Another election is over in Canada and nothing changed

So many people to thank after yesterday's election. Here's a huge freaking thank you to the many Canadians who abstained from voting. Don't let me catch you bitching about the state of the country in the next many months. This was the lowest turnout in Canadian voting history.

Thank you to Stephen Harper (still Prime Minister and leader of the still minority Conservative government) for calling an election one year ahead of your own promised schedule. How'd you make out dude? Not much better than what you had in the first place. Thank you to Stephane Dion for making me almost embarrassed to be a Liberal. You stole half of the Green platform and still couldn't win more seats. The Liberals only have one hope for the future you know, and he won in the riding of Papineau in Montreal, Quebec - Justin Trudeau (see my prediction below).

Thank you to everyone who helped re-elect Jim Prentice in Calgary, the architect of the most ridiculous bill ever devised - Bill C-61. May your iPods cease to function on the day immediately following the passage of that 'guaranteed-to-be-re-introduced' Bill.

Thank you to the people in my riding that voted Green. They came in 3rd with 11% of the vote in my riding, not bad for a party in oil and gas country that represents the original green shift.

If you want to know what's messed up about our electoral system, here's an example. The Green Party got 6.8% of the nationwide vote share and were elected in 0 (zero) ridings. The Bloc Quebecois got 9.97% of the nationwide vote share and were elected in 50 ridings.

But I'm not bitter...........

Oh yeah - my prediction. I give it 7 years maximum to come true. Justin Trudeau will be the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. He will then also be the next Prime Minister of Canada.