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Methinks it should be fairly obvious as to why the lawyer Melanie Joly who is our current Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie is smiling N'esy Pas?
https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/02/ndp-leader-jagmeet-singh-claims-victory.html
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/outremont-byelection-today-1.5032178
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Methinks it should be fairly obvious as to why the lawyer Melanie Joly who is our current Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie is smiling N'esy Pas?
https://rbendayan.liberal.ca/en/
"Rachel built a successful legal practice at Norton Rose Fulbright in the field of litigation and international arbitration while also teaching at the Faculty of Law of the Université de Montréal. She then served as Chief of Staff to the federal Minister of Small Business and Tourism, where she played a key role in developing the Liberal government’s women’s entrepreneurship strategy"
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Methinks it should be fairly obvious as to why the lawyer Melanie Joly who is our current Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie is smiling N'esy Pas?
https://rbendayan.liberal.ca/en/
"Rachel built a successful legal practice at Norton Rose Fulbright in the field of litigation and international arbitration while also teaching at the Faculty of Law of the Université de Montréal. She then served as Chief of Staff to the federal Minister of Small Business and Tourism, where she played a key role in developing the Liberal government’s women’s entrepreneurship strategy"
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NDP leader Jagmeet Singh celebrates his Burnaby South byelection win as he arrives at his election night party in Burnaby Monday evening. (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press)
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh won a critical Burnaby South byelection Monday night, finally allowing him to lead his party from within the House of Commons.
In his victory speech, Singh thanked supporters and promised to fight against poverty and continue his party's campaign for a universal pharmacare plan.
"And when I take my seat in the House of Commons, I will work hard to make you all very proud," Singh said.
Singh's win came in one of three federal byelections held Monday in B.C., Ontario and Quebec.
In Ontario's York—Simcoe riding, Conservative candidate Scot Davidson claimed victory, stepping into a seat long held by retired Conservative MP Peter Van Loan.
In the Montreal riding of Outremont, Liberal Rachel Bendayan won her campaign, taking control of a seat last held by former NDP leader Thomas Mulcair.
Results from Burnaby South in B.C., show Singh claimed victory with 39 per cent of the vote. The Liberals followed with 26 per cent, followed by the Conservatives with 22.5 per cent. Former Conservative MP Maxime Bernier's People's Party of Canada trailed with 10.6 per cent.
Singh also pledged to help the NDP "reconnect" with Quebec voters who have drifted away, in an effort to realize the political ambitions of the party's late leader, Jack Layton.
"We are the champions for Quebecers. New Democrats are the champions for Canadians, we will continue to do that work."
The Conservatives secured their seat in the Ontario riding of York—Simcoe with 53.2 per cent of the vote to the Liberals' 29.9 per cent and the NDP's 7.4 per cent with 115 of 136 polls reporting.
Early numbers showed that turnout in all three byelections was low: just over 19 per cent in York—Simcoe and just over 18 per cent in Outremont. Burnaby South drew slightly larger numbers at 29 per cent, but all three fell below the average of the last 20 years which sits at just under 35 per cent for byelections.
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"On behalf of Liberals across Canada, I want to congratulate Rachel Bendayan and her team on their hard-earned victory, and I know that she will be a dedicated voice for Outremont in Parliament," Suzanne Cowan, president of the Liberal Party of Canada, said in a statement.
Vancouver NDP MP Jenny Kwan acknowledged the loss of Outremont was "a disappointment."
"What we're going to do, of course, is learn from this experience and then we're going to redouble our efforts to ensure that the people of Quebec know we are there for them," she said at Singh's victory party.
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Liberal candidate Rachel Bendayan addressed supporters after winning the by-election in the Montreal riding of Outremont on Monday. (Paul Chiasson)The NDP has struggled since Singh became leader in 2017. The party now sits at 14 per cent nationally, 11 per cent in Quebec and 16 per cent in B.C., according to CBC's poll tracker.
Julia Sanchez, a former international development executive, was the NDP's candidate in Outremont. Bendayan, a lawyer and former party staffer, ran against Mulcair in the last election, finishing second with 33.5 per cent of the vote to Mulcair's 44 per cent.
While the Conservatives usually have a tough time winning when the NDP is in a weakened position, the party kept its seat in York—Simcoe, Ont., formerly held by Peter Van Loan.
The former leader of Stephen Harper's government in the Commons, Van Loan stepped down from his seat in September and announced he was retiring from politics.
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Conservative candidate Scot Davidson won the byelection in the Ontario riding of York-Simcoe. (CBC)Van Loan won York—Simcoe in the 2015 federal election with more than 50 per cent of the vote to the Liberals' almost 38 per cent.
Davidson, a businessman, beat out Liberal candidate Shaun Tanaka, a geography professor at Queen's University and the University of Toronto, who also ran for the Liberals in the 2015 election.
In his victory speech, Davidson thanked supporters and told them he is going to Ottawa to be a MP for everyone. He said he is the type of guy who is eager to meet with new constituents face-to-face to hear their concerns.
