Brief notes on Colby Cosh's coverage of the Canadian election:
Well, I mean, come on, man.
Given the Liberal stranglehold on Canadian politics for, er, ever, it's a pretty good showing to have made them a minority government.
Especially if, as Colby suggests, they can't quite manage a majority even with their Pinko pals in the NDP.
Posted by: Sigivald on June 29, 2004 12:28 PMAll it means is that we'll have another election within a year, with more B.S. from "Team Martin" and more fear mongering fomented by various media outlets (especially the CBC and the assorted outlets owned by the Aspers). Westerners do not understand what or how Ontarians think and as a Westerner in exile out east here, I can't either. Personally, given the Liberals' track record, I wouldn't be surprised if we don't hear of 'election irregularities' in the next week or so ... that all those hand-picked/parachuted candidates won in B.C. seems very suspicious to me.
Posted by: rogueclassicist on June 30, 2004 05:42 PMDear Dr. Weevil: you forget, perhaps, that a majority of canadians are of scots descent rather than english.
In that light, the phrase "Souris-Moose Mountain" more properly translates into english in the manner you had hoped.
Posted by: tja on June 30, 2004 07:56 PMGeography note: Moose Mountain and Souris both are rivers.
The Souris dips into and out of North Dakota, where it's known as the Mouse (goes through Minot, the major north-central North Dakota city).
Cross-naming further, along the Mouse in North Dakota is the Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge.
Posted by: old maltese on July 1, 2004 03:58 PM