Well, all the votes have been counted in Tuesday night's election so here's who I voted for in my riding and why.
I didn't vote for the Marxist, because that's too wacky even for me.
I didn't vote for the Green, because they're a one-issue party. And besides, I'm no pot-smoking hippie.
I didn't vote for the New Democrat, because, come on. It's the NDP.
I didn't vote for the Liberal, because I've never really agreed with their policies.
I was going to vote for the Conservative, but they announced that as part of their platform they were going to reintroduce their new copyright laws first brought in on Bill C-61, which died when the election was called. That was the deal-breaker for me. Not only would it make so many average Canadians felons for finding new ways to use the digital media that they've already purchased, but then-Minister of Industry Jim Prentice (also my MP) was such a dick when he finally granted an interview with the CBC to talk about it. Granted, Prentice gave the interviewer 10 minutes before a cabinet meeting so he was pressed for time, but he was clearly dodging the issues and was way over his head. Why does the government appoint people who don't understand technology to make the laws that regulate it?
That left really only one choice for me to vote for and preserve my right to bitch about the government. So I voted Libertarian. Me and 344 other people in Calgary Centre-North. Plus, after dealing with just one monolithic branch of the federal government as part of my job for the last five years, I think we could do with less government. Judges, police, national defense, that's it.
Now don't think I'm going full-bore loony with this Libertarian thing. If the Canadian DMCA bill doesn't come back, then the Tories will have me back for the next election in 2010.
And of all people, it's Jon Stewart that sums it all up.
