I am very happy. I hope Trudeau offers the Environment portfolio to Elizabeth May. (Trudeau, the new PM designate, is Liberal. Elizabeth May is the one elected Green Party member.) The seat breakdown was

Liberals, 184
Conservatives (CPC) 99
New Democratic Party 44
Bloc Quebecois 10
Green Party 1

Total seats in the House of Commons is now 338. That is an increase of 30 seats from 2011 when there were 308 seats in the House.

The 2011 election figures were

CPC 166
NDP 103
Liberal 34
Bloc 4
Green 1

A majority now is 170 seats. (A majority in the House is 50% plus 1.) I expect the Libs will try to follow through on their campaign promises. Already Trudeau has said he'll cancel the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II order. That would have cost us 40 billion in the long run and the plane is crap. It is an encouraging result because finally the issue of missing and murdered indigenous women will be addressed. There are now 10 indigenous MPs and that is a good thing. Some deadwood from the CPC (Conservative Party of Canada) lost their seats and I am ecstatic about that. There are many 'bridges' to mend internationally and nationally. It will take time, but I think Trudeau will do it. He was the one candidate who said openly that Canada will have to run at least two years of deficit budgets, but that could change because we have no idea as a country what we have in the bank. The goddamned Conservatives have been BSing about that for years. Bill C-51 will be revisited and amended. The constant fear-mongering about Muslims will stop, and the TPP will be aired to the Canadian people for public input (I hope!). It feels to me like we saved our country from becoming a totalitarian state, and I am grateful Canadians (most of whom don't like being told what to do at the best of times) made that very clear to Harper. Harper will resign I expect today although he will keep his seat in the HoC. I hope they put the sack of shit in the back row of the HoC because I am sick of seeing his face.

PS I voted NDP in my riding and I'm glad the candidate retained her seat.