#electino2015

A Liberal majority, eh?  Well it’s not exactly the functioning minority I was wishing for, but it’s bound to be better than another 4 years under Harper.  I’ll admit, it does have me a bit worried about the economy, but hopefully Trudeau keeps his promises and undoes the damaging and divisive policies to the environment, sciences, First Nation’s and woman’s rights, world standing, etc that Harper pushed through while he was in power.  So far the first thing he’s done -- his post election speech -- has at least followed that tone, so maybe there’s hope.

What impresses me more than the much needed change at the top, was the high voter turnout.  Some provinces boasted a 73% turnout with the national average being somewhere close to 70% of all eligible voters making their way to the polls.  The number of youth voters was also reported to be the highest it’s been in ages, possibly due to there finally being a candidate/party that knows how to not alienate them.  Or chooses not to intentionally alienate and disenfranchise them.  Whatever the reason, it’s great that the fate of the country isn’t being determined by a less than ideal proportion of the population.  Now if we can only fix our electoral system.