The biggest news so far this long weekend is that the NDP have made gigantic gains in the polls, leading all the other parties to gang up on it. If anyone says that this election hasn't changed anything in federal politics, there's your most concrete example right there.
I am not a fan of attack ads, so I'm not going to focus on this (although you can easily find them on YouTube if you are interested). Instead, here are a bunch of opinion pieces about widely different topics.
1) Andrew Coyne thinks that Harper is laying the ground for a constitutional crisis. Clearly Harper knows that coalitions are viable options--he thought of forming one himself in 2004. But talking of a potential coalition government or second-party-minority government as "undemocratic" might be a preparation for a second King-Byng--if the government loses the confidence of the House, Harper might demand that the governor general call an election instead of asking another party to form the government.
2) Rita Trichur is pissed at ethnic tokenism and blatant pandering to "ethnic voters" this election. Worst of all, special focus on South Asian and East Asian communities is alienating other minority ethnic groups.
3) Joe O'Connor speculates who would be king or queen of Canada if we ever decided to rid ourselves of our current monarchy.
That's it for tonight. Tomorrow: an influx of vote mob videos!
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