Last night was filled with happiness and disappointment. I just finished an article for tomorrow's Ottawa Citizen looking at next steps. One thing the Tories need to do is look at their urban vote problem. The Tories do not have a single seat in Toronto, Montreal or Vancouver. They didn't win a single seat in Mississauga, Brampton or London. This was solid Mike Harris country. Why are these people still voting Liberal? They need to find out why and fix the problem.
My beloved Québec City region pulled through in flying colours! Woohoo. I felt the sea change when I got back from Christmas holidays. Students who had never talked politics with me before were suddenly announcing they were voting Tory, or at least thinking about it. It's been pretty neat. According to one friend, Sylvie Boucher, the new MP for Beauport-Limoilou, didn't even have signs. Shocking to see Richard Marceau, the perfectly bilingual young Bloc MP often seen gracing the TV talk shows, defeated at the hands of the Tories.
Bye for now.
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 3:39 PM
