Tuesday, January 24, 2006

Stay calm, be brave, and wait for the sign

The Canadian pendulum has swung a little to the right, and there will be a minority Conservative government. Believe it or not, I think this is healthy. There will be some changes, but Canada will not become the 51st state of the United States of Jesusland.

I am intrigued by Stephen Harper's wife, Laureen Teskey. She rides a motorcycle, and she has a penchant for fostering stray kittens. How bad can it be?

Apart from the very unfortunate negative campaign ads*, the election was an extraordinarily civilized affair. To quote Rick Mercer: "At the end of the day, not a single shot was fired. And that, my friends, is a country worth voting for."

*Do you think Paul Martin was just tired, and subconsciously self-sabotaged?

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