most of you americans probably had no idea that the canadian government imploded a few months back, forcing a federal election. i won't explain how it happened, but i'll just say it was expected, and it wasn't the first time it happened. we had a minority government, and i'm surprised it lasted over a year. sites like wikipedia have pages about our election procedures and the politics of canada if you want to investigate that.

today is election day. the general feeling of this election campaign is one of confusion. politicians are spewing out some of the stupidest crap i've ever heard (did anyone even pay attention to the blunder that was the french language debate!? harper considers the bloc quebecois impotent! ha!). this confusion is really not helping the fact that we're experiencing the lowest voter turnout in the history of this country.

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