Reuters: “Canada votes, expected to re-elect Conservatives”
From Mark Steyn:
Conservatism may be a busted flush south of the border (as the experts assure us), but up north Stephen Harper has survived as Prime Minister and modestly improved his position by some 20 or so seats. He was on course for a Tory majority government until the global financial Armageddon hijacked the news cycle halfway through the campaign. Still, he’s an incrementalist and he’ll be reasonably satisfied not just with the Conservative gains but also with the vote-splitting among the opposition. After all, one unstated goal of his campaign was to weaken Canadians’ assumption that the Liberals are the country’s natural governing party and that any spell out of office is therefore little more than a long weekend off from their hammerlock on power. After tonight, the once mighty Liberals are reduced more or less to downtown Toronto, the Yukon and the Atlantic provinces, which means they’re going to be consumed by leadership contests and anguished debates over the direction of the party.
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