…or maybe that is just my kitchen counter. It seems like everytime I turn around the pile is bigger.
But that is probably not the most interesting event going on in the world right now.
Biggest news is Canada has a new Prime Minister. The Rt. Hon. Paul Martin called the Hon. Stephen Harper last night to concede and to state that he will not be continuing on as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. It seems that Mr Dithers life-long ambition of being PM is over in 18 months.
So we have a Conservative government now. What does that mean? Who knows. The Senate is still Liberal as are all the major civil service positions and the Supreme Court. So, with a minority government (124 to 103 grit, 29 dipper, 51 bq, and 1 independent), Harper is basically screwed.
Results were not quite what I expected, although I wasn’t so bold as to put out seat projections. I thought the Liberals wouldn’t get as many seats as they managed to. And I did think that the local green candidate, Andrew Lewis, would do better. Maybe get a seat even. I guess we like the CPC here in Saanich-Gulf Islands. Its fine and dandy to vote green (last election) when you know that the conservative guy won’t be part of the government. But when you have a chance at getting a government mp, of course vote for him. Can’t say I blame everyone.
It was quite the distressing night last night, however. I had class till 9:30, then had arranged to meet someone afterwards (forgetting it was election night for some reason). So I didn’t get home until midnight, tragically, and had to wait until then to know the extent of the damage. So I didn’t get to sleep till after 1am. Poor me. Yet another election where the candidate I vote for does not get elected.