A far more boring election campaign has just begun. I guess I should decide who to vote for.

Surprisingly, the ENVIRONMENT looks to be a make or break issue.

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, as the Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper tries to get a majority government. Stephane Dion’s Liberals used to be known as the Natural Governing Party, having been in power for most of the 20th century, but the center/ left is now split among four parties- the Liberals, the New Democrats with Jack Layton as leader, the Greens with Elizabeth May, and the Quebec Separatist Bloc Quebecois. …

Treehugger

As a resident of one of the biggest polluting areas of the world, perhaps I should take notice. Normally it’s assumed that “green” is simply political posturing. That politicians will never walk the walk, anyway.

Still researching …