Canada Gives Conservatives a Majority

Nicely done, eh?

Canadians handed the Conservative Party its long-sought majority in a game-changing election that made the NDP the Official Opposition, destroyed the Bloc Québécois and humbled the Liberals.

Stephen Harper’s message, that only a Conservative majority could bring stability to government, succeeded. But with that majority, he faces a very different parliamentary opposition.

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff was still fighting for his seat late Monday, while Bloc Leader Gilles Ducepped was tossed out of his riding. Both were pressed like so many of their candidates between a solid Conservative vote and surging support for Jack Layton’s New Democrats.

The Conservatives were leading or elected in 165 seats, up from 143 at dissolution and comfortably ahead of the bare 155 needed to form a majority government.

Harper should have an easier time of it now that he doesn't have to cobble together a majority from multiple parties.  Maybe things will calm down a bit up there.

Mark Steyn, who has at times found himself on the wrong end of Canadian speech codes, sums things up with this headline at The Corner:

Liberal Party of Canada Buried at Sea After Dying in Firefight