Canadian election looming

Not to be outdone by the electoral excitement of our cousins to the south, Canada may very well be having a general election in the weeks to come. Yesterday was the second anniversary of Stephen Harper's Conservative government being sworn into office. The Conservatives have a thirty seat deficit in the house and this parliament has only lasted as long as it has due to the Liberals being terrified of an election. Now, however, there are no shortage of triggers for an election: Afghanistan, the upcoming federal budget, or the passage of our omnibus crime bill through the Senate. Of course we could be crying wolf, this is the third serious election scare in less than a year. If the government does fall on the motion to extend Canada's commitment to the NATO mission in Afghanistan, it will be the first non-trade related foreign policy election in more than forty years.