chickenfeet

It's true there is a federal bye-election in my riding on Monday. One would be hard pressed to know it though despite the fact that the Liberals are running their most recent star recruit, Bob Rae, a former NDP provincial premier. The apathy may be partly due to the fact that in this riding you could pin a red rosette on a pig and get it elected but more I think because most people still hope that there will be a general election soon. Since it seems unlikely that the Liberals will find either a principle or a clue this will likely come when they finally run out of excuses for not voting the government down. I'm beginning to wonder though what on earth is left in the government's wishlist that they haven't already conceded on.

Anyway, the apathy around here is deafening. The other parties are running cannon fodder candidates although the Green candidate doesn't look old enough to join the army without lying about his age. I expect that the turnout will be a record low.