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Mood: Silly ]
[ Currently: Enjoying Naptime ]
So we Canadians are also in the middle of our Federal Election. Unlike the American one, it takes about five weeks. I know, so short!
Yet I am already bored.
I just want this to be over. I am so tired of elections. We have had three in five years.
Maybe part of the problem is that the Tories are going to win. We know that. The only question this election is settling is will majority or minority. (I personally hope for the second as the first would be scary.)
Tory leader (and our current PM) Stephen Harper is a smart George Bush. He’s policies are right wing for Canadians. I know to Americans, he looks like a hardcore democrat, but he is pretty hardcore up here. Take for example his proposal to try fourteen year-olds as adults if they commit serious crimes. I teach fourteen year-olds. Trust me. They are children. And they make stupid mistakes. Should they be in jail for twenty years if they make a mistake at fourteen? No.
And don’t toss the deterant argument at me. If you’ve been around fourteen year-olds, you know they don’t think to the end of the week. Trying to argue that a deterant would prevent a fourteen year-old from committing a crime is ridiculous.
So why are am I bored, you ask? Given my politics, you think I would be out on the streets. Well the left in Canada is split three ways right now. (Four ways in Quebec). The Liberals, the NDP and the Greens. Where does my vote go?
In my riding, David McGuinty will win. He is a Liberal, our current MP and a good MP. And I like the Liberal Green plan. But I also like the Greens. And the NDP might actually win enough seats to be the official opposition.
The key is, we have to stop the Tory majority. This has lead to vote splitting schemes on Facebook and strategic voting. I am still trying to figure out how to vote. And given my boredom, it is not easy.
And I am still trying to figure out how to vote for Obama.