Canadians Go To The Polls

[bjarvis]

This morning, the Prime Minister of Canada called a snap federal election. The voters will be casting their ballots on October 14.

Yes, that's right: the Canadian election campaign will take 37 days.

Those tired of the never-ending US psychodrama of the past 2+ years still have nearly 2 months of joy.

Whatever the miscellaneous faults of both the US and Canadian system of elections, I'm hugely in favour of shorter, cheaper campaigns. If nothing else, it limits the number of forests which have to be clear-cut to supply the yard signs.

We now return you to your own regularly scheduled never-ending psychodrama already in progress.

Comments

[pklexton.livejournal.com]

That's just soooo civilized compared to the circus down here. Too bad about their winters though :)

[trawnapanda.livejournal.com]

hey, they have this kind of short election season in australia and new zealand (and all sorts of places with parliamentary systems), I b'leeve, and winter isn't too bad there.

come to think of it, winter is much kinder in the UK, and I think their dissolution to election cycle is even faster there.

[pklexton.livejournal.com]

I really am jealous - I'm just trying to make myself feel better.

[trawnapanda.livejournal.com]

oh, ok. well -um- how can i help...

gasoline prices are cheaper where you live (really, this is not sarcasm)