The breakaway People's Party of Canada, created last summer by Bernier, faced its first electoral test in the byelections. Results suggest it could be a spoiler that deprives the Conservatives of victory in tight contests come the fall.
While the fledgling party won less than two per cent of the vote in Outremont and York—Simcoe, it did surprisingly well in Burnaby South, where Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson won more than 10 per cent of the vote after running on a "Canadians first" campaign that was denounced as anti-immigration and racist by some supporters of rival candidates.
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Liberal candidate Rachel Bendayan speaks at her election night party following her win in the federal byelection for the Outremont riding in Quebec, as Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie Melanie Joly, right, looks on. (Paul Chiasson/Canadian Press)
Liberal Rachel Bendayan has won the federal riding of Outremont in Quebec after taking 40 per cent of the vote with 95 per cent of polls reporting.
"I will honour your vote by working very hard," she said Monday night at Liberal party headquarters in Montreal's Outremont.
She stressed that the Liberals would continue to fight climate change and promote a national housing strategy.
Mélanie Joly, the minister of official languages and La Francophonie, said that despite losing to the NDP in 2015, Bendayan was always a strong candidate who continued working in the riding in the years since.
"We hope this is the end of the Orange Wave in Quebec," Joly said Monday night.
The NDP, which had held the riding since 2007, trailed in second place with less than 30 per cent of the votes.
Political insiders had bet that the Liberals would retake the riding — a welcome boost for the governing party's morale in the midst of the SNC-Lavalin controversy.
"Tonight, the people of Outremont and thousands of Canadians voting in these byelections have offered a strong vote of confidence in Justin Trudeau's positive plan to strengthen the middle class," said Suzanne Cowan, president of the Liberal Party of Canada.
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Analysts said the Outremont race was a crucial test for the NDP.
The riding had been a Liberal stronghold until Thomas Mulcair scored an upset in a 2007 byelection: the Liberals had lost the riding only once, to the Progressive Conservatives in 1988, since 1935.
The so-called Orange Wave followed in 2011 and boosted the NDP to Official Opposition status for the first time in its history.
While the party held onto just 16 Quebec seats in 2015, Quebec MPs still make up more than a third of the NDP caucus.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau campaigns at a coffee shop in the Outremont riding with Liberal candidate Rachel Bendayan. (Paul Chiasson/Canadian Press)These are the candidates who ran in Outremont and how much of the vote they took by the time 95 per cent of ballots had been counted:
David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos
Replying to @DavidRayAmos@Kathryn98967631 and 49 others
Methinks it should be fairly obvious as to why the lawyer Melanie Joly who is our current Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie is smiling N'esy Pas?
https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/02/ndp-leader-jagmeet-singh-claims-victory.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/outremont-byelection-today-1.5032178
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/byelections-burnaby-south-york-simcoe-outremont-1.5033259
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh claims victory in Burnaby South byelection
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Richard Smith
The real byelection will be the GOODBYElection in October when we say good riddance to Trudeau.
Richard Sharp
@Richard Smith
You’re not paying attention. The Libs PICKED up a seat in Outremont, with the Cons a dismal fourth. The PPC got 11% of the vote in Burnaby South, nearly half of what the Cons got.
The Cons are in BIG TROUBALE.
You’re not paying attention. The Libs PICKED up a seat in Outremont, with the Cons a dismal fourth. The PPC got 11% of the vote in Burnaby South, nearly half of what the Cons got.
The Cons are in BIG TROUBALE.
Daniel McKay
@Richard Sharp "The PPC got 11% of the vote in Burnaby South, nearly half of what the Cons got."
This brings a bit of joy to my otherwise cynical federal political perspective. It will be an excellent day, the day the Cons are no longer believed by the preponderance of right-leaning voters. I am most eager to see the outcome of the upcoming federal election.
This brings a bit of joy to my otherwise cynical federal political perspective. It will be an excellent day, the day the Cons are no longer believed by the preponderance of right-leaning voters. I am most eager to see the outcome of the upcoming federal election.
Jim Roth
@Richard Sharp Cons sure are good at making excuses though
Bob Baker
@Richard Smith Surely you mean the GOODYE Ford not looking good for the Cons even with the Faux SNC Scandal thats turning out to be "much ado about nothing" we'll see after QWed I guess.
David Amos
@Richard Smith Methinks the result of all three by-elections were very predictable even though CBC tried to spin it otherwise However if I were you I would not bet the farm on Trudeau The Younger losing the mandate of the 43rd Parliament Anyone can see that your hero Maxime is splitting the vote on the right and the liberals love it N'esy Pas?
David Amos
@Bob Baker Methinks desperate liberals do post desperate things just before Jody tells her truth N'esy Pas?
