As the election heads into its last days, it appears that the Winnipeg Free Press is headed to a strike. The union has set up a website.
I voted along with my wife in the advance polls.
I no longer think the Tories will win a massive majority. That bird flew the moment Harper let Duceppe and the Bloc find an angle to attack them with. This came through cuts to the arts (which the Tories had to reverse with tail between their legs) and through the crime bill (which they can't change without an uprising in the their base support).
The Liberals struggled all campaign and only because Dion did better in the debates than expected, there was a bump in support. That bump was helped along by the uncertainty brought on by the stock market crash.
Since then the Liberals and Tories have seen the gap rise and fall but it doesn't look like a blow out is imminent.The Tories should win. The Liberals ought to finish second but horrifyingly, the Bloc might come in second.
Back to the Free Press: it sucks that on one of the most important news days that the main newspaper in the city might not be publishing.
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