On the plus side, the NDP had a serious hike in their number of seats won and have become the Official Opposition for the first time, and the Green Party gained their very first seat
P.S. Majority/minority government 101 for those who aren't used to this system: Whichever party gets voted into the most seats in Parliament gets to be the government of Canada. Whichever party wins the second greatest number of seats is the Official Opposition ... they are responsible for coordinating criticism and questioning of the governing party. When the winning party's number of seats is less than the total of seats won by all other parties then they are a minority government ... if the other parties join forces, they can overrule the governing party and can also, if necessary, pass a no-confidence motion and force a new election whether the governing party wants one or not. If the winning party's number of seats is greater than the total of seats won by all other parties then they are a majority government ... the combination of the other parties cannot outvote them. This time the Conservatives hold 167 seats, the other parties combined hold 141 seats (so it was a fairly close race)
