Liberals crossing fingers for razor-thin majority (Martin predicting 115 seat minority win)

CTV ^ | January 22, 2005

[Heartofsong83]

Personally, I strongly prefer paper ballots to voting machines as they are far less prone to fraud and are easier to recount (plus they are immune to glitches).

[Information Friendly]

So far, in Canada, dead liberals don't get to vote.

But martin has been seen associating with clinton, so who knows - that may be the next addition to the ole liberal bag of tricks.

[Don W]

NO, here in Canada we still use the primitive and difficult to misinterpret PAPER ballot, where you make an "X" in the box beside the name and party of your choice.

Funny thing about the system we use is that results are tabulated, checked, confirmed and recounted far more quickly, and with vastly smaller variances, than the "advanced, modern" systems in use in places like, say Florida 2000, or Washington state 2004.

Change is good, but hard copy is hard to alter......

[caveat emptor]

I can't attest to the reliability of this site - but if true, the Conservatives won't do as well as expected.

To paraphrase Hugh Hewitt, the Libs can only win if they cheat. Don't count them out yet.

[doc30]

Conservatives 118 seats
Liberals 104 seats
Bloc Quebecois 56 seats
NDP 29 seats
Other 1 seat

If that happens, there is a chance Martin could form a coalition with the NDP to stay in power. Since he is from the party sitting in power, if the NDP join in a coalition, he would have 135 seats - enough for a Liberal/NDP coalition government. I don't know what it would take for Layton to agree to form a coalition, though. That would be the nightmare scenario. A minority government that has lurched farther to the left.

[MplsSteve]

I agree with that being a possibility.

But the Liberals and NDP have a lot of bad blood between them. The question is whether both groups are capable of putting away the swords and cooperating with one another.

I hope for a Conservative majority today. Then we won't have to worry about that possibility.

[torchthemummy]

Man this article doesn't just seem to read like a press release from Martin and the liberals - it is a press release.

[Dane]

CTV doing their last minute cheerleading for martin.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Harper has also said he would re-open negotiations on joining the U.S. missile-defence project and back away from both the Kyoto accord to curb greenhouse gases and a multibillion-dollar treaty with aboriginals.

I so hope Harper wins. Missle defense is so very important. Not to mention, it would be humorous to see Canada ditch Kyoto.

[jiggyboy]

"The eyes of Canada are going to be on British Columbia tomorrow night - the election is going to be decided here," Martin told a boisterous crowd of B.C. Liberals.

The caravan of lawyers, left-wing election-process FUD-spreaders, and moveon.org provocateurs is already on its way.