I wouldn’t rule it out, but right now I have nothing planned.Will we see updates about the US? Maybe after all the main updates about Canada are done?
I wouldn’t rule it out, but right now I have nothing planned.Will we see updates about the US? Maybe after all the main updates about Canada are done?
Not quite, here's a rundown as of the end of 2016:
British Columbia: Still Christy Clark
Alberta: Danielle Smith, elected earlier that year with a Wildrose minority
Saskatchewan: Still Brad Wall
Manitoba: Still Brian Pallister, though Theresa Oswald briefly served as Premier before his 2015 victory
Ontario: Chris Bentley, having taken over in 2014 following the resignation of Dalton McGuinty and having won the Liberals another majority in 2015
Quebec: Francois Legault, first elected with a minority in 2014 and re-elected with a majority in 2016
New Brunswick: David Alward, re-elected in 2014 with a majority despite losing the popular vote to the Liberals (cc @CanadianTory)
Nova Scotia: Still Stephen McNeil
Prince Edward Island: Wes Sheridan, elected with a majority in 2015 after taking over from Robert Ghiz earlier that year
Newfoundland and Labrador: Lorraine Michael, elected with a minority in 2015
Not quite, here's a rundown as of the end of 2016:
British Columbia: Still Christy Clark
Alberta: Danielle Smith, elected earlier that year with a Wildrose minority
Saskatchewan: Still Brad Wall
Manitoba: Still Brian Pallister, though Theresa Oswald briefly served as Premier before his 2015 victory
Ontario: Chris Bentley, having taken over in 2014 following the resignation of Dalton McGuinty and having won the Liberals another majority in 2015
Quebec: Francois Legault, first elected with a minority in 2014 and re-elected with a majority in 2016
New Brunswick: David Alward, re-elected in 2014 with a majority despite losing the popular vote to the Liberals (cc @CanadianTory)
Nova Scotia: Still Stephen McNeil
Prince Edward Island: Wes Sheridan, elected with a majority in 2015 after taking over from Robert Ghiz earlier that year
Newfoundland and Labrador: Lorraine Michael, elected with a minority in 2015
Yup, Redford was still Premier and pretty much suffered the same fate as OTL. Since it won't really matter much (i.e. it's not much of a spoiler), here's basically what I was thinking for Alberta:Disappointed that Danielle Smith and Wildrose won out in Alberta. Was Alison Redford still Premier? I'm curious as to the Alberta landscape. Chris Bentley as Premier is cool. Dalton had so many possible successors who either didn't run or resigned during the Liberals time in power that there's a lot of fun to be had there. Alward winning is alright. Not sure what would happen to Gallant. He had the old boys club backing him, and they wouldn't be eager to hand over the leadership to Michael Murphy.
I may alter this, but this is the basic idea for Quebec:As of 2022, how are Quebec politics?
Not quite to the same extent, but yeah, most people are assuming they'll be defeated in 2019 by Christine Elliott's PCs (though of course we all know how competent the PCs are at maintaining a lead).@True Grit Are Chris Bentley and the Liberals facing the unpopularity that the Liberals are facing in OTL?
I may alter this, but this is the basic idea for Quebec:
Premiers of Quebec
2013-2014: Pauline Marois (Parti Québécois)
-13 (min): Jean Charest (Liberal), François Legault (Coalition Avenir Québec), Françoise David & Amir Khadir (Québec solidaire)
2014-2022: François Legault (Coalition Avenir Québec)
-14 (min): Thomas Mulcair (Liberal), Pauline Marois (Parti Québécois), Françoise David & Andrés Fontecilla (Québec solidaire)
-16: Thomas Mulcair (Liberal), Bernard Drainville (Parti Québécois), Françoise David & Andrés Fontecilla (Québec solidaire)
-21 (min): Pierre Moreau (Liberal), Jean-Martin Aussant (Parti Québécois), Manon Massé & Hans Marotte (Québec solidaire)
2022-2023: François Bonnardel (Coalition Avenir Québec)
2023-present: Pierre Moreau (Liberal)
-23: François Bonnardel (Coalition Avenir Québec), Manon Massé & Hans Marotte (Québec solidaire), Jean-Martin Aussant (Parti Québécois)
Basically, Charest delays the election a few months into early 2013, with the Liberals doing worse and the CAQ doing better. The PQ screws up their likely re-election as per OTL by focusing too much on sovereignty, a mistake they continue to make in subsequent elections as their supporters shift towards both the CAQ and Québec solidaire.
Not quite to the same extent, but yeah, most people are assuming they'll be defeated in 2019 by Christine Elliott's PCs (though of course we all know how competent the PCs are at maintaining a lead).
Something I've wondered about for a while - why is Joyce Murray seen as more of a progressive voice within the Liberal Party, given that she had been part of Gordon Campbell's provincial government in BC? This isn't a criticism of the TL - I gather that she has this image IRL too and even once called for cooperation with the NDP. But I had assumed that the overlap between the Federal Liberals and the BC Liberals tended to originate from the more right-leaning "business Liberal" faction.
Don't worry about; the BC Liberals are definitely a weird breed, given that they're mostly a coalition between federal Liberals and the Conservatives designed largely to keep the NDP out of office, but with BC being one of the more left-wing provinces there's still a fair amount of progressivism in the BC Liberals. For instance, Campbell introduced the country's first (IIRC) carbon tax, pushed for electoral reform, etc., so I'd say that for Murray herself the reason she's seen as progressive is that in both TTL and OTL she's seen as more aligned with that wing of the party than the conservative-wing and people like Kevin Falcon, Chuck Strahl, etc. But that's more of a guess than anything.
I mean I’m a Liberal so it’s pretty crowd-pleasing for me.you often you resist the fun, crowd-pleasing moments, like how you've tanked Mulcair's career twice
I’ll be sticking with federal politics.@True Grit, Is the next update going to cover provincial politics or is the TL on a hiatus?
I’ll be sticking with federal politics.
I’m on a bit of a hiatus, yeah, but it’ll be closer to a few weeks (if even!) than a few months or anything.