It's Election Time

Canada's Elections Begin!

Today at around 6:30, a non-confidence vote took place, and the Liberal party of Canada was defeated. Although the choice is mainly ceremonial, the Prime Minister usually then approaches Canada's Governor General to ask an election be called. I know this has little relevance to the rest of the world (i.e. The United States), but I must say that I rather enjoy election time.

As expected, the campaign begins tomorrow, and the Conservatives are expected to win a minority government over the NDP & Liberal party. News covering this topic can easily be found all over the internet (http://news.google.ca/).

Within the last couple of years, during a switch of Prime Ministers due to retirement, the Sponsorship Scandal has been unearthed. This scandal accuses the Liberal Government of placing pro-canadian advertising money into their own party instead of at Quebec events & locations. The recent Gomery Report has looked into this issue, and has come up with the Liberal party at fault. Although an election was held a year and half prior, the results of this report were not yet released, however during this winter-time election, it is expected that the Liberal Party will be ousted once and for all!

Stay tuned for more details...