  Okay, the election. Well as most of you know there are 308 seats in canada. You have to win 155 of them to form a majority government. Very few people were expecting a majority government, and everybody was expecting it to be either conservative or liberal. They were right. The Liberal party won 135 seats, the conservative party won 99 seats, and the New Democratic Party won 19 seats. (I am using full party names for the people reading who aren't from canada, or never pay attention to politics).
A lot of people were surprised that the conservatives didn't do better. At one point in the evening it looked like the liberals and the ndp could form a coalition, but that changed. I am very happy with the election results. Minority governments aren't usually good things, but it shows that we are giving the liberals another chance to get it right. They will be under a lot of pressure to keep their promises and be a "clean" government, and if they don't keep their promises, or if they have another scandal we can always vote in a new government. I am glad that it is a liberal minority though, because, however much I would like a clean government, I don't want to build up our military, and I don't want to cancel the kyoto accord. I mean, if they cancelled the kyoto accord, and used the money to, maybe feed the poor, or increase foreign AID (not military for iraq) then maybe I could see myself agreeing.
But i really think that canada is a peace loving country, and I don't see why steven harper (leader of the conservative party) wanted to build up our military. Of course the liberals have a bad reputation. They have had massive scandals, and they have not kept their promises to canada. So the only reason that I supported the Liberals in the first place was because I didn't agree with many of the things that steven harper wanted to do. But if the liberals have another scandal, you can be sure that I will be changing what party I would like to govern canada. 
