Heh. And Kady, I’m going to agree with you on your reply to MYL. There is a huge difference between a mandatory vs. requested recount, and the latter may even be subject to costs being assumed by the applicant, depending on the circumstances (as I understand it).

So it only makes sense for the applicant to call off the process once he or she realizes that pursuing the situation even further is futile (as was the case in Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca when the number of disputed ballots was less than the spread between the two candidates.)

Dan, check your meds. I am part of no army, and I see no conspiracy. If one must be a CON soldier for wanting the will of the people to carry…

Which makes the option of surveying a handful of ballot boxes during a mandatory recount, frankly, nuts.

And which makes a candidate’s apparent ability to call the whole thing off before it’s done (or before the few remaining contested ballots would obviously not change any result), frankly, not mandatory. It’s just negative option recounting; we’ll recount until you tell us to stop. A major disrespect of the voter, and if that possibility is in the law, it must be removed.

Recount continues tomorrow.

Ian

Dan the Van – I’ve heard that the RCMP are refusing to investigate the mysterious robocalls the weekend before the election – the ones that were rigged to look like they came from the local NDP constituency association. Hopefully that’s just a vicious rumour.

and why was Dosanjh’s vote total 600 higher on election night. An honest counting mistake, or something more nefarious.

I am usually against paranoid conspiracy theories, but there are some whispered rumours out here on the West Coast re. some shenanigans that went on in Van South. Sounds like a job for a fearless investigative reporter!

http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2008/20081103-x16/html/extra16-e.html

Many thanks to everyone here for taking the time to clear this up.

I don’t think a whole lot of people use the phrase; I’ve only heard it at all in the last few years. As I said, it’s pretty derivative.

> Please define for a Western Canadian.

The Queensway is the freeway that runs East-West through Ottawa. If something is “inside the Queensway” (i.e. north of the freeway), it is within a stone’s throw of Parliament Hill. So if something is only of interest inside the Queensway, it is only of interest to political junkies, etc.

The “Queensway” is a highway running through Ottawa that usually separates “downtown” from the rest of the city and outlying areas

Politics in Ottawa, naturally occurs downtown, hence, inside the Queensway.

Please define for a Western Canadian. It seems to be used alot.

Is it like, “they said”? “They” being the faceless truth etc.

Thanks, Kady & Mike. That solves one mystery.

Now we’ll just want for the answer to the other.

This leaves open the question of exactly how that result in Quebec flipped on a re-count. No one has provided any details on that, which is strange…

Pundits’ Guide: Hopefully we’ll have real, honest-to-goodness results soon. This inching towards closure has to be stressful for all concerned.

I suspect it’s just the normal clerical routine of updating things in a database according to the paperwork that’s received, in the order it’s received.

Thus, your effort to transmit the latest real news from on-the-ground reports out west is appreciated.

You and me both. Thanks for the update, Kady.

And I’m going to admit my ‘Joanne-Come-Lately’ status to the Kady Nation when I ask the following question that has been perplexing me for weeks:

What does ‘ITQ’ stand for? Thanks.