Just like in the US, elections in Canada have become a race to the bottom. Economies around the world are weakening. No one is trying anything new or different, politicians that is. Looks like another bank bailout could be in the offing. No modern politician wants to be known as the person that brought down the global financial system. And that means more of the same, bailouts and kicking the can down the road. Let's hope that our neighbors to the north have a better idea, but don't count on it.