nonamedufus

So Canada is in the midst of an election, and we're chugging towards a May 2nd date with the end of the world as we know it, erm, ah, destiny. I live in our nation's capital region and as both a former journalist and bureaucrat in my former lives I probably follow politics a little more closely than most. I think anyone beyond the confines of our region half the time could care less, though. I'm being kind. It's probably more like 90% of the time. But the televised leadership debates will afford Canadians an opportunity to see our political bobble heads in action, away from the sterile and staged daily events and outside the prism of nightly televised attack ads. Almost. You see the television consortium responsible for this exercise in uncivil civics in action has, in it's wisdom, decided to omit Green Party leader Elizabeth May from the debates because she hasn't any sitting members of Parliament, even though she will be fielding candidates in every riding ac...

On the weekend they called an election in Canada. *sighs* You know we're kinda screwed up in this country when it comes to federal politics. For example, the longest serving federal leader is Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe, a dyed-in-the-wool separatist bent on sovereignty for Quebec while at the same time having no qualms about collecting a federal salary for the last 21 years. Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff returned from years in exile in Great Britain and the States where he was an academic and journalist to run for the Liberal leadership. In their million dollar pre-election attack ads, the Conservatives sum up his sense of purpose with the line "Ignatieff. he didn't come back for you". And poor New Democrat Party leader Jack Layton has just had hip surgery. We're waiting for the first campaign reference from one of his opponents that he doesn't have a leg to stand on. I know I'm going out on a limb here (no pun intended, Jack) writing about po...