Stats Canada!!!!!!

[Klause]

So true.


I joked on facebook yesterday... "I'm a committed white male with clear goals, a plan to get there, a farm, and a high paying off-season job. That makes me an extreme minority".. At the same time, saying that locally here might just get me into a fist fight.

I went to vote. Every house along the way has a VoteNDP sign in front of it.

[furrowtickler]

We are the same here, high's in the 58-62 and lows in the 25-30's. Average in this area will be in the high 30 to low 40's. Much the same as last years canola just different areas. North of the river had higher yeilds last year and south had exessive moisture problems. This year is the opposite. Makes life interesting.
On wheat, this may be one the highest quality crops ever seen accross western Canada if the ergot can be managed.

[liberty]

You can't discount the effect that Hugh McFadden's leadership of the PC's has had in effectively turning off his membership base. Other than the Bipole Hydro issue, there is nothing in his platform to differentiate the PC's from the NDP. Even on the crime issue, his solution is to pour money into the St. James Civic Centre. As far as the deficit goes, he's promising eight years of deficits as opposed to the four touted by the NDP. That doesn't sound very conservative to me. In talking to many conservative supporters lately, it's hard to find anyone who is enthused about McFadden and eager to help him out. The troubles in Manitoba to some extent start with the conservative party itself. Does anyone know what they stand for anymore, other than to be NDP lite?

[silverback]

Too busy trying to become the ndp.

[Fransisco]

NDP lite? From where I sit it looks like they've been running to the left of NDP.

[Fransisco]

http://blackrod.blogspot.com/2011/09/manitoba-election-and-winner-is.html#links

[liberty]

Only forty minutes into Global's election coverage and they're already declaring a majority for the NDP. No surprise there.

In a parliamentary system, I don't care to see any party get more than three majority governments in a row. After two, they usually start to get complacent, arrogant and wind up doing a lot of damage. They start taking the voters for granted. Three majorities and it's time to clean house. But not in Manitoba. If the Tories don't clean up their own house and soon, they'll hand the NDP a fifth.

[a2farms]

I think that the fun's over for Hugh. Or at least it sure should be! WOW.

[ajl]

It has been suggested that the fix to the
problem would be to ban people that
receive a paycheck from the government
from voting. That would include farmers
until the agri-stability/invest program is
eliminated.

[Braveheart]

I think it's time for Hugh to leave politics and go back to competitive curling. The compaign sucked. The PCs let the NDP run damaging negative ads without attacking back. One promise after another, racing towards years of deficits.

Now the NDP have another majority and Manitoba is doomed to another 4 years of socialist dark ages.