Canada is going to the polls for what, it’s eleventeenth time in a few years? 
What’s interesting is that it will probably give the Conservatives exactly what it was they used as a reason to call an election in the first place – a minority government. I have no idea how how much stock to put in the speculation about a coalition between the remaining parties (who would represent a sizeable majority of the population), but it certainly would be an interesting thing to watch.
Update: You won’t find much in the way of result until 10pm EDT. Why? From the Globe & Mail:
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Interesting, no?
sasha
Harper up 16 seats, and record low voter turnout. A double embarrassment!
The opposition parties are actually reasonably close politically, if you take Quebec specific issues out of the equation. But they will not form a coalition.