O Canada!

As friend and commenter Wimpy Canadian points out, Canada is preparing to have a federal election, too. Prime Minister Stephen Harper hopes to consolidate the power of the Conservatives by picking up more seats.

Now, I'm not exactly certain how the whole process works in Canada. There's an election, all right, but I'm pretty sure there's a log rolling contest involved, too. Wimpy will be providing updates in the comments, from time to time.