Okay, did this a couple elections ago for #Elxn42 but don’t think I did the last election. But no big plans tonight other than a stiff rye & ginger ale so let’s see what we can see…
– get home from work at 6pm to see that the split is roughly Libs – 21, Con – 7, NDP 2. Didn’t the Liberals basically sweep the Maritimes in the last election?
– This has been a boring election overall – no real scandals and not even a dude pissing in a coffee mug which is possibly my favourite scandal of all-time.
– Speaking of my last time liveblogging a federal election, the highlight of my years of political pontificating was predicting Andrew Scheer as a future CPC leader when few others thought he would be. (Of course, in that same post, I predicted Ryan Meili would lead the NDP to a surprise victory in the 2020 election which I was obviously off by a *teeny* bit!).
– Weird that I’m cheering for almost as many Liberals as NDP in close races – Sean MacEachern in Regina-Wascana and Bucky Belanger in northern Sask but also Tria Donaldson in Regina-Lewvan and a couple in Saskatoon – Robert Doucette and Claire Card.
– Maybe because the 2019 election happened on 9/11, I was more interested in observing how 9/11 is like Christmas for conspiracy theorists!
– Oh, I should make a prediction…Liberals – 144 (155 at dissolution), Cons – 120 (119), NDP – 44 (24), Bloc – 29 (32), Green – 1 (2). PPC – big fat zero! (0)
– Actually another victory for the ultra-rich…
https://twitter.com/StandingTheGaff/status/1440099711470522368
– Easily the best election coverage going…
– What role will the pandemic play? Lots of discussion of this being an unnecessary election.
– [Little break for some family time – now Quebec results incoming!]
– [When I say “family time”, I mean, “hey, there was a diagnosed Covid case in our daughter’s school – who wants to do a Covid rapid test!”]
– All negative! (Just like the PPC’s changes of winning a seat!) 🙂
– Just saw a clip of the PPC HQ in…<checks notes>…Saskatoon. And of course the one dude who sat a couple rows behind us, maskless, at wrestling last Friday is there holding court. 😮
Hundreds have now gathered inside People’s Party of Canada headquarters at the #Saskatoon Inn. Very few are wearing masks. I’ll let you judge how many are seated and consuming food or drinks … #cdnpoli ##Elxn44 pic.twitter.com/86z7pigybw
— Phil Tank (@thinktankSK) September 21, 2021
– Even though we’re on CTV National News Channel, somehow the TV knows to just cycle through the Saskatchewan ridings. Would be more interesting to be in a province that had more ridings!
– God, the shots of that PPC party with everyone unmasked and not following government rules makes me hope Saskatoon Police break out the paddy wagon!
– 8 o’clock and the Saskatchewan results have started coming in.
– Lots of speculation that the election won’t be called tonight because of mail-in ballots, similar to what happened in the US.
– I said earlier that I was cheering for Bucky Belanger as a Liberal in northern Sask but of course, I should clarify that my preference is always for NDP candidates to win (especially over NDP turncoats!)
– Best Candidate Name = Brock Crocker (PPC) aka “Crock Blocker”. 🙂
– Fuck – I’m talking about PPC a lot but this HQ party in #yxe is just a fucking embarrassment to Saskatchewan.
– Any reporter covering the PPC HQ event should be wearing a face shield and double-masking.
– 8:29pm:
BREAKING: Justin Trudeau’s Liberals will form government, CBC News projects. It is still unclear whether it will be a minority or majority.
— CBC News Alerts (@CBCAlerts) September 21, 2021
– Watching the PPC tonight:
– 8:38pm – Liberal minority government declared. (Thank fucking god!)
– Evan Solomon: “Voters are saying you get to keep driving the car Justin Trudeau but we want you to still have a chaperone who will steer you to the left.”
– Bernier loses his seat hugely. I think I read he owns a farm in Alberta – why wouldn’t he run there?
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https://twitter.com/Mollahasani/status/1440147855386169345
– Saskatchewan Life:
https://twitter.com/Krista_B_85/status/1440148096529272835
– Only bad thing about a minority government is we get to this all again in 18 months! 🙁
– Liberals always say “A vote for the NDP is a vote for the Conservatives” as a scare tactic. But in Saskatchewan, the reverse is true: “A vote for the Liberals is a vote for the Conservatives.”
– Elizabeth May gives a shoutout to Naomi Hunter running in Regina-Qu’Appelle saying she’s a “great green” and was hoping she could take out Andrew Scheer “but that’s not going to happen.”
– Quarter to ten and I’m almost done for the night. What a useless election – I wish Justin Trudeau was punished a bit more for his hubris but whatever. Blech.
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