bad news: canada has a new prime minister. his name is stephen harper. he is the leader of the conservative party.

good news: it's a minority government (again). that means the conservatives will have to work with the liberals or the bloc quebecois to pass anything.

we'll be back to the polls in a year. i hope. this conservative government won't be sustainable. i don't think the conservatives have any interest in quebec (even though they won in ridings there!! that's a shocker, eh?) so the bloc will be upset. they'll go to the liberals and be like, "hey, what's up with this!? let's do a no-confidence vote!" and the liberals will be like, "let's go over to the NDP and see if they'll help us!" and the NDP will be like "HELL YEAH!!!!" and that'll be the end of that.

what we need is a new liberal party leader, and i'm glad paul martin realizes that. he's quitting as leader; i wonder who the new one will be. o_O hopefully someone totally new. i have a feeling canadians are willing to forgive and forget when it comes to liberal scandals, especially if we get some new, young blood in there.

the sickest part of the election is that every riding in alberta went conservative. every single one. there are usually a few who go liberal, especially here in edmonton. not this time. anne mclellan (the now outgoing deputy prime minister [like a vice president, for you americans]) lost her seat to a conservative.

i think it's interesting how olivia chow got in. she's the wife of NDP leader jack layton (who won his seat, of course). husband and wife duo! better watch out!! >_>

ugh, i gotta go sulk for a bit. i can't stand to see harper's stupid face on tv anymore. what have you done, canada!?

*edits* i went to CNN to see if there was an american reaction, and this really shocked me (there must not be anything better in the news)…

here's a link to the long, indepth story.