Canada’s election: Andrew Scheer’s big mistake and how votes and seats don’t necessarily match

Harry Shannon If you believe the latest projections, the Liberals will get the most seats in the next Canadian Parliament.  The excellent website 338Canada.com has the Conservatives slightly ahead in the popular vote, but getting only 123 seats compared with 137 for the Liberals.  Still not the 170 needed for a majority, though.  It seems th…

Choosing your words

Andrew Scheer, the leader of Canada's Conservative party, needs to be more careful. He attacked Justin Trudeau over what Trudeau said in response to questions about the SNC-Lavalin affair. Now I believe that companies should not get away with corruption, so I think the prosecution should go ahead. But that's not my point. Reading from a pr…