Well it's one week after the historic election the dust is starting to settle. I thought I would share a few of my thoughts.
PM Stephen Harper and the Conservatives have that much deserved and coveted majority although I'm sad to see that some capable ministers will not be back. Conservatives will be able to govern for four years without the constant election threats,committees controlled by the opposition that obstruct, dilute and pursue faux scandals that waste time and taxpayer money. They will actually be able to get some good things done for a change like finally killing the long gun registry but that doesn't mean they should have carte blanch. We the public will have to watch,keep them accountable and make sure they don't get arrogant and adopt that culture of entitlement that brought the Liberals down.
Jack and Olivia moving into Stornoway are wondering how they're going to go about putting out fires and control their new greatly expanded inexperienced caucus which is made up with a few young kids that are going to need some training. I wish them well. Even though the NDP is now the official opposition, they will have less influence and power than they did before when there were minority governments and they had fewer seats.
Meanwhile the Liberals are licking their wounds from a devastating loss wondering what to do next and who will be their next messiah. The next few years the once mighty party will decide whether the party rebuilds, merges with the NDP or just dies. Interesting days ahead to see what happens.
The Bloc, well it's a good day for Canada because now the Bloc has no longer any influence on the nation's business.
We'll have to listen to Lizzy May's screeching for four years but hopefully not too much.
The main stream media has lost the influence they once had. They did everything in their power to sink PM Harper and the Conservatives but it didn't work. Voters looked passed the hate, vitriol and the bias this time and made their choice.
Lastly congratulations to all who won their seats no matter what party. The next four years are going to be fun and interesting to watch and just think no federal election until 2015.
