Originally Posted by
hongkonger
This is the first Canadian election in which I can vote.
The NDP is a too far to the left for me and I don't like what the NDP government has done at the provincial level in BC.
The Conservatives are too far right for me and they're full of it. Their ads are annoying.
That leaves the Liberals. I live in a riding that typically goes Liberal anyway. I'm not super excited by Trudeau but I think he's done fine. There's no good solution to the pandemic that will please everyone, and a lot depends on province which is why BC is doing well and Alberta is fucking it up. He's done about as well as anyone could.
I predict a minority Liberal government with slightly fewer seats than they have now.
I don't know what the result will be but here are a few things I do know:
-- The election is run by civil servants and not people who are trying to tip the scales in their own favour or their party's favour
-- Anyone who wants to vote can vote by showing their ID and nobody has to jump through unreasonable hoops or wait 12 hours in line
-- Nobody will try to stop anyone else from voting
-- Nobody will claim the election was rigged or fraudulent
-- Nobody will try to stop votes from being counted
-- Nobody will go to court to overturn the results
-- There will not be a violent mob trying to kill anyone because they don't like the results
America can study this election if it hopes to be a democracy someday.
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