In case you hadn't heard

... and also happen to care, the Canadian government survived the budget vote last week. Tho' the speaker of the house had to break the tie.

I find there's something marvellously European about having a continually unstable minority government presiding over an incredibly fractious parliament. Add the separatists to the mix (granted, the Quebecois variety haven't blown anything up in a fair bit longer than have the Basques), and I feel a bit like I'm in Spain, of late. So who's up for tapas?

Mmmm... anchovy-stuffed olives.