Overall, Canada's pollsters continue to be very good at their jobs
Special congratulations to the Mainstreet team this election!
Source: Polling Canada on Mastodon
It's a weird situation. Like it or not, Polievre just achieved the highest Conservative vote share since the 1980s.
That he still lost is astonishing, and it'll be a while before anyone can sort out the path forward.
But I suspect they'll keep him around.
Yeah, they'll probably just parachute him into an Alberta riding. We're not rid of him yet.
A few scattered thoughts on this:
The NDP are leaderless, and are therefore agendaless until they can get organized again.
They're also probably broke, and in no position to fight another election.
While they certainly hold a good position in the new HoC, there's bound to be some introspection about how that worked out for them last time.
I guess the obvious question is whether it was ever attached to her or Belinda...
That probably means you keep good company - I would trust polls over anecdotes.
It's worth noting that in the months preceding the 1995 referendum, the "yes" movement was hovering around 37%. They managed to propel that to 49.42% result in the referendum itself.
Definitely not to be taken lightly.
That poll is cited in the piece, and the fact that separatist sentiments in AB and SK are roughly on par with QC (where it's still treated as a serious threat) is kind of the central point.
We are all Robyn Gossage from "Lux", and she is us.
I'm willing to withhold judgment - the TARDIS violently "bouncing off" of that date is fun - but it is a bit of a head-scratcher. Right up there with the Weeping Angels Paradox that claimed Amy and Rory.
You wanted them to kill Belinda with a frock? You monster.
I can't remember, do we know for certain how many episodes she's in? Is it this one and the two-part finale?
How funny would it be if this turned out to be true?