If the Fordists at city hall weren’t already drunk with power, they’re practically rolling on the ground laughing now that Stephen Harper has his majority.

Toronto's new NDP MPs may not be quite as unknown as the Quebecois contigent of the Orange Tide, but they're not exactly household names. Here's what you need to know about the fresh-faced progressives the GTA is sending to Ottawa.

Ah. Breathe that fresh air of optimism. Now that the Cons have their coveted majority, it feels like a 30-kilogram rock has been lifted off my back. It doesn’t get any better than this.

It was young. It was exuberant. And it was slightly in a bubble. Jack Layton’s party at the Convention Centre was full of the promise of the future – the dream of a fair, sharing Canada where no one gets left behind.

The election that began with a whimper only to catch a huge orange wave, has  ended with a crash – a Conservative majority.