Justin Trudeau Headed for Victory in Canada, National Broadcaster Projects

[Hamlette]

Source: NYTimes

OTTAWA — In an upset, Justin Trudeau, the leader of Canada’s Liberal Party, has unseated the Conservative prime minister, Stephen Harper, according to a projection by the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. on Monday night.
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For much of the 78-day race, all three major political parties were in a statistical dead heat, according to various polls. While the Liberal Party, led by Mr. Trudeau, the son of Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, had emerged on top in several polls over the past week.
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Although Mr. Trudeau has been prone to occasional verbal slips since assuming his leadership role in 2013, including the use of a vulgar metaphor in response to Mr. Harper’s decision to commit Royal Canadian Air Force fighters to the multinational campaign against the Islamic State, he has grown in stature over the course of the election.

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I love John Oliver! Finally, Harper finally gone in Canada!

[99th_Monkey]

1. OMG! What's this world coming to? A Socialist in UK, A Liberal in Canada, What next?

A Democratic Socialist in US!!! That's what. You knew that was coming.

GO BERNIE!!!

[tomm2thumbs]

2. Optimism & taxes.... triumphs over pessimism & penny-pinching

* link for news
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada

[PDittie]

3. The Liberals are actually centrist. Here's the spectrum of parties, left to right.

http://www.thecanadaguide.com/political-parties

[forest444]

4. Correct me if I'm wrong.

But I suspect that Canada's Liberals = Bernie Sanders Democrats in the U.S.

Progressive Conservatives = Hillary Clinton Democrats

Conservatives = "Establishment" Republicans in the '60s and '70s

Reform Alliance = Boehner, Jeb Bush, and most other establishment Republicans today

Canadian Skinheads = the Tea Party and Freedom Caucus.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

5. Nope

We just elected the Hillary Dems over the Tea party. The NDP were the Sanders camp, and they just got obliterated.

[forest444]

6. I see. Thanks!

I had no idea the Progressive Conservatives had shifted that far to the right since the days of Joe Clark and Mulroney.

This isn't your father's Progressive Conservative party, is it.

[rationalcalgarian]

7. You got that right!

And they dropped the "progressive" from the party name.... didn't want to be associated with people who could read and write or care about "ordinary" citizens. They're just conservatives now because being "progressive" means they might want to make things better. Can't have that in fuckwit Harper's government.

[forest444]

11. And Canada's voters certainly gave them their answer tonight.

Pleasure meeting you, rationalcalgarian.

[rationalcalgarian]

18. Yes... yes we did!

the feeling's mutual, forest!

[joshcryer]

8. Canadians didn't fall for the dynasty rhetoric.

[rationalcalgarian]

9. Whiny little bitch Harper runs away!

http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/stephen-harper-resigns-as-conservative-leader-1.2617950

Cry me a river, asshole! Pierre Trudeau was defeated but had the balls to sit in Opposition and then regained the title of Prime Minister. You, you fucking coward, run away! You couldn't carry Trudeau's jockstrap, fuckwit!

[Little Tich]

10. Welcome back Canada, we missed you! n/t

[davidpdx]

12. Harper is toast

Whoo

[Ichingcarpenter]

13. good news Canada looks like

a good coalition of left votes overwhelming the right in the new Parliament.

[muriel_volestrangler]

14. Final result: Liberal 184, Con 99, NDP 44, Bloc Quebecois 10, Green 1

http://www.cbc.ca/includes/federalelection/dashboard/

That's a healthy majority, that should withstand any small-scale rebellions or by-election defeats (and the NDP and Cons are unlikely to agree on much anyway).

[brooklynite]

15. Now, we're OPPOSED to Justin Trudeau, aren't we?

We hate political dynasties?

Or does that not apply if the dynastic successor is liberal enough?

[pampango]

16. Voter turnout was over 68% up from 61% in 2011.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/oct/20/canada-election-trudeau-liberals-win-harper-steps-down-leader

[KoKo]

17. Good News for Canada!