping they'd elect a crazed warmonger who would invade the USA, 1812 style, and torture our formerly northern tier states by subjecting the new Canadians in the former upper midwest in the former states of WA to ME with civilized health care, maple syrup, hockey, and legendarily beautiful Canadian women, or preferably all at the same time.
Do you think I can taunt the Canadians into invading? "Eh! Eh you! Poutine sucks! Yeah I bet you don't like that, go ahead and invade and give us a civilized government and culture, go ahead, I triple dog dare you, or else I'm going to start making jokes about hockey being a game for big babies!"
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday October 20 2015, @01:10PM
Yeah, if we'd been able to vote for Rob Ford, i'm sure he would have been Prime Minister and then... whoah... look out, you, you Americans... we'd invade you like snot from a kids nose, you bet! You've got lots of that there cocaine stuff down there... man, like snot. You'd have to watch out then, eh, you Americans, eh?
Whoah... we'd be all up in your bitches and Doggs and hoes. We like hoes: big, dirty hoes. Oh yes, the bigger and dirtier the hoe, the better, eh!?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpY8JqwhJCQ [youtube.com]
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. I have always been here. ---Gaaark 2.0 --
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 20 2015, @04:29PM
They have sort of invaded with hockey teams and assorted comedians and rock singers. Does that count?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 20 2015, @07:24PM
Quiet you, or they might unleash Celine Dione on us again.