Canadian Election Comments.

On October 21 I did my civic duty and wrote Socialism on my ballot slip, but sad to say it was the working class who slipped and did not vote to end capitalism. Justin Trudeau's Liberals won, but just failing to gain a majority, with 156 seats to Andrew Scheer's Conservatives which had 122. The Bloc Quebecois had 32, NDP 24, the Greens 3 and an independent had 1. There wasn't a big difference between the two main parties percentagewise: the Liberals got 34.3 and the Cons 33.2. The general feeling is that Trudeau didn't win because of anything he had done or said he would do, but because Scheer shot himself in the foot by running a stupid smear campaign, emphasizing the possible criminal involvement in the SCN-Lavalin scandal (see internet). Furthermore, Sheers praise of Ontario Premier, Doug Ford, cost him votes in Ontario by folks who don't want the two of them in power. Though personality should not play a part, we also know it does and Scheer's smart-ass way of speaking put some voters off. Even if I was queer for capitalism I wouldn't want him at the helm. The media seems to think, if they think, that Trudeau will have no trouble forming a majority government. So the working class cast more votes for Tweedledee instead of Tweedledummer. The differences between all five parties are those of details; the Tories would be less inclined to pass good reform measures, and even said they would cut government spending, whereas the Liberals and more-so the NDP would. However the whole history of capitalism has shown that reforms just don't cut it, becoming obsolete or repealed later. There are fundamentally no differences between any of those parties, because they stand for a continuation of capitalism and all the misery it brings: So why not get rid of it.
Canadian Comrade.