Liberal stronghold riding in Toronto up for grabs today!!!
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Today’s byelection in Toronto-St. Paul’s has an absolutely monstrous ballot. The image was snapped by a voter (which you’re not supposed to do) and posted to social media by Steve Paikin, the host of TVO’s current affairs program, The Agenda.
The ballot includes 75 candidates with no party affiliation who haven’t even bothered to campaign. They were put there by the Longest Ballot Committee, an activist group protesting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s inaction on electoral reform.
(There’s apparently nothing in Canadian election law to prevent dozens of independent candidates from being placed onto a ballot, even if they don’t live in the riding and all list the exact same official agent)
Anyway, it’s a rule of thumb in political journalism that byelections generally don’t have any wider lessons. But the Monday byelection in Toronto-St. Paul’s might be different if only for the fact that a Liberal loss in the riding would be jaw-droppingly unexpected.
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It’s been a safe Liberal seat since 1993, and in the 2021 election went 49.22 per cent for the Liberals, with the Conservatives in second place at 25.3 per cent. But some polls are showing that the riding could go for the Tories, which is why the Liberal Party has thrown absolutely everything they can at a race that should have been a cake walk…
Elections Canada says results may be delayed because of the size of the ballot, which has a record 84 candidates and comes in at a metre long.
As the National Post notes, the ballot includes 75 candidates with no party affiliation who haven’t even bothered to campaign.
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The ballot includes 75 candidates with no party affiliation who haven’t even bothered to campaign. They were put there by the Longest Ballot Committee, an activist group protesting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s inaction on electoral reform.
(There’s apparently nothing in Canadian election law to prevent dozens of independent candidates from being placed onto a ballot, even if they don’t live in the riding and all list the exact same official agent)
Anyway, it’s a rule of thumb in political journalism that byelections generally don’t have any wider lessons. But the Monday byelection in Toronto-St. Paul’s might be different if only for the fact that a Liberal loss in the riding would be jaw-droppingly unexpected.
This is the super-long ballot for the Toronto-St. Paul’s byelection Liberals are worried about — National Post
The ballot includes 75 candidates with no party affiliation who haven’t even bothered to campaign
Elections Canada says results may be delayed because of the size of the ballot, which has a record 84 candidates and comes in at a metre long.
As the National Post notes, the ballot includes 75 candidates with no party affiliation who haven’t even bothered to campaign.
FOLLOW LIVE: Polls close in Toronto-St. Paul’s byelection; results expected soon in closely-watched race
Pollsters say the fact that there’s a tight race in Toronto-St. Paul’s signals just how dire the polling is for the Liberals — who are trailing the Conservatives by 15 to 22 points in most surveys.
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Once again proving that Canada is no longer a serious country .Today’s byelection in Toronto-St. Paul’s has an absolutely monstrous ballot. The image was snapped by a voter (which you’re not supposed to do) and posted to social media by Steve Paikin, the host of TVO’s current affairs program, The Agenda.
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The ballot includes 75 candidates with no party affiliation who haven’t even bothered to campaign. They were put there by the Longest Ballot Committee, an activist group protesting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s inaction on electoral reform.
(There’s apparently nothing in Canadian election law to prevent dozens of independent candidates from being placed onto a ballot, even if they don’t live in the riding and all list the exact same official agent)
Anyway, it’s a rule of thumb in political journalism that byelections generally don’t have any wider lessons. But the Monday byelection in Toronto-St. Paul’s might be different if only for the fact that a Liberal loss in the riding would be jaw-droppingly unexpected.
It’s been a safe Liberal seat since 1993, and in the 2021 election went 49.22 per cent for the Liberals, with the Conservatives in second place at 25.3 per cent. But some polls are showing that the riding could go for the Tories, which is why the Liberal Party has thrown absolutely everything they can at a race that should have been a cake walk…This is the super-long ballot for the Toronto-St. Paul’s byelection Liberals are worried about — National Post
The ballot includes 75 candidates with no party affiliation who haven’t even bothered to campaign
Elections Canada says results may be delayed because of the size of the ballot, which has a record 84 candidates and comes in at a metre long.
