Oh Canada!

[mrv3000]

Okay, I'm trying to understand this Canadian thing. Trying.

So you've got Canada. Good-sized country with lots of snow. This snow-filled country has a Prime Minister named Stephen Harper. Let's call him Harper since I always wind up pondering Stephen vs. Steven for a good half hour. Harper is very pale, which you would expect living in a country covered in snow. He's also a Conservative which party is in the minority at the moment. They have a non-elephant logo.

Things would be simple if Canada had a two-party system. They would then bitch at each other and get nothing done. You know, like normal governments. However, there are three other parties represented in the House of Commons (which does not have a logo.)

• Bloc (which goes for another letter logo) - they'd like the French Canadians to have their own country, please.
  
  
• The Liberal Party (sporting the maple leaf hiding behind a hill, I believe) - you know, liberal-types.
  
  
• New Democratic Party (blinding neon color logo) - a different kind of liberal.

And since there are more than 2 players, it's now turned into Canadian Survivor where everyone's trying to create a coalition to vote the Conservatives off the island. I'm not quite sure what set this off, but it most likely involved curling.

So quite possibly the Queen of Canada is sending her BFF Michaëlle Jean to get all Jeff Probst on their ass and shut down the government. Because you have to swallow the slugs whole before you can take over the government, goddamnit.

At least, this is my understanding of the situation.