[NEWS] Thirteen #cdnpoli links for #elxn43

• CTV News notes that election day is here in Canada.


• CTV News shares a list of answers to frequently asked questions about #elxn43 requirements.


• Philippe Fournier at MacLean's notes that #elxn43 is shaping to be perhaps the most uncertain federal election in Canada since 1979, at least.


• Kai Cheng Thom at Daily Xtra addresses the despair of a voter wondering if they should vote at all. Even in dark times, there must be some room for hope, for creative responses.


• Andrew Coyne at the National Post points out the obvious, that Canadians should not feel smug about dysfunction in the US and Britain.


• Chris Selley at the National Post argues against electoral reform.


• CBC shares stories of Syrian refugees, now citizens, voting for the first time in #elxn43.


• The diffusion of extremist sentiments in Canada in the past few years is a real concern. NOW Toronto has it.


• This CBC opinion suggests that expatriates from Canada, non-resident in the country, should not have a right to vote.


• Andrew Scheer, once notable for his vocal support for Brexit, is now much quieter about the issue. CBC reports.


• Peter Henderson at NOW Toronto argues that Ed the Sock has become the voice of a responsible conservatism.


• The claims of Andrew Scheer that the political party that wins the most seats gets to form the government in the Canadian system are obviously wrong. Global News has it.


• Who, exactly, forms the middle class in Canada, that demographic that Trudeau and Scheer have been claiming to address? CBC reports.

[NEWS] #cdnpoli and #elxn41 items from across Canada: BC, Alberta, Québec, PEI

• The affordability of rent was an election issue in British Columbia. CBC reports.


• Philippe Fournier notes at Maclean's that the sheer solidity of the Conservative vote in Alberta means that province will not get that much attention.


• The Bloc Québécois has good reason to be exacerbating the clash between Québec and Alberta in the federal campaign. The National Post reports.


• CBC reports on the growing unpopularity of the Liberals in Québec outside of Montréal, here.


• That the Liberals had a campaign song that was initially translated very badly into French is a big gaffe. CTV News reports.


• Philippe Fournier at Maclean's noted the legendary volatility of Québec politics, here.


• Will the Orange Line extension in Montréal be guaranteed funding, no matter who gets elected? CBC reports.


• The fate of NDP Berthier-Maskonge MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau, elected in the 2011 Orange Wave, may determine the fate of the NDP in Québec. CTV News reports.


• Atlantic Canada is likely to see substantial losses for the Liberals, as reported here.


• Stu Neatby reports that advance poll turnout on PEI rose by 13% compared to 2015.


• Will the PEI riding of Egmont go Conservative? CBC considers.

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[PHOTO] 10 Wellesley West, from an angle

[PHOTO] Ivied back, Armen Art Gallery

[NEWS] Five #cdnpoli and #elxn43 links from last night, ten from now

• The Greens took Fredericton on the grounds of their strong work there.


• RM Vaughan, meanwhile, notes for Daily Xtra how LGBTQ voters in New Brunswick are gravitating towards the Greens.


• Jason Kirby at MacLean's wonders how determinative Google Trends data suggesting a surge of positive interest for Jagmeet Singh will be for NDP results.


• The robocalling intending to confuse people as to the date of the election in eastern Canada should meet with criminal prosecution. CBC reports.


• The only non-Liberal elected in Newfoundland and Labrador is the NDP candidate Jack Harris, for St. John's East. Global News has it.


• Chris Selley at the National Post blames the Conservative failure on the poor platform of Andrew Scheer, here.


• Canada has a Liberal government again, this time a minority. Global News reports.


• CBC notes that, despite Liberal weaknesses, the Conservatives simply did not break through into the 905.


• Michel Auger at Radio-Canada looks at the challenges of the Liberals in Québec and in the West.


• Greater Montréal is divided between Liberals on the island of Montréal and the Bloc on the mainland. Radio-Canada has it.


• The Calgary Herald looks at reaction in Alberta to the Liberal minority government, here.


• The results from British Columbia are interesti0ng. Was there much change at all? Global News reports.


• Jody Wilson-Raybould, kicked out of the Liberal caucus, was re-elected as an independent for her riding of Vancouver Granville. Global News reports.


• Fatima Syed at the National Observer looks at how indigenous voters are looking to the NDP for representation in the new government.


• Jeremy Wildeman at The Conversation explains the disenchantment of progressives with Justin Trudeau.