David Amos
@Richard Sharp "You’re not paying attention. The Libs PICKED up a seat in Outremont,"
Methinks it should be fairly obvious as to why the lawyer Melanie Joly who is our current Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie is smiling N'esy Pas?
https://rbendayan.liberal.ca/en/
"Rachel built a successful legal practice at Norton Rose Fulbright in the field of litigation and international arbitration while also teaching at the Faculty of Law of the Université de Montréal. She then served as Chief of Staff to the federal Minister of Small Business and Tourism, where she played a key role in developing the Liberal government’s women’s entrepreneurship strategy"
Bianca Berry
It's time Canadians support the NDP and stop wasting their vote on liberals. Only the NDP support Canadian workers.
Chris Bacon
@Bianca Berry Oh god...if we ever had a federal NDP a single term would screw us for a generation.
Amelia Blanchard
@Bianca Berry
Just read some of your previous pro conservative comments. You are not an NDP supporter. You are trying to split the vote.
But the NDP is not the only party with vote splitting potential this time.
Just read some of your previous pro conservative comments. You are not an NDP supporter. You are trying to split the vote.
But the NDP is not the only party with vote splitting potential this time.
Awistoyus Nahasthay
@Bianca Berry
Sure, if you want a Con government...
Sure, if you want a Con government...
Gregory Lastman
@Awistoyus Nahasthay
A con government would be worst thing for Canada....
A con government would be worst thing for Canada....
Bianca Berry
@Gregory Lastman
Re-electing a phony would be the worst thing.
Re-electing a phony would be the worst thing.
David Amos
@Bianca Berry Methinks thou doth jest too much N'esy Pas?
David Amos
@Amelia Blanchard "NDP is not the only party with vote splitting potential this time."
True
True
Daryll Mcbain
It will be interesting to see if the Liberal scandals effect the byelections.
Peter Steffler
@Daryll Mcbain The previous Con government had countless scandals and was elected.
Amelia Blanchard
@Peter Steffler
Different bases. Liberals will punish their political leaders regardless of partisanship, when they mess up, but Conservative bases do not care what their party does or how they do it, as long as they win.
Different bases. Liberals will punish their political leaders regardless of partisanship, when they mess up, but Conservative bases do not care what their party does or how they do it, as long as they win.
Daryll Mcbain
@Peter Steffler the previous government wasn’t elected, Trudeau was.
Jim Clark
@Amelia Blanchard ya.thats why their cabinet almost unanimously followed trudeaus orders of not allowing jwr to speak.
Amelia Blanchard
@Jim Clark
I was talking about the Canadian people, not a cabinet.
The cabinet is showing little difference from that of the former government. But then, they remained silent even after it became fact that their party was guilty of everything from lying about programs to cheating during elections. Until we know for sure Trudeau is guilty of the crimes alleged against him, we will not have an apt comparison between cabinets.
Just bases.
I was talking about the Canadian people, not a cabinet.
The cabinet is showing little difference from that of the former government. But then, they remained silent even after it became fact that their party was guilty of everything from lying about programs to cheating during elections. Until we know for sure Trudeau is guilty of the crimes alleged against him, we will not have an apt comparison between cabinets.
Just bases.
Peter Steffler
@Daryll Mcbain So you are not denying the countless scandals.
Daryll Mcbain
@Peter Steffler Nope, Trudeau will be gone as well.
Carson Brook
@Daryll Mcbain
no, the scandals of the media, Scheer party and NDP coalition for taking one small secret fabricated allegation seemingly constructed by JWR surrogate as a Bob Fife gift leak and exploded into a swarm smear 'scandal' is whats really interesting.... nothing to do with election interference or just plain vile slander? yes - there's what needs way more 'watching'
no, the scandals of the media, Scheer party and NDP coalition for taking one small secret fabricated allegation seemingly constructed by JWR surrogate as a Bob Fife gift leak and exploded into a swarm smear 'scandal' is whats really interesting.... nothing to do with election interference or just plain vile slander? yes - there's what needs way more 'watching'
Richard Sharp
@Daryll Mcbain
No scandal, no impact.
No scandal, no impact.
Jack Pott
@Richard Sharp I can't wait for the NDP/LIB/GRN vote splitting !!!
David Amos
@Richard Sharp "No scandal, no impact."
Methinks you forgot Federal Court File No T-1557-15 N'esy Pas/
Methinks you forgot Federal Court File No T-1557-15 N'esy Pas/
Jim Clark
Thanks for playing jagmeet.Take trudeau with you on the way out please.
Ben Brown
@Jim Clark
Still as desperate sounding as last time posted
Still as desperate sounding as last time posted
Jim Clark
@Ben Brown desperate?jagmeet is irrelevant but still took trudeau out in Burnaby.Perfect.
Richard Sharp
@Ben Brown
The Cons under Scheer and other Harper retreads like Poilievre and Rempel have NO CHANCE on October.
The Cons under Scheer and other Harper retreads like Poilievre and Rempel have NO CHANCE on October.
