Leaders of Liberal Party and BQ losing their own seats...

[brooklynite]

Lot of upsets in the Canadian election.

[Jane Austin]

1. What is BQ?

Thanks.

[brooklynite]

4. Bloc Quebecois

Political Party broadly advocating independence for Quebec.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

8. The fewer "vrai laine" in office, the better

[Jane Austin]

9. Thanks! ............................ n/t

[Drale]

2. I don't know much about canadian politics

but does this smell fishy to anyone else?

[brooklynite]

5. Why?

[Drale]

6. Didn't the neo-Conservatives have a vote of no confidence go against them?

Doesn't that mean that most of the elected officials voted against them, probably with pressure from the people?

[brooklynite]

7. No Confidence vote was instigated by the Liberal Party for political reasons...

...dealing with conduct of the Conservatives in the Parliament, not based on public disenchantment with policy positions.

There was also (according to CBC) apparently a degree of tactical voting with centrist Liberal voters supporting the Conservatives rather than the more progressive NDP.

[Dawson Leery]

3. As of now those horrible neo-cons are near an outright marjority

with just 39% of the vote. Sad if so.