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Many of the NDP gains came at the expense of the Liberals. But most intriguing is that so much of their upswing – they almost tripled their seats from 36 to 102 – came at the expense of the separatist party in Québec, the Bloc Québecois. The Bloc was reduced from 47 seats to 4, including losing their leader to the NDP candidate in his riding. This suggests that regardless of the sovereigntist ambitions of many Québeckers, they are far more interested in social policy than independence. So while the NDP under leader Jack Layton is now Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition, a Harper majority will ensure that all their good social ideas will be met with closed minds. What we are going to see now is a government run rampant with a right-wing agenda. While some of our neighbours to the south will be pleased by this, Canadians will soon learn they’ve made a huge mistake. And we’ll have five years of this crap, after which it might be hard to recognize Canada. The country is now clearly delineated hard-right and soft-socialist, with very little in between, and there is not much hope of any meaningful compromise**. Mostly because Stephen Harper is genetically hardwired not to play well with the other kids. Still, what yesterday’s election does show is that there remains a strong socialist bent in Canada. Those of us with a sense of community can only hope that the next five years of a Stephen Harper majority will cause the rest of Canadians to realize what they have wrought.