David Amos
@Richard Sharp Methinks the majority of Canada's electorate does not agree with your opinions N'esy Pas?
little mango
@David Amos the majority don't think what? The conservatives have never got past 40% of the vote. They barely win each time because the left is split across two parties who capture about 55-60 of the electorate
David Amos
@little mango and your point is?
David Amos
@little mango Why is it that I do not believe that is your real name?
Paul St John
Why does CBC keep showing Singh who does not support Canadian oil and chases away international investment, don’t vote for this kind
george bath
@Paul St John
why would any candidate chase away business?
it's the economy
I don't support xeno phobic parties types
why would any candidate chase away business?
it's the economy
I don't support xeno phobic parties types
Glechren Davies
@george bath
We're all proud of you George. Thanks for sharing.
We're all proud of you George. Thanks for sharing.
Guy Souriandt
@Paul St John Conservatives want to censor all opposition.
Glechren Davies
@Guy Souriandt
As opposed to Liberals who just don't answer the questions.
Of course one of our statements is false.
As opposed to Liberals who just don't answer the questions.
Of course one of our statements is false.
Guy Souriandt
@Paul St John Conservatives are globalists; they want foreigners to own the Canadian oil industry.
Guy Souriandt
@Glechren Davies Conservatives are complaining that CBC just mentions Singh. Proves they don;t like opposition leaders being covered and will try to stop it. Scary.
Dan Reid
@Paul St John he is Justins twin
David Amos
@Guy Souriandt "Conservatives are globalists; they want foreigners to own the Canadian oil industry."
Methinks everybody knows they already do N'esy Pas?
Methinks everybody knows they already do N'esy Pas?
David Amos
@Guy Souriandt "Conservatives are complaining that CBC just mentions Singh. Proves they don;t like opposition leaders being covered and will try to stop it. Scary."
Welcome to the Circus
Welcome to the Circus
Jonathan Seagull
Regardless if he wins or not Jagmeet Singh needs to step aside so the NDP has a ghost of a chance to grow before the next election.
Amelia Blanchard
@Jonathan Seagull
He will not step aside if he wins. As if.
He will not step aside if he wins. As if.
Mikael Maus
@Jonathan Seagull
I'm not so sure. Assuming he wins his seat there will be plenty of room for growth.
On the other hand the NDP will not likely go beyond 20-25% or so regardless of who the leader is.
I'm not so sure. Assuming he wins his seat there will be plenty of room for growth.
On the other hand the NDP will not likely go beyond 20-25% or so regardless of who the leader is.
James McDonell
@Mikael Maus Personally I don't know why he was any supporters. I just don't find him a likable person.
David Amos
@Jonathan Seagull Methinks you should read before you comment N'esy Pas?
John Langton
Interesting to see People's organized enough already to have a candidate in each of these ridings.
Big trouble ahead for Scheer and his Conservatives and I doubt that the NDP will win in any riding tonight.
Considering all, unseating Trudeau is going to be a real challenge.
It's a sad state to even ponder Trudeau for another term.
Big trouble ahead for Scheer and his Conservatives and I doubt that the NDP will win in any riding tonight.
Considering all, unseating Trudeau is going to be a real challenge.
It's a sad state to even ponder Trudeau for another term.
Amelia Blanchard
@John Langton
Big trouble ahead for all traditional parties if the people's are well organized enough come this next election. With the rise in populism People's could easily sweep the day. Scheer holds may similar values but tries to hide them to keep centre voters, progressive conservatives, conservatives and the far right all at once. Because people's is so outspoken about their positions and not afraid of losing support over them, they will likely take the far right, in which case Scheer loses the far right unless he becomes more extreme in his own rhetoric, but then he loses the moderates.
But it is also bad news for the Liberals, who could easily suffer an extraordinary defeat at the hands of the Peoples in one or two elections, and the other parties who will likely not be able to motivate a response big enough to be anything but completely overshadowed by them.
I am just going off current global trends. I can't predict the future and have no idea what will happen.
Big trouble ahead for all traditional parties if the people's are well organized enough come this next election. With the rise in populism People's could easily sweep the day. Scheer holds may similar values but tries to hide them to keep centre voters, progressive conservatives, conservatives and the far right all at once. Because people's is so outspoken about their positions and not afraid of losing support over them, they will likely take the far right, in which case Scheer loses the far right unless he becomes more extreme in his own rhetoric, but then he loses the moderates.
But it is also bad news for the Liberals, who could easily suffer an extraordinary defeat at the hands of the Peoples in one or two elections, and the other parties who will likely not be able to motivate a response big enough to be anything but completely overshadowed by them.
I am just going off current global trends. I can't predict the future and have no idea what will happen.
Jimmy Jones
@Amelia Blanchard You really think there are enough far right yahoos in this country that the People's Party will become a factor on the national stage? Bernier will be lucky to retain his own seat come October.
Amelia Blanchard
@Jimmy Jones
Far right sentiments are growing all over the world and has seen the rise in populists all over the world respectively. Canada has no magical defence to keep out the rhetoric and movements of populist ideology and we are seeing more and more people ending up in that camp.
