Are Canadian Politics Finally Interesting?

When the Canadian and US elections were simultaneously under way this past Fall, one of the common criticisms was that Canadians were more interested in what was going on south of the border than the election happening in their own country.

Well, can you blame them?

While we're blessed that Canadian political culture is more pragmatic and less prone to the ridiculous behavior that inundates American politics, it rarely makes for good theatre. Considering that over the past 2 years, there have been five (!) gay Republican sex scandals, and a Democrat caught with a 20-something hooker, I think we can be forgiven for nodding off a little whenever Dion begins talking about The Green Shift.

So you can imagine how pleased I was to see that the Liberals/NDP and the Bloc are forming a coalition to topple the Conservative government, and anoint Dion the new Prime Minister less than a month after an election. The entire thing has a storming of the Bastille flavor to it. For the first time in a long time, I found myself going to the Toronto Star and Globe & Mail's websites before the New York Times and The Huffington Post.

If Dion comes walking out tomorrow wearing a Crown, I might turn giddy.