Election Declared for October 14th

It’s not going to be anywhere as interesting as the election our neighbours to the south are having, but it also won’t be as long and drawn-out. A federal election has been declared here in Canada today, and the vote will take place the day after Canadian Thanksgiving, October 14th. Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative Party has been running his technically-not-election-ads TV spots for about a week now, so this doesn’t come as a surprise.