People are afraid (of migrants and ideas), misinformation is abound in a propaganda war, the economy has been fairly stagnant for a long time in spite of some improvement at the cost of a lot of debt, and we are currently experiencing a shift in the global order away from American/Western centred hegemony and towards something, we don't know what yet, to the East. New empires are rising, old ones are falling, and chaos is everywhere.
We have a pretty good combination of factors creating fertile ground for extremism on both the right and the left, and the far right IS gaining traction in Canada and Bernier knows this, and is trying to tap into that. If he is successful, and all he really has to do is ride the wave others created for him, yes, of course he can sweep house. If not this election, then the next one.
Ironically, far right extremism is very much the making of Conservatives like Harper, Scheer and Kenney, so it will be interesting to see if they end up losing their job to the monster that they helped created.
Besides, it only takes about 30% of the population to win an election and change the country forever.
Far right sentiments are growing all over the world and has seen the rise in populists all over the world respectively. Canada has no magical defence to keep out the rhetoric and movements of populist ideology and we are seeing more and more people ending up in that camp.
People are afraid (of migrants and ideas), misinformation is abound in a propaganda war, the economy has been fairly stagnant for a long time in spite of some improvement at the cost of a lot of debt, and we are currently experiencing a shift in the global order away from American/Western centred hegemony and towards something, we don't know what yet, to the East. New empires are rising, old ones are falling, and chaos is everywhere.
We have a pretty good combination of factors creating fertile ground for extremism on both the right and the left, and the far right IS gaining traction in Canada and Bernier knows this, and is trying to tap into that. If he is successful, and all he really has to do is ride the wave others created for him, yes, of course he can sweep house. If not this election, then the next one.
Ironically, far right extremism is very much the making of Conservatives like Harper, Scheer and Kenney, so it will be interesting to see if they end up losing their job to the monster that they helped created.
Besides, it only takes about 30% of the population to win an election and change the country forever.
vince talbot
@Amelia Blanchard
Good.....A Scheer- Bernier coalition would be glorious.
Good.....A Scheer- Bernier coalition would be glorious.
Robert Brannen
@Amelia Blanchard
If the Peoples Party should take the far Right away from the Conservative Party of Canada, it would be the boost the CPC desperately needs to become truly relevant. Such a happening would make room for former Progressive Conservative supporters who opted to vote for other parties after the formation of the CPC to return to the Conservative fold.
If the Peoples Party should take the far Right away from the Conservative Party of Canada, it would be the boost the CPC desperately needs to become truly relevant. Such a happening would make room for former Progressive Conservative supporters who opted to vote for other parties after the formation of the CPC to return to the Conservative fold.
Robert Brannen
@vince talbot
Even the possibility of that type of outcome would put off the former PC supporters that the CPC requires so desperately.
Even the possibility of that type of outcome would put off the former PC supporters that the CPC requires so desperately.
Carson Brook
@Robert Brannen
I like your optimisn for the progressive conservatives... but you overlook that it was the quisling move by Peter McKay betraying David Orchard and the PCs which created Harper.... and Peter's getting free rehabilitation by the same media which is now blowing up the slimey attacks against the Trudeau gov't. So where does the 'clean' come from when Canada has no media giving us facts and journalism as the US has in PBS, New York Times, Washington Post... and BBC too
I like your optimisn for the progressive conservatives... but you overlook that it was the quisling move by Peter McKay betraying David Orchard and the PCs which created Harper.... and Peter's getting free rehabilitation by the same media which is now blowing up the slimey attacks against the Trudeau gov't. So where does the 'clean' come from when Canada has no media giving us facts and journalism as the US has in PBS, New York Times, Washington Post... and BBC too
Jimmy Jones
@Amelia Blanchard Four polls have reported thus far, the People's Party have a whopping 6 votes total.
Amelia Blanchard
@Jimmy Jones
As I have said, it may take them more than one election to be organized enough to take on the traditional parties, but if they can get there, they can ride the wave of populism right into power.
As I have said, it may take them more than one election to be organized enough to take on the traditional parties, but if they can get there, they can ride the wave of populism right into power.
Daniel McKay
@John Langton I noticed no Green candidate against Singh. I have to believe that was a conscious choice, I guess the two left-leaning parties still have some common ground.
I am also very keen to see just how many right-leaning Canadians abandon the Cons, now that we have an alternative. Scha-weet!
I am also very keen to see just how many right-leaning Canadians abandon the Cons, now that we have an alternative. Scha-weet!
Daniel McKay
@Amelia Blanchard "Because people's is so outspoken about their positions and not afraid of losing support over them..."
Finally getting some flavour back on the ballot, am weary of the have only three versions of the bland middle to choose. Now all we need is a hard-left socialist party to stand up, the the Con-Lib-Dip party can merge into the single party they've become.
Finally getting some flavour back on the ballot, am weary of the have only three versions of the bland middle to choose. Now all we need is a hard-left socialist party to stand up, the the Con-Lib-Dip party can merge into the single party they've become.
