As folk may or may not know, the Canadian Elections are on right now. Canadian Elections are odd, for reasons which I don’t want to get into right now.

As of this moment, I’m trying to figure out first and foremost which party I am most closely aligned with in terms of my views and priorities. Obviously that’s only one part of the equation. It’s all well and good that the Liberals are firmly Canadian-minded (which is good), anti-debt (which is good), pro-small business (which is good) and a bunch of other things.

But, over the last number of years, I’m not sure how well they’ve actually managed to do what their priorities say they should be doing.

And, really, I’m not convinced that the last 10-15 years of liberalism has been good for the country. My other options seem to be the Conservatives, which would be okay (enough) if Harper wasn’t effectively an American on his policies, and an idiot when it comes to how to pay for his promises.

NDP? Well, I’m not really a Union kind of guy. Plus, I have very little confidence in Jack Layton to actually do what he says, considering how many of *his* promises he’s relented on.

So I’m left with no clear winner. Which means that, along with about 25 million other Canadians, I’m decidedly undecided.

I’ll watch the debates, watch the news nearly every night to see what new promises are coming up and generally try and keep an open mind.

That said, while I don’t know what I *do* want, I’m very sure of what I *don’t* want. I don’t want a Liberal majority government. They’ve proven too many times that things go wrong when they have a majority government. Hell, I’m not sure any government should ever ideally hold a majority position. Abuse is simply too easy.

But knowing what I don’t want doesn’t help me much.

Y’know what’d be really nice? If Duceppe wasn’t a separatist and wasn’t just concerned with Quebec’s issues. Because he’s actually a smart, well spoken, common sense kind of guy.

Bah.