>We are having a federal election today here in Canada. I expect only more of the same regardless of which party wins.
How many political parties do you have in Canada? I understand that in the United States, there are 2, sometimes 3 parties; here in Bolivia, in contrast - well, I have trouble keeping track, but I think it usuall fluctuates somewhere between 8 and 15 (some parties dissapearing, or at least not getting enough support to participate in the current campaign, and new parties appearing, all the time).
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)