Originally Posted by plasticpuppet

Literally, it boils down to the Liberals fucked up and didn't own up to anything nor did they appologize for anything. They were highly confrontational with the US, yes they had good reason (I think anyways) but it was tad too much. Deals with China for oil, the refusal of a North American unified security pass, or intergrated immigration policy (remember right after 9/11 all the jokers at fox news claimed all the terrorists came from Canada, ignoring their own fucked up immgration policies, and Mexicos -- does even have a immigration policy??). Anyways, all this crap, it helped isolate us from our biggest ally.

The result: the Canadian people went conservative, I don't think it really has anything to do with how conservative they are, or that they agree with Harper, but more to do with their pocket books, saving face, and frustration with the Liberals. Thank god it was only a minority so that jackass can't do too much damage. I think that Martin would have made a fine long term PM he was much more pro-US then most people will give him credit for, and he wasn't a raging jackass...

Sure we have lots of different parties, but if you were to really look at the system there are only 2 parties here. All the rest act as counter-balances. Like the NDP will never get strong foothold here, too many people throw around the word communism and leftist like it is a bad thing. The Bloc will never have support beyond Quebec because they only serve to further their own agenda. But in cases like this last election, thank god we have the NDP and the Bloc to help ensure a minority government for Harper.