"Many voters saw the crisis coming, but half the voting populace works for the government, so they chose not to vote against their gravy train."

I'm not sure that half the voting populace works for the government but Hudak's decision to frame his party's campaign as opposing the interests of the broader public sector didn't  help, of course.  That pretty much eliminated a huge chunk of voters from considering voting for the PCs and pushed many middle of the road voters who might otherwise have considered the NDP into supporting the Libs in order to stop Hudak from gaining power.  Let's hope the current iteration of the PC party isn't as obtuse when crafting a strategy to oust the Libs in 2018.