[BLOG] Some Canadian election links

[rfmcdonald]

There's some posts quite worth sharing.

• After a post expressing hope that the Conservatives would lose significantly in this election, the next morning Andrew Barton at Acts of Minor Treason is not happy with a Conservative majority, even with a much-strengthened NDP.


• Jeff Jedras of A BCer in Toronto describes how, even though the Liberal campaign in the riding of Vancouver Island North ended with the Liberals in third place, he feels positively about the experience as one that helped him learn and the local party organization improve.


• James Bow argues that the NDP successes mean that there's a very sizable chance the party could form the next government in 2015, recommends that the Liberals immediately hold a party convention so as to define themselves, and suspects that the Bloc Québécois' defeat may not mean the NDP's indefinite success.


• Guest-writing at The Intersection, Kevin Ng argues that the Conservative majority government will not be good for Canadian science, what with a lack of scientific literacy, its politicization of climate change, et cetera.


• Slap Upside the Head strongly opposed the Conservatives based on their lack of support for same-sex marriage early last decade.


• Torontoist's Carly Conway has a sympathetic account of Ignatieff's speech announcing his resignation from the Liberal Party.