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Since I wrote about the election coming up, I suppose I should make a quick note about the results. They were pretty much as expected, with The Conservatives maintaining a minority government.

Harper was quite calm and refrained from the ‘Punch and Judy politics’ that are becoming less popular. There were still a few people complaining that he isn’t “passionate enough” just because he doesn’t start crying about a flash animation showing a puffin taking a dump or because he doesn’t rant about starting a revolution.

I wouldn’t normally defend Harper. I don’t like the guy, or his party, except for the fact that he shows restraint and a degree of professionalism. One of the radio adverts on behalf of the Liberal Party had two “potential voters” in conversation. They were complaining about the economy and how it’s in decline and we’re all going to die. “Harper is just *too* calm for my liking", one of them suggests. What would they prefer, that he run around screaming, throwing pennies into the street?

The area I live in is a Liberal stronghold and it would take a lot for The Librals to lose. They won again in this election with the following votes:
Conservative 29.5%
Green Party 9.5%
NDP - 18.8%
Independent 0.4%
Liberal 41.8%

The National Results were:
Conservative 37.6%
Green Party 6.8%
NDP 18.2%
Liberal 26.2%
Bloc Quebecois 10%

Everyone did well apart from The Liberals because Stephane Dion is a knob who gets upset and flustered too easily. And perhaps because he wanted to introduce a carbon tax and North Americans aren’t ready to accept how greedy they are with the World’s resources and how much pollution they cause… Incidentally Steven Harper doesn’t care about green issues, either.

Voter turnout was 59.1%, which is about the same as the UK (61.4%).

Since I wrote about the election coming up, I suppose I should make a quick note about the results. They were pretty much as expected, with The Conservatives maintaining a minority government.

Harper was quite calm and refrained from the ‘Punch and Judy politics’ that are becoming less popular. There were still a few people complaining that he isn’t “passionate enough” just because he doesn’t start crying about a flash animation showing a puffin taking a dump or because he doesn’t rant about starting a revolution.

I wouldn’t normally defend Harper. I don’t like the guy, or his party, except for the fact that he shows restraint and a degree of professionalism. One of the radio adverts on behalf of the Liberal Party had two “potential voters” in conversation. They were complaining about the economy and how it’s in decline and we’re all going to die. “Harper is just *too* calm for my liking", one of them suggests. What would they prefer, that he run around screaming, throwing pennies into the street?

The area I live in is a Liberal stronghold and it would take a lot for The Librals to lose. They won again in this election with the following votes:
Conservative 29.5%
Green Party 9.5%
NDP - 18.8%
Independent 0.4%
Liberal 41.8%

The National Results were:
Conservative 37.6%
Green Party 6.8%
NDP 18.2%
Liberal 26.2%
Bloc Quebecois 10%

Everyone did well apart from The Liberals because Stephane Dion is a knob who gets upset and flustered too easily. And perhaps because he wanted to introduce a carbon tax and North Americans aren’t ready to accept how greedy they are with the World’s resources and how much pollution they cause… Incidentally Steven Harper doesn’t care about green issues, either.

Voter turnout was 59.1%, which is about the same as the UK (61.4%).

Day Four of the East Canada Roadtrip Sara and I did back in August… which I’m only just posting about. Luckily I kept a journal:

12th August 2008, Englishtown, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. 10pm.

Cape Breton, for scenary, is my favourite place of all the places I’ve ever been… except maybe Eire. It’s beautiful. The National Park (Cape Breton Highlands National Park of Canada - to give the full name) in particular is so raw and feels almost untouched. The buildings and towns are quiet and rustic. I’m surprised at how few tourists there are and can only assume the lack of RV’s is due to fuel being so high (about $1.36 litre/66p a litre).

We went on a whale watching tour on a boat out of Pleasant Bay and got to see about 15 or 16 Pilot Whales which at a couple of points, were just feet away. Some dolphins also stopped by to say hello. Because of the whale watching and the general beauty of the place (we stopped so often to admire views), we didn’t cover as much ground. That’s okay though, we expected as much.

After whale wathing, we had our first seafood meal. Sara had seafood chowder. I had haddock and chips. The freshest tasting haddock I’ve ever had, I think.

The weather turned worse due to some low cloud/mist and we started to get a like spraying rain, so we pushed onwards. I couldn’t resist having us stay at a campsite in a place called Englishtown. Firstly for the free wifi and secondly, of course, for the apt name of the village.

I have billions of photos taken from our Whale Watching Tour, so I’ll post those seperately at some point in my life.

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