You'd be forgiven if you hadn't noticed that there's a federal election in Canada when:

1. The New York Times is doing features (sic) on Calgary Flames fans. Tangentially related, the other day Maciej asked me if the Canadian military had a contingency plan for American conquest. I'm pretty sure it's this guy.
2. The CBC is reporting (sic) Jack Layton's moustache.
3. The Marijuana Party is of the opinion that marijuana does wonders for art and culture.

Meanwhile, Paul Wells is doing a pretty good job of walking the [please contain your weblogging as journalism debate to this small space] line.