1st Social Democrat ever elected in Alberta!!!!!!!

Astute enough that He can read my mind as well as I read His, lol

Who's leading?


Whew! It's over and that was a squeaker. The NDP incumbent beat out the Conservative. The real threat was supposed to have come from the Liberal guy and he was such a distant third, it was laughable.

Man, that was close.

Funny, the Conservative who gave him a run for his money ran a popular Coffee shop just like the turfed Rahim Jaffer in Ed/Strathcona.

I don't understand how Canadian parliament works, so I don't "get" the implications here. Will one of you kindly give us a simple break-down?

Funny, the Conservative who gave him a run for his money ran a popular Coffee shop just like the turfed Rahim Jaffer in Ed/Strathcona.


Hasn't that guy represented that riding for like a decade? I heard on TV that the woman that beat him is an environmental lawyer. Now THAT is something.

Isaac, that's cool about that political upset, I've been following it on TV. Our riding in BC is still too close to call.



Who's leading?


Whew! It's over and that was a squeaker. The NDP incumbent beat out the Conservative. The real threat was supposed to have come from the Liberal guy and he was such a distant third, it was laughable.

Man, that was close.

Executive power

Head of state
Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada (since February 6, 1952).

Viceroy
Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada (since September 27, 2005).

Head of government
Prime Minister Stephen Harper (since February 6, 2006).
[link to en.wikipedia.org]

Redheaded Stepchild, Howday

As far as the environmental thing goes, a book just came out called "Stupid to the Last Drop" it details just how badly the Oil Industry is destroying our drinking water supplies here in Alberta.
Linda Duncan has been fighting this, and people are showing her respect for her fight.

As far as the environmental thing goes, a book just came out called "Stupid to the Last Drop" it details just how badly the Oil Industry is destroying our drinking water supplies here in Alberta.
Linda Duncan has been fighting this, and people are showing her respect for her fight.


Thanks for the heads up, Isaac. Sounds like a good read.

I really believe the Queen keeps Canada a sovereign nation and has the final word on any major directional change

Kinda like Canada's Puppet Master

Final score (give or take a bit in the close ridings):

Conservatives - 143 seats

Liberals - 76

New Democrats(socialists) - 37

Bloc Quebecois (Quebec nationalists)- 50

Independent candidates - 2

Green party (dupes who think they are voting for a better environment) - 0

Communists - 0

Marijuana Party - 0

It's been nice celebrating with you all.

Good to chat again Redhead and Free Store.

I've got to go to bed so I can call my father in the morning.

So you actually have a system of checks-and-balances, right? Imperfect, but far more functional than the system claimed to exist in the USA, no? Do you have lobbyists? How must they register (or do they)?

I have to admit that I worry about the direction Canada (as a whole) is headed...for Canada seems to lend balance to the reported crap going on in the USA (and NAU).

I could be wrong.

What impressed me about Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip was when they traveled to the Kennedy Lake Indian Stand off on Vancouver Island, first off.. Philip took over the Controls of the 747 they (Queen and Prince)were flying in and landed the Jet at the Vancouver airport and then when they arrived to the stand off, they left the Media behind and with the Chief went into seclusion, came back a few days latter, deal hammered out and that ended a long hard fought battle between loggers and Indians.

Nice to have friends in High Places

I don't understand how Canadian parliament works, so I don't "get" the implications here. Will one of you kindly give us a simple break-down?

Imagine that there was only Congress. The cabinet is composed entirely of Congressmen/women.
Whoever has a majority in congress choses the cabinet.

Now imagine that there are more than two parties to chose from, and if one party completely pisses off the voters it will be scraped into the dustbin of history and new parties will spring up to replace it.

So frequently, there is no majority.

In that case, the party with the most seats in Parliament can only govern with the approval (or confidence) of one or two smaller parties.

When the small parties stop backing the party in power, they have to hold a new election.

So now we have another minority government. The Prime Minister, Harper is a Conservative who pretends to be very pro-American, but at heart, I think he is a true patriot Canadian.

Now when Bush asks him to speed up the NAU, adopt the Amero or send more troops, Harper can honestly say...

"My coalition partners won't let me do that."

When we vote for our Member of Parliament (Congressman), here we don't always vote for our first choice if our first choice can't beat our least desired choice. We vote "strategically" to deny that least desired choice from happening.
I liked my Member of Parliament, but I didn't want his party the Conservatives to get a majority, so I voted for the NDP (social democrat). She had the best chance, besides the Liberals are corrupt to the core.