Chris Vickers
@Daniel McKay It's called leader's courtesy. The Liberals and Conservatives typically don't run a candidate against a party leader seeking to enter the house in a by-election. The NDP have never extended leader's courtesy to the Liberals or Conservatives so they didn't extend it to the NDP. The Greens quite publicly announced they were extending leader's courtesy in this riding. They will contest it in the full election however.
David Amos
@John Langton "Interesting to see People's organized enough already to have a candidate in each of these ridings"
Methinks Maxime and his minions know why I made certain that they knew what Jody knows long before they lost in all three ridings N'esy Pas?
Methinks Maxime and his minions know why I made certain that they knew what Jody knows long before they lost in all three ridings N'esy Pas?
David Amos
@Carson Brook "Peter McKay betraying David Orchard and the PCs"
Methinks you should suggest to your fans that they Google my name and that of Peter MacKay's N'esy Pas?
Methinks you should suggest to your fans that they Google my name and that of Peter MacKay's N'esy Pas?
Gary Johnston
It’s time to take our country back and get a leader who will fight for Canada and all Canadians. Time for change PEOPLES PARTY OF CANADA and Maxime Bernier. It sure would be nice to have a leader we could be proud for once.
Glechren Davies
@Gary Johnston
The whaat party of Canada? Never heard of it.
The whaat party of Canada? Never heard of it.
Ray Boychuk
@Gary Johnston
That's what all the white scared cons are saying Gerry...
That's what all the white scared cons are saying Gerry...
Andrew Stephenson
@Gary Johnston
PPC at 1.7 and 2.5% in the two ridings that are reporting.
Devastating for Max.
PPC at 1.7 and 2.5% in the two ridings that are reporting.
Devastating for Max.
Cameron Abbott
@Gary Johnston Funny, we haven't had one yet since the days of Pearson. Who do you have in mind.
Ambrose Bissonet
@Gary Johnston
they could always learn a thing or two from Coalition Avenir Québec
a new party that the mopped the floor with the old hack parties
they could always learn a thing or two from Coalition Avenir Québec
a new party that the mopped the floor with the old hack parties
Tom Tomson
@Gary Johnston The PP of Canada? Is that the yellow vest party?
Jim Witherspoon
@Ambrose Bissonet but only in La Belle Province
David Amos
@Gary Johnston Dream on
Awistoyus Nahasthay
So far the Cons are trailing badly in Burnaby South, and getting completely annihilated in Outremont, where even the Greens have twice as many votes.
Yikes, that's got to be embarrassing for scheer...
Yikes, that's got to be embarrassing for scheer...
Awistoyus Nahasthay
@Awistoyus Nahasthay
...and the Libs are a strong second place in loooooonnnnnnnggggg time Con stronghold of York-Simcoe.
All that bleating scheer's been doing and they can't do better than that...in a by election????
Yikes, embarrassing.
...and the Libs are a strong second place in loooooonnnnnnnggggg time Con stronghold of York-Simcoe.
All that bleating scheer's been doing and they can't do better than that...in a by election????
Yikes, embarrassing.
Jim Court
@Awistoyus Nahasthay
If Scheer keeps having pictures taken with Ford, and Ford keeps going from failure to pork barrel appointments, Ontario east will be all Liberal, NDP, and some People's Party in Quebec.
If Scheer keeps having pictures taken with Ford, and Ford keeps going from failure to pork barrel appointments, Ontario east will be all Liberal, NDP, and some People's Party in Quebec.
David Amos
@Awistoyus Nahasthay "Yikes, that's got to be embarrassing for scheer"
Methinks you should not be surprised to learn that I made certain the lawyer Scot Davidson knew everything Van Loan and Ralph Goodale knew long before his won the seat for York--Simcoe this evening N'esy Pas?
Methinks you should not be surprised to learn that I made certain the lawyer Scot Davidson knew everything Van Loan and Ralph Goodale knew long before his won the seat for York--Simcoe this evening N'esy Pas?
Jeffrey Wayne
It will be interesting to see if the Conservatives are still sliding since they painted themselves into the extreme right corner of Canadian politics.
Jesus Sanchez Fernandes
@Jeffrey Wayne lol ha ha. You might look at the polls across the boards as the liberals are hemorrhaging support
Scotty Davidson
@Jeffrey Wayne Trudeau signing right wing free trade deals, extending missions in Iraq and Ukraine, giving billions to private corporations, supporting regime change, seems he followed them to the far right.
Jeffrey Wayne
@Scotty Davidson
Is that the far right, alt right?
Is that the far right, alt right?
Al Anderson
@Jeffrey Wayne Joe Biden would be to the right of extreme Canadian right So would Obama ...most Canadians just varying degrees of soft-left
Jeffrey Wayne
@Al Anderson
Canadian politics are not really comparable to the US since we have a blended politic.
However, Cons have steamed out ground that is not centrist.
