Canadians Re-Elect Conservative Party

Canada's Conservative Party was elected yesterday, but retains only a minority government. The Conservatives, having failed to win enough votes to allow it to have a majority in the Parliament, will continue to have to negotiate with the Opposition parties in order to pass new policies and legislation. This election, which comes two years after a similar minority win two years ago, follows dissolution of Parliament on September 7th following a vote of non-confidence by the Opposition.

One of the issues that the government was working on at the time of the dissolution of Parliament was the overhaul of the Federal immigration system. Faced with lengthy backlogs, the Conservatives had promised to implement changes to resolve this. Opposition parties, concerned about the potential for these changes to have negative consequences in some cases, now continue to push for positive improvements to the system. Liberal Jogn McCallum, a Toronto area Member of Parliament, is promising to push for an open and generous immigration policy.