And the point of this exercise was?

Just for the record, a majority government would need at least 154 seats. Just for the record, this election was called because the minority parliament was “disfunctional”. Just for the record, a Canadian election costs about $300 million. Just for the record, the Conservatives bill themselves as fiscally responsible.

And the envelope please…

Shhh, don’t tell anybody, but I stole this from CP. That’s the Canadian Press, not Canadian Pacific. UPDATE!Curses, that thing above, which is supposed to provide realtime updates of tonight’s election, doesn’t work! For actual results, go here. Curse you CP!!! (Canadian Press, not Canadian Pacific. The people at Canadian Pacific are very nice, I’m …

Electoral Word of the Day: Vetting

Recently in the Canadian federal election, several NDP candidates had to step down because when questionable behaviour came to light which made them unelectable. Two had to resign because of drug use (Who thinks driving while on acid is a GOOD idea?), and one went skinny dipping in front of teenagers (In parts of Europe …