Canada decides it's future tomorrow...

Our civic duty is upon us and I hope everyone votes tomorrow. This election is the most important election in my lifetime. The media have sold us the conservatives weeks before the vote. It's time to put some rules in place for future elections. Once the election is announced, no poll results should be talked about in the media. Canadians have endured a constant media barrage of poll results, simplified and reduced to the lowest common denominator. There is no doubt in my mind, the politically uneducated folks are influenced by polls and deservedly, they will vote on Monday. After several weeks of the same, simplified messages, how can people not be influenced?

Stephen Harper is promising everything to everybody, I wonder who will pay? You and I will pay, with our wallet and our hard earned personal freedoms and rights. Canadians don't need government to determine what's right and/or wrong for us. The role of government is to keep it's citizens safe and foster an economic model that is sustainable over the long haul. Not sexual orientation or the right for a women to decide her and baby's future. Not making religion a part of government and forcing it upon it's citizens. We can only hope for a slim minority government.

My biggest fear is this election might split the country in two. What happens if we have a red east and a blue west? Most Canadians I know are in the middle, between the Liberals and the NDP. Is it time for Jack Layton, Paul Martin, and Gilles Duceppe "get together" to keep the country together? Strange bed-fellows, indeed.

Paul Martin blew this election with his negativity, he has the "deer in the headlights" look. Liberals got caught with their hands in the cookie jar. Accountability should have been the PM's catchword during the campaign. Is it any wonder Quebecors are laughing at our national party's and cuddling up to Gilles Duceppe of the Bloc Québécois. I'd hate to think the foolish action of our so called leaders, during the campaign, has an affect on Quebec separating from Canada.

The wild bunch over at Election Prediction Project are Figgerin' on the followin':

(Roman numerals are used because I felt like using them)
Liberals: CIV (Seats)
Conservatives: CXVIII
NDP: XXIX
Bloc Québécois: LVI
Other: I
TOTAL: 308

If you are interested, you can checkout predictions on any riding in Canada. These guys have a decent track record for predicting these things. You can check their methodology here.


I'm BC and I'll Probably BCi'ng Blue After Monday's Election