Election Day in Canada
by Stuart Robertson on January 23rd, 2006 | Uncategorized
Today every Canadian of voting age will take to the polls in our nation’s 39th general election. Except for the folk who think it’s just too cold to bother going out today… or the people who just can’t stand the thought of any of the parties being elected… but all the rest, numbering in the thousands for certain, will take to the polls and elect a new national government. Just like we did a year and a half ago.
Here in Guelph the forecast is for temperatures around the freezing point and some snow. That’s a heat-wave for January! And to make sure there’s at least one name you can place your X next to on the ballot, we have not less than seven political parties to choose from. Here they are in no particular order:
Communist Party of Canada – Marxist-Leninist Flavour
Communist Party of Canada – Regular Flavour
Green Party of Canada
New Democratic Party of Canada
Liberal Party of Canada
Conservative Party of Canada
Christian Heritage Party of Canada
Seven choices might seem like a lot, but I miss having someone like Doug Henning or the Rhinocerous Party on the ballot. That made it a lot more fun.
Despite our TV media doing a shamelessly partisan job of reporting on the campaigns of the various political parties I really do think that the only poll that matters is on election day—and if you don’t vote at all, you might not like who the half-dozen people in your town brave enought to go out in the cold decided to elect on your behalf.
Stuart Robertson