Canadian politics are not really comparable to the US since we have a blended politic.
However, Cons have steamed out ground that is not centrist.
Scotty Davidson
@Al Anderson Joe Biden helped create the Patriot act so yes he is far right.
Jeffrey Wayne
@Scotty Davidson
Joe Biden’s right does not include the Alt-right.
Joe Biden’s right does not include the Alt-right.
Jesus Sanchez Fernandes
@Al Anderson lol don't bother. These guys think with emotion. They don't understand Conservative party has a far larger gov't then southern counter part. Conservatives support Universal health care southern counterpart does not. the list goes on.
Jesus Sanchez Fernandes
@Jeffrey Wayne neither does the PC government.
Al Anderson
@Jeffrey Wayne until they elected and then they seem to drift to left as Libs often run left and drift right. I'm not falling for these head -fakes anymore.
Scotty Davidson
@Jeffrey Wayne if you are accusing me of being alt right you are far off. I think I am voting Green next election cause why not.
Greg Goldman
@Jeffrey Wayne
No one cares about Joe Biden. He will always be a bridesmaid.
No one cares about Joe Biden. He will always be a bridesmaid.
John Branscombe
@Jeffrey Wayne
It will be interesting to see if Mad Max is any use in splitting the Tory vote!
It will be interesting to see if Mad Max is any use in splitting the Tory vote!
Carter Hayes
@Jeffrey Wayne Anything to the right of Stalin is extreme right in the liberals mind.
David Amos
@John Branscombe "It will be interesting to see if Mad Max is any use in splitting the Tory vote!"
Methinks the sneaky lawyer is doing a fine job embarrassing Harper 2.0 N'esy Pas?
Methinks the sneaky lawyer is doing a fine job embarrassing Harper 2.0 N'esy Pas?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/outremont-byelection-today-1.5032178
Liberal Rachel Bendayan wins Outremont riding in byelection
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David Amos
Methinks it should be fairly obvious as to why the lawyer Melanie Joly who is our current Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie is smiling N'esy Pas?
https://rbendayan.liberal.ca/en/
"Rachel built a successful legal practice at Norton Rose Fulbright in the field of litigation and international arbitration while also teaching at the Faculty of Law of the Université de Montréal. She then served as Chief of Staff to the federal Minister of Small Business and Tourism, where she played a key role in developing the Liberal government’s women’s entrepreneurship strategy"
Bryan Atkinson
I've always said the Orange Wave in QC was really a Jack Layton Wave.
Mulcair won the seat again the last time. But he was party leader by then and what he presided over was hardly an Orange Wave. Even in QC. That's why he resigned.
Mulcair won the seat again the last time. But he was party leader by then and what he presided over was hardly an Orange Wave. Even in QC. That's why he resigned.
David Amos
@Bryan Atkinson Methinks the Orange Wave had everything to do with Quebec having enough of the Bloc and their nonsense The folks didn't want to vote red or blue so they simply voted orange N'esy Pas?
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh claims victory in Burnaby South byelection
Conservatives win in York—Simcoe, Liberals claim victory in Montreal's Outremont
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh won a critical Burnaby South byelection Monday night, finally allowing him to lead his party from within the House of Commons.
In his victory speech, Singh thanked supporters and promised to fight against poverty and continue his party's campaign for a universal pharmacare plan.
"And when I take my seat in the House of Commons, I will work hard to make you all very proud," Singh said.
Singh's win came in one of three federal byelections held Monday in B.C., Ontario and Quebec.
In Ontario's York—Simcoe riding, Conservative candidate Scot Davidson claimed victory, stepping into a seat long held by retired Conservative MP Peter Van Loan.
In the Montreal riding of Outremont, Liberal Rachel Bendayan won her campaign, taking control of a seat last held by former NDP leader Thomas Mulcair.
Results from Burnaby South in B.C., show Singh claimed victory with 39 per cent of the vote. The Liberals followed with 26 per cent, followed by the Conservatives with 22.5 per cent. Former Conservative MP Maxime Bernier's People's Party of Canada trailed with 10.6 per cent.
"We are the champions for Quebecers. New Democrats are the champions for Canadians, we will continue to do that work."
Low turnout
The Conservatives secured their seat in the Ontario riding of York—Simcoe with 53.2 per cent of the vote to the Liberals' 29.9 per cent and the NDP's 7.4 per cent with 115 of 136 polls reporting.
Early numbers showed that turnout in all three byelections was low: just over 19 per cent in York—Simcoe and just over 18 per cent in Outremont. Burnaby South drew slightly larger numbers at 29 per cent, but all three fell below the average of the last 20 years which sits at just under 35 per cent for byelections.
Watch as Jagmeet Singh declares victory:
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In Outremont — where the NDP was looking to hold on to the seat of the party's former leader — Bendayan claimed victory with 40 per cent of the vote. The NDP trailed with 26.1 per cent, followed by the Greens and then the Bloc Québécois."On behalf of Liberals across Canada, I want to congratulate Rachel Bendayan and her team on their hard-earned victory, and I know that she will be a dedicated voice for Outremont in Parliament," Suzanne Cowan, president of the Liberal Party of Canada, said in a statement.
