To Canada's Leaders: We're Sorry.

We’re sorry.

We’re sorry about the record low voter turnout in October.  We’re sorry we chose to watch Sarah Palin debate Joe Biden instead of watching the Canadian leaders battle it out on CBC.  We’re sorry we were so enamored with Barrack Obama that we barely paid attention to the Canadian election, and that we’ve been tuning into CNBC for the riveting business news instead of watching Question Period.

We’re sorry we haven’t paid you enough attention lately, and that we’ve forced you into such drastic action.  I can just picture you, all four leaders, drinking beer and playing pool in Jack Layton’s basement: 

-          We’ve got to get people to care about Canadian politics again.

-          Oh come on Jack.  Of course they care.  Can you pass those chips?

-          Maybe is better if they do not care.  When they don’t notice, they don’t ask questions. 

-          What about a woman?  When John McCain brought in a woman, everybody sat up to look.

-          Yeah, and look how that worked for him.  Anyway, we’ve got Elizabeth May. 

-          Who? 

-          And look at us.  We’re all white.  Maybe we need someone more diverse.

-          We’ve got the Governor General for that.

-          Sure, but everybody knows the Governor General doesn’t do anything important.

-          Why don’t we threaten to have an election?

-          You don’t get it, do you?  We just had an election.  That won’t work.

-          What if we talk some more about the changing climate?

-          Good one Stephan. 

-          Hmmm…. Okay guys.  I’ve got something.  It’s kinda crazy, but it just might work….  and even if it doesn’t,  we can all take an extra long Christmas break….

Nice one.  You win.  We’re glued to the news again.  The Canadian channels.

Comments

[Kim]

This is great! I'll admit it; recent events have piqued my interest in Canadian politics.

[Maureen]

You made Stevie too nice. They are behaving altogether too diplomatically. Why not some action with the pool cue or the rack? Any rack? How about Elizabeth May with a rack?