The writ has finally dropped

 Election season is upon us once again here in Canada. It was announced just today. Although, the circumstances for this election are a bit different than the ones I posted about in the past because this time around the sitting Prime Minister felt the need to resign.

*Justin Trudeau in the act of resigning*

He clung to power as long he could but, as of last February, could not hold on any longer. So he will NOT be in this leadership race this time around. There are a whole new batch of candidates to choose from, some new and some all too familiar. Here they are:

Mark Carney

 

Pierre Poilievre

Jagmeet Singh

Yves Francois Blanchet

Elizabeth May

...and bringing up the rear:

Maxime Bernier

The election day happens on April 28.  May the lesser evil candidate win.

Go Canada!

Canada Election 2021

 

Well, it's election time again in Canada.  Our incumbent PM dropped the writ just this morning.  On the fast approaching date of September 20, all eligible Canadians will make the decision to either go out to the polls and vote for any 1 of the 6 candidates competing for our affection.................... or not.  In a true and full democracy, abstaining from voting is a perfectly fine option. No candidate is automatically owed your vote just because they exist. That candidate still has to work hard enough to earn your vote.  That being said, below are the list of candidates hoping to be (or continue to be) the leader of a country adjacent to the "free world":

Incumbent: Justin Trudeau

Jagmeet Singh 

Erin O'Toole

Yves-Francois Blanchet

Anomie Paul

Maxime Bernier

These are your choices, Canada. Choose wisely. We'll have to put up with one of these people for the next two years or so (or whenever the rest of parliament can organize a non-confidence vote).

Canada Votes: 2019 edition

Well, it's election time in Canada again.  Over the years of writing this little blog of mine I've taken it upon myself to present all of the candidates competing for the job and title of Prime Minister.  This year's election promises to be a nail biter between two heavy favourites.  Who will emerge triumphant? That remains to be seen.  For now, I present all the candidates up for the job starting with the incumbent:

Justin Trudeau

Yeah, I went there.

Other major players trying to take his job are:

Andrew Scheer

Jagmeet Singh

Elizabeth May

Maxime Bernier

I can't and won't tell you who to vote for.  What I can do is provide a link right here for any Canadian citizen that will help them find out what riding they're in and thus where their voting station is: Elections Canada

The official election date is Monday October 21

Happy voting!

It's election time in Canada again

The writ has been dropped as it's been said.  "What's a writ and who dropped it," you ask.  I don't know and I don't care.  All I know is that there will be another federal election here in Canada to decide who will be our next Prime Minister.  This year it comes down to any one of these 5 choices:

Stephen Harper

Justin Trudeau

Tom Mulcair

Elizabeth May

Gilles Duceppe

Any one of these people could run away with this election on voting day October 19.  I guess that depends on how well each candidate does in each debate.

Here's an early speculation on how the first debate will be.

The most of the poll numbers are very close so it's anybody's guess who the victor will be.  I personally would prefer to vote for this rather obviously butch lumberjack pictured below.  I hope he has no surprises for me.

I MET IGGY

No, not that Iggy.

That's Ziggy.

No, that's Augie.

Geezuz!! That's Squiggy over there.

That's another Ziggy.

No, I didn't meet him.

WHAT??!! That's Engelbert Humperdink. Are you some kind of moron???

No, the Iggy I met today was none other than the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, namely Michael Ignatief.

For those in this world who don't know (or care), Canada is in the middle of an election campaign right now. Prime Minister Stephen Harper was held in contempt of Parliament and so now in about exactly a month's time, Canada will be going to the polls. Many Canadians don't forsee any surprises with the voting results, but you can't always tell at this point in the game. Anything could happen.

Anyway, I was in attendance at the Liberal rally at the Westin Hotel in Halifax today. It was a pretty good turnout. They had to utilize an overflow banquet room in order to accommodate all the people that showed up. Iggy did indeed please the crowd that was there. He held up a red book full of campaign promises (look familiar, Canada?) and made a speech full of positive reinforcement for the party and loads of seemingly well-supported Harper bashing. Luckily, I'm all for Harper-bashing so I was happy with that.

After the speech was done, his theme song played and he made his way out of the banquet room where people were lined up on either side of him ready to shake his hand and tell him how great he is. I was among those people in that line. But, what I did was give him a copy of my book Jesus Needs Help. He didn't seem so enthusiastic about it when he saw it, but his wife assured me that she will make sure he reads it. Immediately afterwards, the book was given to Iggy's aid in charge of schleping around all the gifts he gets. That aid asked me if I had a card with any other contact information on it. I did, so I gave him that too. So, a long story short, a candidate for Prime Minister has a copy of my book. If he does happen to become Prime Minister on May 2 (the day the polls open), then it will be Canada's Prime Minister who will have a copy of my book. Hooray!

But, Iggy's campaign does seem to be in trouble. I could tell when he first looked at my book. He read the title "Jesus Needs Help" and then he hung his head and said in a low forlorn voice, "I need help". Hmmmmmmmmmm! That's not nearly as confident as he sounded when he made that fired up speech just moments before. He seems to feel that things look really good for Harper and not nearly good enough for him at this point. But, like I said before, anything could happen. So, unless you feel Harper is doing a good job, (in which case I'd tell you that there is a time machine leaving for 1214 A.D. that glorious year just before the Magna Carta was signed. I think you'll be much happier there.) I think it would do Iggy a world of good if you voted for him or at least came out to any other of his rallies on the campaign trail and showed him some support. That might put a little more spring in his step. Just looking out for you buddy.

But, I should probably end this tale on a happy note. So, right below is another Iggy for you to enjoy.

Oh, but before I go, I have some other news I feel I should post here. That book of mine that I previously mentioned (namely Jesus Needs Help. Does everyone know the title of my book yet?) is now for sale in Berlin Germany. Oh, you don't believe me??!! Well, here's a photograph:

There it is, right near a Sarah Palin comic of all things. If you're in the Berlin area right now, the address of this comic book shop is Grober Unfug, Berlin, Mitte Torstr 75. Buy your copy before the "other guys" get it.