Vancouver NDP MP Jenny Kwan acknowledged the loss of Outremont was "a disappointment."
"What we're going to do, of course, is learn from this experience and then we're going to redouble our efforts to ensure that the people of Quebec know we are there for them," she said at Singh's victory party.
Julia Sanchez, a former international development executive, was the NDP's candidate in Outremont. Bendayan, a lawyer and former party staffer, ran against Mulcair in the last election, finishing second with 33.5 per cent of the vote to Mulcair's 44 per cent.
Conservatives win York—Simcoe
While the Conservatives usually have a tough time winning when the NDP is in a weakened position, the party kept its seat in York—Simcoe, Ont., formerly held by Peter Van Loan.
The former leader of Stephen Harper's government in the Commons, Van Loan stepped down from his seat in September and announced he was retiring from politics.
Davidson, a businessman, beat out Liberal candidate Shaun Tanaka, a geography professor at Queen's University and the University of Toronto, who also ran for the Liberals in the 2015 election.
In his victory speech, Davidson thanked supporters and told them he is going to Ottawa to be a MP for everyone. He said he is the type of guy who is eager to meet with new constituents face-to-face to hear their concerns.
The breakaway People's Party of Canada, created last summer by Bernier, faced its first electoral test in the byelections. Results suggest it could be a spoiler that deprives the Conservatives of victory in tight contests come the fall.
While the fledgling party won less than two per cent of the vote in Outremont and York—Simcoe, it did surprisingly well in Burnaby South, where Laura-Lynn Tyler Thompson won more than 10 per cent of the vote after running on a "Canadians first" campaign that was denounced as anti-immigration and racist by some supporters of rival candidates.
Congratulations to the next MP for York—Simcoe, Scot Davidson! Canadians can’t afford to keep paying for Justin Trudeau’s mistakes, and you’ll be a strong voice in Ottawa to help your constituents get ahead.
With files from the Canadian Press
CBC's Journalistic Standards and PracticesLiberal Rachel Bendayan wins Outremont riding in byelection
Montreal riding was 1 of 3 races to watch in B.C., Ontario and Quebec
Liberal Rachel Bendayan has won the federal riding of Outremont in Quebec after taking 40 per cent of the vote with 95 per cent of polls reporting.
"I will honour your vote by working very hard," she said Monday night at Liberal party headquarters in Montreal's Outremont.
She stressed that the Liberals would continue to fight climate change and promote a national housing strategy.
Mélanie Joly, the minister of official languages and La Francophonie, said that despite losing to the NDP in 2015, Bendayan was always a strong candidate who continued working in the riding in the years since.
"We hope this is the end of the Orange Wave in Quebec," Joly said Monday night.
The NDP, which had held the riding since 2007, trailed in second place with less than 30 per cent of the votes.
Outremont was one of three ridings where federal byelections took place Monday on a crucial day for Canada's major political parties.
Voter turnout was low, as is typical for a byelection. Less than 20 per cent of the 70,400 registered voters in Outremont cast a ballot.Political insiders had bet that the Liberals would retake the riding — a welcome boost for the governing party's morale in the midst of the SNC-Lavalin controversy.
"Tonight, the people of Outremont and thousands of Canadians voting in these byelections have offered a strong vote of confidence in Justin Trudeau's positive plan to strengthen the middle class," said Suzanne Cowan, president of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Outremont resident, Claudette Dumas Bergen, says the weather was holding her back but she adds “my civic duty came to me and I said I have to go because it’s important!” #Outremont@CBCMontreal
Analysts said the Outremont race was a crucial test for the NDP.
The riding had been a Liberal stronghold until Thomas Mulcair scored an upset in a 2007 byelection: the Liberals had lost the riding only once, to the Progressive Conservatives in 1988, since 1935.
The so-called Orange Wave followed in 2011 and boosted the NDP to Official Opposition status for the first time in its history.
While the party held onto just 16 Quebec seats in 2015, Quebec MPs still make up more than a third of the NDP caucus.
- 40 per cent: Rachel Bendayan — Liberal Party of Canada.
- 29 per cent: Julia Sánchez — New Democratic Party.
- 13 per cent: Daniel Green — Green Party of Canada.
- 11 per cent: Michel Duchesne — Bloc Québécois.
- 6 per cent: Jasmine Louras — Conservative Party of Canada.
- 2 per cent: James Seale — People's Party of Canada.
- 0.3 per cent: William Barrett — Independent.
Besides Outremont's race, two other byelections were held: one in the Ontario riding of York-Simcoe where Conservative candidate Scot Davidson claimed victory and a critical race in B.C.'s Burnaby South, where NDP leader Jagmeet Singh claimed victory.
With files from Matt D'Amours, Canadian Press