Elections of the North

For those of you who don't watch what's happening in Canada, there's an election going on.
The Dominion of Canada has been governed by the Liberal party, barring a few blips, since Nixon was in power. That's a long time, especially when you take into account the No-Confidence motion. Any member of Parliament can dissolve the government and cause an election just by calling for this vote, and having a majority of members vote yes. Beats impeachment all to heck - if the US had this system, both Clinton and Dubya would have been removed from office within their first terms.
Anyway, the Liberals were just caught in a multi-million dollar pork scam. A huge scandal. The Conservative party had no problem winning a vote of non-confidence.
At the moment, it looks like a probable win for the Conservative party, led by Stephen Harper, who may be the closest thing to a Bush-style neo-con in the North. Much of the opposition to the Conservatives, such as it is, has been caused by the fear that he will do for Canada what Bush has done for the US.
So, if Harper does get in, expect a big change in how Canada and the US does business.