Another federal election? So soon?

If you haven’t already heard Canada will be having an election on October 14th to possibly select a new Prime Minister. Harper, the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party and the current Prime Minister of Canada has been running the country for the last two years or so under a minority government, on Sunday he decided to dissolve parliament and set an election date.

Don’t quote me on this, but I think our last three elections (in four years???) have resulted in Minority governments. That means the ruling party has enough seats to win the election, but not enough to hold a majority. It’s shaky ground whenever this happens.

I do find it kind of funny that in the US they take almost two years to build up to an election, yet here we call snap elections and within a month or two it’s done and over with. This election will only take 37 days from the time it was officially called till voting day on October 14th.

Take a quick look at what other bloggers have to say I think many Canadians are feeling as I do … I don’t have a clue who to vote for. I don’t really like any of the leaders of the three main parties, nor do I totally agree with any of their platforms.

Here’s what others are saying about the upcoming Canadian election:

Canadian Election October 14th … Like I Care.

Finally the election announcement we were expecting up here in the “Great White North” has come to pass. The trickster of 24 Sussex Drive, has exhibited yet another of his talents … that of chameleon. This is the guy who promised …

On the Canadian Election: Why You Need To Vote

One of the things I’ve been hearing a lot in the media is that there’s some idea of election exhaustion here in Canada. Not only are we approaching our 3rd election in 4 years, for the last year, we’ve been his with the US primaries and …

You know it’s a Canadian Election when…

Ed: It seems Ed Stelmach has taken a page from Ralph Klein’s playbook, deciding to play the role of pundit on the federal election campaign. And, whatever, I can’t criticize him for that when you consider that McGuinty and Danny …

Canadian Election Called for October 14

The party leaders by LeDaro They do it fast up here; 36 days from the announcement until the election. But then unlike the States, all the leaders are in place and well known, all of the policies and platforms ready to go, …

What’s your take on the upcoming Canadian Federal election?