Top Trump Confusion

[FirstGreenIsGold]

Mr. Carney is our PM. The question now is whether the government will be a majority or minority. The Liberal party needs 4 more seats to have a majority. There are still special ballots to count in ridings where they could make a difference and the Liberal could possibly win the seat.

The leader of the Conservatives, Pierre Poilievre, lost his seat. I did not expect that. Six months ago he was leading in the polls by a substantial margin. Before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau resigned and Mark Carney became PM.

The leader of the New Democratic Party, Jagmeet Singh, also lost his seat.

The last government was a minority and Singh worked with Trudeau's Liberals.

As to what all this means in Canada's dealings with the US, I have no idea. Mr. Trump changes his mind every other day on key issues, so there is no predicting that, especially for someone like me who doesn't understand the inner political workings.

I live in a very Conservative rural riding. Our MP was re-elected. Alberta is a Conservative strong hold. Every so often a Liberal or NDP is elected in our major cities, Calgary and Edmonton. I don't know what the election of Mark Carney means for Alberta politics. No doubt many Albertans are not happy this morning.

[johnwash1]

IMHO, though I certainly know next to nothing about Canadian politics, while Albertans may be unhappy seeing a non-conservative elected, they should be very happy indeed that it's someone who will stand up to Trump's nonsense. Same with Xi Jinping not caving in to bullying. Even some Republicans may now be wondering, was this really what we wanted?

[FirstGreenIsGold]

IMHO, though I certainly know next to nothing about Canadian politics, while Albertans may be unhappy seeing a non-conservative elected, they should be very happy indeed that it's someone who will stand up to Trump's nonsense. Same with Xi Jinping not caving in to bullying. Even some Republicans may now be wondering, was this really what we wanted?

It appears that we have a minority Liberal government with the Liberals being 3 seats short of majority. Liberals also managed to win the popular vote this time. The Liberals have had the most seats since 2015 and many Canadians felt it was time for a change. It also turns out that the Liberals lost a lot of support in the Toronto, Ontario area. The Conservatives picked up some seats in that densely populated area of the country.

Canadians are really divided on which party is better suited to deal with the current economic situation. We also have many other issues that people disagree on. Immigration, inflation, crime, and so on. The same issues faced by other democracies.

And so it goes.

[johnwash1]

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Coincidentally enough, this showed up in my DuoLingo feed this morning: https://blog.duolingo.com/canadian-english/

[Stnenopmoc]

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Coincidentally enough, this showed up in my DuoLingo feed this morning: https://blog.duolingo.com/canadian-english/

We don't even uderstand our own English language let alone another version of 'Outside The UK' English

https://northernlifemagazine.co.uk/n...hey-came-from/