Canadian PM Dissolves Parliament, Election Set for 10/14
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's request to dissolve the Canadian parliament was accepted today, setting up the third national election Canada has held the past four years.
(How very California-esque of our neighbors to the north.)
Harper has been governing in a minority government, and polls suggest that he may be able to strengthen his position. It appears that Harper is going to make the Liberal Party's proposed carbon tax a major feature of the campaign.
It's a busy fall, but it is important to keep an eye on what Canada is doing. (And I say that not just because I lived less than two miles from the Canadian border in high school.)