Despite his interference in the SNC-Lavalin case & numerous images of blackface, Justin Trudeau will remain at 24 Sussex Drive.
Although falling short of a majority government, as of this writing, the Liberals won 156 seats tonight. The Conservatives led by Andrew Scheer finished ahead of the Liberals in the popular vote (34% to 32%) they only managed to win 121 seats failing to break through in Ontario and Quebec.
In Quebec, the separatist Bloc Québécois surged to 32 seats under new leader Yves-Francois Blanchet. Many of those seats came at the expense of the NDP. Quebec's electorate simply could not except a Sikh leader. Notwithstanding this setback, the NDP under Jagmeet Singh did win 25 seats amid a late surge in the polls.
Green Party leader Elizabeth May was re-elected and her party won two other seats although it is expected that she will resign as leader in the coming days. The People's Party of Canada led by former Tory cabinet minister Maxime Bernier lost his Quebec seat, did not win any other seats only earning 1.6% of the popular vote.
It appears that Jody Wilson-Raybould, the center of the SNC-Lavalin scandal and key to costing Trudeau's another majority, has been elected as an Independent in her Vancouver area constituency. But the Liberals remain in power even if they must work more closely with the opposition parties.
This is an election Justin Trudeau ought to have lost. What we have learned today is that Canadian voters are more concerned that Andrew Scheer is an American citizen than the fact that Trudeau broke the law. We also learned that wearing blackface is acceptable as long as you're committed to gender parity, talk about climate change and get Barack Obama's endorsement. As for Scheer, he might have won the popular vote but it might not be enough to save his job. SMH.
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