There was a ban a few elections ago to prevent the federal election results from being released until all polls were closed. It's up to the federal government whether they like to exercise this option.

I pretty much agree with everything you've said, and did not negate the fact there are many external factors affecting the economy. My point in the post was, in fact, that running a deficit can indeed help support the economy in rough times. And because of that, my issue is that the Cons forced spending cutbacks for selfish reason of being able to boast a surplus for the election, at the expense of Canada's economy.

Then in the campaign, turning back around criticizing the Liberals' platform of deficit spending in order help the economy, when the Cons themselves ran a way higher deficit prior to the election year.

True. Much like how Bush fucked up years of prosperity under Clinton in the US.

I wish Mark Carney would run for PM :(

He bailed on us though lol

So hands up. Who actually voted liberal because they researched and feel the liberals platform was superior and who simply voted out Harper?

The recession is just starting........ I love to see how Canada will be after 4 years.

It is in the sense that a significant portion of the vote in both cases was little more than a misinformed/uniformed "fuck you".

No matter where you stand politically, this election was positive for the country. The Conservatives will choose a new leader who will be somewhat likeable (you can't deny that likeability is important today). The progressives will get what they want with the Liberals.

And if electoral reform actually happens, this government will leave a legacy that will last generations.

i voted ndp to vote out the conservatives. i actually wanted an ndp government so my vote didnt change but my reason for voting did, if that makes sense. technically i should have voted liberal to vote strategically but nobody forecasted such a strong liberal turnout and conservatives got stomped in my riding by both parties.

It was both for me.

I do not feel that the Conservatives' platform is terrible, but there were a lot of low points in Harper's last term. I'm sure we don't need to visit those issues anymore.
To be honest I am not sure of Trudeau's ability either, but I do feel we can do with some new blood and fresh ideas.

The Liberals landslide win is pretty much a perfect storm. If Jack Layton was still alive and running for NDP, if Conservatives had a new leader, etc. The outcome would have been very different. Mulcair, as many have said, was underwhelming.

This...

I feel a lot of people just got on the Harper hate train without even knowing why they're on the train, but just cause all the other monkeys are doing it it must mean I should do it too. And hey I'm cool now cause I voted this time around #voted #myvotecounts #anythingbutconservatives #weed #yolo #swag #imcool

Do these kids really understand fully what the platform means? Or just following Trudeau cause he's charismatic and young?

I voted Conservatives but for our country's sake I hope Prime Minister Trudeau will do good. At the end of day we're still one nation with the same vision.

I did. I am for the Liberals in about %70 of their platform. Which was very high compared to the others. I disagree with quite a few things but overall I thought they would be the best for the country going forward.

And the fact JT had a news conference today with actual open questions from the media makes me happy.

The thing I like about JT he seems to really want to listen and to give the public what we want. With the open questions to shaking hands at the Montreal subway today I really like that different approach we really haven't seen before.

Only time will tell if whats hes been saying/doing is BS but I have a strong feeling hes going to follow through with the changes he wants to make.

I voted to keep the same person locally. Being in this small town and knowing the candidates personally, I Voted for the best person. That happened to be NDP.

Berz out.

How much was different in the liberals promises this time around compared to 2011?

Ignatief was just a brutal figure head for the party, everything down the road is going to be all about charisma and looks for the Twitter generation.

I also don't doubt that down the road huge private figures such as corporate CEO's etc will make big pushes into the prime minister/presidents seat.

Shit Nina Grewal got wiped out, lol.

Good. She was a useless piece of shit.

I just got an unexpected nice size raise today and I didn't even connect the dots until now..... :troll:

and it feels great to be part of that :nyan::nyan::nyan::nyan::nyan::nyan:

I voted Liberal because of his Good hair. It appears others agreed with that point as well.

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:hi:

My ideologies align with Liberals the best. I've been a liberal supporter since I was first able to vote.

The only people who say the conservative's fiscal plan was "better" are the ones inherently conservative and I want their crystal ball, because realistically no one can say the Liberals' plan is any better or worse until 4 years from now.

And the last time they were running the country with majority power, the country's finances were in pretty good shape.

Of course, my vote didn't really make a difference, with the exception of Elizabeth May (Who won by a fucking landslide in her own riding) NDP took over the whole damn Island.

I think what really turned people off about the Conservatives' campaign was how negative it was, how it tried to divide people and put fear into the minds of everyone. Had Harper chosen to do a campaign that was more inclusive and positive and that didn't alienate women and minorities, he could have won. He did position himself as a veteran whose been there done that, but it backfired because it was negative.

I want to think I didn't drink the kool-aid, but change can be good. It feels as though Canada is stagnant right now. It needs fresh leadership. Maybe Trudeau isn't the man for the job, but a good leader surrounds himself with quality people. Time will tell, but just based on his pedigree, he will want to leave a positive legacy.

Canadian values are still centre-left, the Cons moved to the far right and it backfired.

The biggest question will be whether or not the Cons continue to move to the far right or stay centre-right and crawl their way back to been an electable party come next election. This will probably depend on the new leader and where the majority of the party thinks it should go next.

I think you would be hard pressed to find an individual that could not cite specific issues that influenced their decision on who to support. I could list a series of reasons explaining mine, and many others here have also stated reasons explaining theirs. The Liberals did not win on the backs of millennial naivety but on their center-left platform that matches Canadian values. The Conservatives right platform reflects that they are complacent and out of touch with Canadians. The fact that they have been severely tarnished by scandal these past four years certainly didn't help them, either.

Cheer up, you Conservatives had a good run.

Even though Jason Kenny could be a front runner for the leadership, I can see Dianne Watts trying to make a move eventually.