As the National Post notes, the ballot includes 75 candidates with no party affiliation who haven’t even bothered to campaign.
FOLLOW LIVE: Polls close in Toronto-St. Paul’s byelection; results expected soon in closely-watched race
Pollsters say the fact that there’s a tight race in Toronto-St. Paul’s signals just how dire the polling is for the Liberals — who are trailing the Conservatives by 15 to 22 points in most surveys.
Trudeau spins around and around that toilet bowl but sadly never seems to down.
He could probably shoot someone in the face and Jagmeet Singh would support him because he knows he's going down too.
He could probably shoot someone in the face and Jagmeet Singh would support him because he knows he's going down too.
Well, he'd still support Groper in Parliament but he'd also do his usual shit-talking about Groper to the media. The dude's got so many faces he could play a Batman villain.
So who did the people vote for, the candidate or the leader.
The one issue I've always had with the system the way it is.
That said, it also says a lot that the Libs lost this riding and honestly, I'm not surprised at all.
Hopefully the new MP is a real Conservative and not some bullshitter.
The one issue I've always had with the system the way it is.
That said, it also says a lot that the Libs lost this riding and honestly, I'm not surprised at all.
Hopefully the new MP is a real Conservative and not some bullshitter.
It's funny. This morning, Toronto's Breakfast Television is reporting that ballots are still being counted with Stewart with a slight lead. Waiting for the hi-jinks to ensue.
Well, give him credit for his ability to see the writing on the wall. . .
It’s a by election. In the big picture, aside for that riding & the people living in it…it’s a by election, but it’s also turned into a litmus paper on Trudeau’s general stank. Not really fair for Leslie Church but it is what it is.
With everything & everyone parachuted into the mix, the declaring of the Iranian IRGC as terrorists after dragging their feet on it for over 1/2 a decade, the kitchen sink, etc…the Liberal brand doesn’t overcome the smell because it’s all just so transparent, & potentially a sign of things to come in Oct 2025 and no sooner.
I guess the people of St.Pauls/Toronto voted to axe the tax, build the homes, fix the budget and stop the crime, etc…
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With everything & everyone parachuted into the mix, the declaring of the Iranian IRGC as terrorists after dragging their feet on it for over 1/2 a decade, the kitchen sink, etc…the Liberal brand doesn’t overcome the smell because it’s all just so transparent, & potentially a sign of things to come in Oct 2025 and no sooner.
I guess the people of St.Pauls/Toronto voted to axe the tax, build the homes, fix the budget and stop the crime, etc…
Conservatives take Toronto-St. Paul’s riding in major upset for Liberals — The Globe and Mail
Toronto-St. Paul’s riding, held by Liberals for three decades, was seen as a test of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s leadership
It’s a sign of a protest vote by somebody who doesn’t even live in the riding, just getting their name out to the ballot to confuse the issue by an activist group protesting another one of Justin Trudeau’s broken campaign promises from 2015, and nothing more.
Wait. . . only bis can vote?It’s a by election. In the big picture, aside for that riding & the people living in it…it’s a by election, but it’s also turned into a litmus paper on Trudeau’s general stank. Not really fair for Leslie Church but it is what it is.
With everything & everyone parachuted into the mix, the declaring of the Iranian IRGC as terrorists after dragging their feet on it for over 1/2 a decade, the kitchen sink, etc…the Liberal brand doesn’t overcome the smell because it’s all just so transparent, & potentially a sign of things to come in Oct 2025 and no sooner.
I guess the people of St.Pauls/Toronto voted to people voted to axe the tax, build the homes, fix the budget and stop the crime, etc…
Conservatives take Toronto-St. Paul’s riding in major upset for Liberals — The Globe and Mail
Toronto-St. Paul’s riding, held by Liberals for three decades, was seen as a test of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s leadership
It’s a sign of a protest vote by somebody who doesn’t even live in the riding, just getting their name out to the ballot to confuse the issue by an activist group protesting another one of Justin Trudeau’s broken campaign promises from 2015, and nothing more.
Man, you people are WEIRD!