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Provincial Elections
Sep. 29th, 2011 07:38So, classwork is gearing up, and i'm run down with a cold. Guess it is time for a round of politics!
There is a provincial election next week - so everyone is gearing up. I've been trying to figure out what's what up here but honestly everyone is generally either too disinterested or too partisan to give me an accurate picture of every party (so much like the US!). Anyway, I have scraped some info up:
Liberal Party - was dominant federally for ages until a couple of elections ago (~8 years?). Now they are so down and out they are expected to lose their stronghold of Ontario in this election. (this is a middle of the line party between NDP and conservative)
Conservative Party - currently dominant (since the liberal party's downfall), though not so much in Ontario so I haven't been able to talk to a supporter. Expected to gain some seats. (When thinking conservative - think democrat . . . seriously . . . every other major party - not minor though - is more liberal then our democrats it seems)
NDP - The charismatic leader of the NDP passed away the week after I arrived from cancer. The party expanded greatly in the last couple of years under the direction of this former leader - so they have a lot of momentum but are a bit up in the air as they don't have a strong leader right now - kind of a wild card in the race. (this is the most liberal major party, and fair disclosure, it seems to be the party I would side with if I could vote here)
There are several other parties (green, LDP(?), bloc . . . .) but none is expected to gain significant (or any) seats in Ontario this election.
It's interesting - because you think they have many parties up here, but in any given province, there seems to only be three players at most . . . . it is just that there are more then three players nationally.
Results next week!
There is a provincial election next week - so everyone is gearing up. I've been trying to figure out what's what up here but honestly everyone is generally either too disinterested or too partisan to give me an accurate picture of every party (so much like the US!). Anyway, I have scraped some info up:
Liberal Party - was dominant federally for ages until a couple of elections ago (~8 years?). Now they are so down and out they are expected to lose their stronghold of Ontario in this election. (this is a middle of the line party between NDP and conservative)
Conservative Party - currently dominant (since the liberal party's downfall), though not so much in Ontario so I haven't been able to talk to a supporter. Expected to gain some seats. (When thinking conservative - think democrat . . . seriously . . . every other major party - not minor though - is more liberal then our democrats it seems)
NDP - The charismatic leader of the NDP passed away the week after I arrived from cancer. The party expanded greatly in the last couple of years under the direction of this former leader - so they have a lot of momentum but are a bit up in the air as they don't have a strong leader right now - kind of a wild card in the race. (this is the most liberal major party, and fair disclosure, it seems to be the party I would side with if I could vote here)
There are several other parties (green, LDP(?), bloc . . . .) but none is expected to gain significant (or any) seats in Ontario this election.
It's interesting - because you think they have many parties up here, but in any given province, there seems to only be three players at most . . . . it is just that there are more then three players nationally.
Results next week!