[ourmaninBusan]

Pierre Trudeau once remarked that Canadian politics is about the
'radical center' and would remain that way -- if left to our own
devices, we would pick a government that doesn't stray too far
from centrist policies.

National Review, on the other hand, once said a Canadian is
the closest thing in nature to a liberal republican -- we want
the gov't to "do something" about health care, the economy,
gas prices etc. but we still complain about high taxes till we're
blue in the face. This is why we tend to vote for different
parties at differing levels of gov't. If we don't like the Federal
tories, then we'll vote in the provincial Liberals.

It's an attempt to have your cake and eat it too...

And I haven't voted for a while because I've been out of touch
with the issues back home -- and I doubt it makes much
difference. If I wanted to make an impact I'd become a
lobbyist.