My head hurts from one too many celebratory drinks and my legs ache from too much pedalling around trying to ‘pull the vote’ yesterday, but we finally did it: NDP candidate Peggy Nash is now NDP Member of Parliment. With Olivia Chow taking her riding too, Toronto is no longer the Liberal fortress it once was.
This morning, I also woke to the sobering reality that Stephen Harper and the Conservatives are now in power. Thankfully it’s only a minority government, so we’ll see how far right they try to go and how far our stronger NDP standing lets them.
So, until the next election, that is all the political postings around here – well, unless Harper does something totally crazy like repeal the same-sex marriage laws, re-open the right to choose debate or start selling all our water to the highest bidder – but that would never happen, right?
tagged: [ndp] [canadian] [election]
