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New Canadian Politics Thread

Pretty sure votewell still exists.

Wife and I are wandering over to our polling station shortly, but yeah this is a solid blue riding. The Liberal candidate didn't even bother to release a headshot

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I am in West Niagara. If this riding was any more right wing, it would be in Alberta.
The PC candidate, Sam Oosterhoff, did make the mistake of knocking on my door.
 
Hoping our independent incumbent wins.

She worked for the previous blue MPP in our area until his retirement (Our area is a blue stronghold. Literally drop anyone blue in here and they cruise to a victory. See Lewis, Leslyn- yuck). Doug Ford thought he had a better candidate last time, so didn't consider her and ran with his guy instead. She ran as an independent and won.

One of the first things DoFo said to her when she got in was 'you'll be out of a job come next election.'

Well, he has another handpicked candidate for the current election, our current mayor. While she hasn't done a bad job per se (continuing to uncover a lot of the deals the old boys made and the poor state of our counties finances), as mayor, jumping at being a crony for Ford rubs the wrong way. I hope our independent candidate wins through again and sends a message to both of them.
 
I’m too sick to go out and vote today but as is my practice, especially provincially, I would be casting my ballot for the candidate that I think would work hardest for this riding. The only candidate who has shown any interest in getting my vote has been the NDP. The PC’s are a non entity here and the Libs always seen to disappear into thin air once elected.
 
I once again have to marvel at the fact that the whole process of casting my ballot took less than five minutes. And that even if you’re fairly early to bed tonight, you’ll know the results before your head hits the pillow.

Yet another way being Canadian is immeasurably better than the equivalent down South (even without taking into consideration that free & fair elections will be going the way of the dodo down there going forward).
 
Even if I include the time it took to walk from my front door to the polling place and back, the whole process was still only about 20 minutes total.
 
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