So what do you make of the way our
With Julie Bourgeois carrying the red
“political landscape” has changed?
banner for the first time, the Liberals saw
Itsurefeaturesdistinctcontrastsafterthe
their popular vote drop from 37 per cent to
blue Conservative and orange New
31 per cent.
Democratic Party waves rolled across the
Well, the people have spoken and the
country May 2.
numbers don’t lie. They tell us clearly that
Unless you are a political junkie, you are
about 50 per cent of the people who voted
relieved that the latest federal election
May 2 are pleased with Pierre Lemieux.
campaignisfinallyover.Andourlandscape
We can look forward to being campaign-
definitely has improved, literally. Now that
free for at least four years, at the federal
A multi-coloured landscape
all that political propaganda has been
level.
removed, the countryside looks so much
Alas,thispropaganda-freeperiodwillbe
neater, cleaner and greener. Plus, there are
Parliament. That was a fabrication by the
brief — an Ontario election will be held in
As they say in sports, statistics are for
fewer distractions for drivers. And all those
opposition, he said.
the fall.
losers. You find that harsh? Sure. But this is
campaign signs were competing with the
Anyway,obviously,peoplebelievedhim
not a nice exercise, people.
Garage Sale notices and real estatemarkers.
because he was easily re-elected, again.
One encouraging figure, however, is that
Greens look
And, it is now safe to watch TV
And the voters, or at least half of them,
the voter turnout was good — 57,704 of
commercialsagain.Viewerswerefrightened
like Lemieux. And what is there not to like?
84,347 voters showed up, for a participation
bythoseConservativeattackadsonMichael
He is photogenic and affable.
rate of 68.4 per cent. In 2008, the turnout was
ahead to
Ignatieff. When he visited Glengarry-
Some of his personal beliefs and some of
about 66 per cent.
Prescott-Russell, Iggy did not look evil.
his party’s policies may be scary to some
The tallies were disappointing for all the
Nobody was turned to stone; babies did not
people. But the winners make the rules.
non-elected, obviously.
provincial
howl; cows kept yielding their milk.
That is the way democracy works.
Onepersonwhohadtobereallybummed
But,accordingtothoseTorycommercials,
In the span of five years, this federal
was Green Party candidate Sylvie Lemieux,
Ignatieff, that foreigner, was just waiting for
riding that was once considered a Liberal
election
whowasthebestdebateronthetrail.NDPer
achancetopounceonusandtaxustodeath,
fortress has become a Tory stronghold.
Denis Séguin did not even take a day off
while we slept.
Sowe now live in a Conservative region.
nouvelles@eap.on.ca
work and he still got more votes than
AsaLiberal“advisor”whined,afterIggy
If you want to blend in, we had better get
Sylvie Lemieux is trying to ensure that
Lemieux, who was out there pounding the
steppeddownasleaderoftheLiberals,“The
ourselvessomegunsandstartwearingblue
the Green Party in Glengarry-Prescott-
pavement during the run-up to the election.
hatchet job is complete.”
shirtswithournamesembroideredonthem.
Russell is well represented in the
The NDP was “greener” than the Green
That is just another reasonwhy the party
We have to start calling up open-line radio
upcoming provincial election.
Party–therewerenosignsforJackLaytonin
needs amakeover. If you can’t stand having
talk shows and blasting Jack Layton, David
Lemieux, who has just completed her
this region.
your image and words twisted, you had
Suzuki, Dalton McGuinty and all the other
second campaign as a federal Green
Wait a minute – that absent candidate
better get out of politics.
Communists who are trying to save trees
candidate, is now recruiting a Green
approach may not be all that loopy after all.
Admittedly,inthedayfollowingthevote,
and feeding us lies about climate change.
representative for the October 6 provincial
In fact, in Argenteuil-Papineau-Mirabel,
there seemed to be something lacking. After
And by the way, how is your corporate
vote.
few voters have actually seen the new NDP
a month-long campaign, we had grown
tax today?
“We will work together for a Greener
Member of Parliament who knocked off
accustomed to the pitches and the political
NowsomeofyoumaynotethatLemieux,
approach to democracy,” comments
veteran Bloc Québécois MP Mario
personalities.
although he is very popular, did not take
Lemieux,whofinishedfourthinthefederal
Laframboise.
Fortunately, for Glengarry-Prescott-
every ballot cast in GPR.
election.
SylvieLemieuxsawherpercentageofthe
Russell Conservative MP Pierre Lemieux,
He got 28,144 votes or 49 per cent of all
In the 2007 provincial election in GPR,
vote drop from 5 per cent in 2008 to 3.7 per
who deftly sticks to one tight script,
ballots cast. That gave hima huge, massive,
Green standard bearer Karolyn Pickett got
cent, while the New Democrats’ percentage
familiarity does not breed contempt.
comfortable 10,000-vote margin of victory
2,348 votes, or 5.8 per cent of the popular
shot up from 10 per cent to 17 per cent.
Contempt? Who used the C word? Want
overLiberalJulieBourgeois,whogot17,698,
vote.
ConsideringthattheLiberalswerealmost
to get smeared, buster?
or 31 per cent of the popular vote.
That was an improvement over the total
wipedout,GPRGritscantakesomesolacein
During the campaign, Lemieux insisted,
If you combine the totals for the other
in 2003, when Green candidate Louise
adistant,yetrespectable,second-placefinish.
with a straight face, that the Conservatives
candidates, more people voted against
Pattington picked up 1,471 ballots, of 3.35
(Liberalscontentwithsecond?Oy!Thetimes
were never found guilty of contempt of
Lemieux than for him.
per cent of all votes cast.
really have changed!)
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