It's terribly tragic that Canadians were seduced into voting for the conservative party out of fear for our economic situation - a situation which the conservative party must take a large part of responsibility for. Please let me take this opportunity to apologize to the rest of the world; Canada had her chance to show the world's developing nations how we, the developed nations, deal with environmental issues. By allowing ourselves to continue subjugation to Harper's slippery oil-mafia, we have basically written an environmental cheque that our asses cannot cash.
| Province | Number of Votes | % |
|---|---|---|
| Alberta | 111505 | 9 |
| British Columbia | 168723 | 9 |
| Manitoba | 31723 | 7 |
| New Brunswick | 22683 | 6 |
| Newfoundland | 3274 | 2 |
| Northwest Territories | 752 | 6 |
| Nova Scotia | 35022 | 8 |
| Nunavut | 675 | 8 |
| Ontario | 411444 | 8 |
| Prince Edward Island | 3488 | 5 |
| Quebec | 126299 | 4 |
| Saskatchewan | 23279 | 6 |
| Yukon | 1880 | 13 |
| Green Votes | 826747 The size of a metropolitan city... | 6% and we still don't have 1 single seat in the house of commons |
I hope that the Harper government acknowledges that poor voter turnout had a huge hand in their minority victory yesterday. There are many Canadians who were unable to make it to the ballot box due to extenuating circumstances - the working class in particular - a huge contrast to Harper's generally upper-class representation. On the other hand, there are probably a lot of Canadians who have such little confidence in our system that they choose not to vote. Some vote because they have not been following the debates.
One thing that was very interesting to observe is that None of the metropolitan cities in Canada (Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal) were won over by the Conservative party. My guess is because we are the ones who primarily have to deal with the smog. People in urban environments are usually have the lesser addiction to oil.
In any event, the Green Party has achieved such an amazing increase in voter turnout from previous years. However, of the ~ 14 million people who voted, ~ 1 million of those voted for the Green Party, yet we still don't have a single seat representing our interests in the House of Commons due to the MP system.
Seriously, we need to reform the way that we vote in this country - why not assign a score to each political candidate instead of voting for a single one? Also, account for "no-shows" and "no-confidence" votes. Mathematically, proportional representation just makes more sense. Account for the loss of power by rural communities by giving rural areas more municipal and regional power, while the interests of the greater public are represented proportionally.
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