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Originally Posted by Charlatan
155 plus 1 for a speaker of the house = a majority.
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308 seats.
Assume the conservatives + allies manage 155 people.
1 for speaker of the house. That leaves 154. The opposition has 153.
154 > 153, so they can pass bills.
If they don't take speaker (they could leave the liberal current speaker as speaker), they only need 154 to pass bills.
NDP + CON + IND = 154, so this is a real possibility.
Then again, the IND is a shock jock from Montreal, not the most reliable ally.
Then again, we have recounts coming (look at Bruce -- a victor by 21 votes, it is an automatic recount.) So the edge of the knife can fall either way.