The Canadian political scene was left largely unchanged following Monday’s election.
(LifeSiteNews) — The Canadian political scene was left largely unchanged following Monday’s election, as each major party retained almost the exact number of seats from the 2019 election.
Justin Trudeau’s Liberals gained one seat, as did Jagmeet Singh’s New Democratic Party. The Bloc Quebecois under Yves-François Blanchet gained two seats, and the Green Party stayed the same with two seats. Erin O’Toole’s Conservative Party lost two seats, and Maxime Bernier’s People’s Party of Canada did not gain a single seat in parliament.
In some ridings with razor-thin margins, mail-in ballots could change the current outcome, as they will be counted on Tuesday. Mail-in ballots are not expected to help conservative candidates, as trends throughout provincial elections during the pandemic have shown that progressives vote more often by mail. In addition, there are some ridings with very few votes separating candidates, and some polling stations have not been fully counted. No vast changes are expected, but a seat here or there could flip in the next day or two.
The Conservatives remained the most popular party, according to the popular vote tally, earning 34%, compared to the Liberal’s 32.2%.
Even in defeat, O’Toole seemed committed to the centrist political stance he ran with throughout his campaign: “We will take stock of what worked and what didn’t and we will continue to put in the time showing more Canadians that they are welcome in the Conservative Party of Canada.”
Critical of Trudeau’s decision to call an election from the start of the campaign, O’Toole said: “Canadians sent him back with another minority at a cost of $600m and deeper divisions in our great country.”
One noticeable change in voting demographics was seen in the rise of the upstart PPC’s popular support from 1.62% in 2019 to 5.1% in 2021. This will change the monetary situation for the PPC, as it did not receive enough funding in the last election for significant reimbursements. According to Canadian election laws, candidates for political parties that receive either 2% of the national vote, or 5% of the vote in the districts in which they ran, get back 50 per cent of the money they spent.
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