Winners and Losers From The Election

Greens?  NDP? Liberals?  Pshaw.  That low hanging fruit I will leave for the paid pundits to harvest.  Here is the Constant Vigilance list of Winners and Losers.

Winners:

• Canada: We did not elect a bigoted homophobic anti-LGBTQ2 government with a ridiculous and unworkable platform
• Jason Kenney: His plan to replace Scheer and run for PM is unfolding as he hoped.  I expect Canada will reject him and the last of the Harperites will be gone.
• Alberta:  Although the UCP has plenty of tools in its box to take over, seeing Kenney take his act to Ottawa will be a win.
• Andrew Scheer: He doesn't have to pretend to be a leader anymore.  He can step down and collect his pension.  Perhaps he can ask Trudeau to appoint him as ambassador to the Vatican.

Losers:

• Misinformation and fake news:  This page from the Republican playbook didn't deliver.  A couple more failures and they will have to consider policies that people like.
• Jody Wilson-Raybould: As someone who craves to be at the centre of attention, the life of an independent MP will be lonely.  She will probably be inclined to vote with the Liberals most of the time.  As a final indignity, she might very well ask to rejoin the Liberals in exchange for a Cabinet seat.  That is, of course, if details about the fake SNC-Lavalin scandals leak out that put her in a bad light.
• Alberta: The Cons take Alberta for granted.  The other parties give it a low priority because of the slim odds of making gains.  Alberta could have tried something different by electing Liberals and being a power broker in the new government.  But the victimization syndrome is strong in Alberta so we prefer to whine about separating.
• The Underminer: His client lost.  The Liberals have already shown him the back door.  The Greens found him toxic.  Details about the failed SNC-Lavalin play might tarnish him as much or more as St J.

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