1. SPS Accounts:
    Do you find yourself coming back time after time? Do you appreciate the ongoing hard work to keep this community focused and successful in its mission? Please consider supporting us by upgrading to an SPS Account. Besides the warm and fuzzy feeling that comes from supporting a good cause, you'll also get a significant number of ever-expanding perks and benefits on the site and the forums. Click here to find out more.
    Dismiss Notice
Dismiss Notice
You are currently viewing Boards o' Magick as a guest, but you can register an account here. Registration is fast, easy and free. Once registered you will have access to search the forums, create and respond to threads, PM other members, upload screenshots and access many other features unavailable to guests.

BoM cultivates a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. We have been aiming for quality over quantity with our forums from their inception, and believe that this distinction is truly tangible and valued by our members. We'd love to have you join us today!

(If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us. If you've forgotten your username or password, click here.)

Election in Ontario

Discussion in 'Alley of Lingering Sighs' started by LKD, Jun 13, 2014.

  1. LKD Gems: 31/31
    Latest gem: Rogue Stone

     Veteran

    Joined:
    Aug 13, 2002
    Messages:
    6,284
    Likes Received:
    271
    Gender:
    Male
    Remove all ads!
    The biggest province (population wise) in Canada is holding a provincial election tonight. Will the right wing Tories be able to take advantage of a split left wing vote between the relatively middle of the road Liberals and the far left NDP? Or will the province end up with a half baked minority government that will be able to accomplish little other than guaranteeing another election in two years? Or will Ontarioans forgive the Liberals their innumerable sins and give them a majority government? Tune in tonight!
     
    LKD, Jun 13, 2014
    #1
  2. Splunge

    Splunge Bhaal’s financial advisor Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

    Joined:
    Jun 7, 2003
    Messages:
    6,815
    Media:
    6
    Likes Received:
    336
    My prediction is that it will be a Liberal majority.
     
    Splunge, Jun 13, 2014
    #2

  3. The Great Snook Gems: 31/31
    Latest gem: Rogue Stone

     Adored Veteran

    Joined:
    May 15, 2003
    Messages:
    4,123
    Media:
    28
    Likes Received:
    313
    Gender:
    Male
    So who won?
     
    The Great Snook, Jun 14, 2014
    #3

  4. LKD Gems: 31/31
    Latest gem: Rogue Stone

     Veteran

    Joined:
    Aug 13, 2002
    Messages:
    6,284
    Likes Received:
    271
    Gender:
    Male
    The anti-business, pro-government waste, leftist Liberals. IMHO, this is a dark day for Canada as a whole, as the scandals and waste of the Liberals were utterly flagrant.

    To be fair, though, the Conservative leader Tim Hudak was just this side of incoherent. He resigned after the loss.
     
    LKD, Jun 14, 2014
    #4
  5. Beren

    Beren Lovesick and Lonely Wanderer Staff Member Member of the Week Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

    Joined:
    Jun 5, 2002
    Messages:
    3,962
    Media:
    1,158
    Likes Received:
    251
    Gender:
    Male
    You do realize Tory isn't necessarily synonymous with fiscal responsibility, don't you? Like for example, Allison Redford?
     
    Beren, Jun 14, 2014
    #5
  6. dmc

    dmc Speak softly and carry a big briefcase Staff Member Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!)

    Joined:
    Dec 13, 2001
    Messages:
    8,731
    Media:
    88
    Likes Received:
    379
    Gender:
    Male
    Snook - in that Splunge posted the following morning, "guessing" a liberal majority, I felt I knew the answer without having to ask. :p
     
    dmc, Jun 14, 2014
    #6

  7. damedog Gems: 15/31
    Latest gem: Waterstar

     Resourceful Veteran

    Joined:
    May 19, 2011
    Messages:
    776
    Likes Received:
    53
    Gender:
    Male
    Would any one of our Canadian SP members be kind enough to give me a quick run down of what all parties represent?
     
    damedog, Jun 15, 2014
    #7
  8. Beren

    Beren Lovesick and Lonely Wanderer Staff Member Member of the Week Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

    Joined:
    Jun 5, 2002
    Messages:
    3,962
    Media:
    1,158
    Likes Received:
    251
    Gender:
    Male
    Tories, conglomeration of small c-conservatives, money bag men in Toronto, far rights from the older Reform party.

    Liberals, centrist, which a lot of Canadians dismiss as a kind of self-serving fence sitting.

    NDP, left-wing socialist. Lots of wonderful dreams to create a better society, but their proposals usually beg the question of how any of it will ever be paid for.

    That's a somewhat snarky way on my part of saying the gist of it.
     
    Last edited: Jun 15, 2014
    Beren, Jun 15, 2014
    #8
    damedog and LKD like this.
Sorcerer's Place is a project run entirely by fans and for fans. Maintaining Sorcerer's Place and a stable environment for all our hosted sites requires a substantial amount of our time and funds on a regular basis, so please consider supporting us to keep the site up & running smoothly. Thank you!

Sorcerers.net is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to products on amazon.com, amazon.ca and amazon.co.uk. Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates.