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Voters turned up at the ballot box at the lowest rate in more than a decade to participate in #elxn44vote, according to preliminary data from Elections Canada.

Across the country, turnout was at least 59 per cent.

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That 59 per cent turnout figure will change as @ElectionsCan_E verifies roughly a million mail-in ballots.

The agency will also be counting ballots by those who were not registered but showed up at a polling station. Both those totals are not yet known.
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Turnout in 2021 was lower than the previous two elections:

🗳️ 2019: 67% of registered voters cast a ballot;
🗳️ 2015: 68.3% of registered voters turned out at the polls.

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A question everyone should be asking: WHY has #cdnmedia failed to report on one of the biggest political scandals in decades. O’Toole & #CPC colluded w/ #Conservative premiers to delay implementing covid measures until after #elxn44vote. People died as a result #CovidInquiryNow
The very next day after #elxn44vote, #JasonKenney shuffles Shandro, #ScottMoe flies under the radar & the UCP sends an official request to the Trudeau gov’t for help. (Because of jurisdiction the feds must be invited). Something UCP could’ve done weeks ago. #CovidInquiryNow
I’d just like to underscore this point. The letter sent by Ric McIver the day he replaced Shandro, is extremely revealing. A “State of Public Health Emergency” was declared on Sept 15, but no formal request was made to the Trudeau gov’t until immediately after #Elxn44. #ABleg
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🗳️ Election 2021: Latest updates

@JustinTrudeau didn’t get the Liberal majority he hoped for in Monday’s election, but with 158 seats leading or elected, the party is set to govern in a 44th Parliament that looks largely the same as the 43rd. #elxn44

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In coming days and weeks, Trudeau is likely to face questions from his caucus about whether the snap #elexn44 call was worth it, but Monday night he focused on what he called the “clear direction” from voters to stay on a progressive course.

#cdnpoli

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To form a majority, a party needs 170 or more MPs in the 338-member House of Commons.

As of Tuesday morning, the seat distribution was more or less the same as Aug. 15, when Parliament was dissolved. #elxn44vote

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Interesting pattern in #elxn44vote: 21 ridings have CPC+PPC vote shares above the LPC or NDP winning share.

This doesn't imply CPC would have won if PPC didn't exist, of course. But it's interesting.
A non-trivial number of seats were at stake. Even if just a relatively small share of the PPC vote went to CPC. #elxn44vote
Of course, "vote splitting" is a much larger issue between LPC and NDP than between CPC and now PPC.
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First calls of the night:

LPC HOLD St. John's South-Mount Pearl and Avalon, both in Newfoundland. #Elxn44 rrhelections.com/index.php/2021…
Labrador: Liberal HOLD. #exln44

Has usually been an LPC seat but was potentially competitive.

A généralement, elle a été une circonscription LPC, mais c'était potentiellement compétitive.
Beauséjour: Lib HOLD
Tobique-Mactaquac: CPC HOLD
Cardigan: Lib HOLD
Acadie-Bathurst: Lib HOLD
West Nova: CPC HOLD

No suprises. West Nova was close in 2019. #Elxn44
Pas de surprises. Nouvelle-Ouest était compétitive en 2019.

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During this election, I’ve seen a ton of hypocrisy and dishonesty in #ConservativeParty attacks, and compiled some of this
#cpc claim: the cons never wanted this “vanity election.”
Picture: #otoole was demanding it for months #elxn44vote
#cpc claim: Trudeau bought the media and it was all biased for him.
Picture: most media in Canada is heavily biased in favour of the conservatives, and has been for years.
#cpc claim: they are against negative adds and condemned #trudeau for supposedly using some.
Picture: a still from the first Con party add of the election, which featured Trudeau’s face photoshopped on a little girl from Willy Wonka, but got pulled for copyright infringement
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The election is tomorrow. Erin O'Toole has replaced his public appearances with a little film. He ordered his candidates to go into hiding a few days ago. This says a few things to me... 1/8 #elxn44vote #Elxn44
1) He doesn't trust any of his candidates to not say something that will screw everything up even worse. Does a party that has been upfront with Canadians need to keep their candidates from speaking? 2/8
2) O'Toole is plenty ruffled himself. That last press conference in the curling rink where he had to hang onto the podium to keep himself from running out of the room? Yowza. This does not particularly inspire confidence. 3/8
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Canada has faced a rude awakening around the rise of anti-Asian racism.

On the eve of the 44th Canadian federal election, they’re now speaking out about what they demand from the federal electoral candidates. #elxn44vote
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Shiwei Mao, a Chinese-Canadian retiree, is angry that the pandemic has become a political issue and has changed her idea of safety. She believes pandemic measures should have been led by experts and scientists instead of politicians. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/… Image
Amy Go, the president of the Chinese-Canadian National Council said the pandemic highlights wealth disparities. “The pandemic really highlights the differential access to services of racialized seniors and seniors who don’t speak English." thestar.com/news/gta/2021/… Image
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🔔 Dr. Nicole O’Byrne was one of the very first high profile Frederictonians to support me in my first campaign to represent the people of #Fredericton South in the Legislative Assembly in 2014

Like me, she... 1/

#nbpoli #frederictonnb #explorefredericton #gpc #cdnpoli
2/ ...found that Green principles lined up nicely with hers, and she was a vocal champion for me. I trust Nicole with my vote.

In #Parliament, she will advocate for the urgent needs of #Fredericton families, our community...

#newbrunswick #nouveabrunswick #cdnpoli #oromocto
3/... and our environment. Growing up in a farm family, she learned the value of hard work, the sustenance the earth and #climate provides if treated respectfully, and the importance of family and community to our well-being...

#frederictonnb #elxn44 #newmarylandnb #mintonb
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- when did Trudeau say he was against taxing billionaires? Mr. Singh just said both Mr. Trudeau & Mr. O'Toole are against taxing the billionaires. This presser is nuts. Too many disingenuous statements. Discouraging that there are voters that believe him.
#Elxn44 #elxn44vote
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just after posting my above tweet, @krismeloche's tweet appeared in my TL, basically saying the same thing
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