in 2015, i didn't really vote for justin trudeau. i really voted for stephane dion. but, it was driven by the local choices - my business-liberal local candidate actually ran against nafta, and my ndp candidate was known for being an anti-science hippie in the local activist community.

if i get out of the house on monday to vote - and it should at least be nice out - i'm going to vote for the local liberal candidate, who was a left-leaning cabinet minister in the mcguinty government and a top tier leadership candidate at one point, over my sitting mp, who is a wasted seat in the house. it's one of those elections where the choice, locally, is obvious. sandra pupatello is clearly the better candidate, and if i vote for her, i'm voting for her.

but, i'm also voting for the secular legacy of the liberal party in opposition to the christian legacy of the ndp. and, i'm doing so with the intent of trying to right the party's course.

i don't feel that letting singh or may into government would advance my interests, as a secular leftist; i think it would set me back, by forcing them into consultation with the religious left. i was hoping for something different, but i have to face the facts. and, i do hope the options around a minority government are better in four years. right now, i'd rather give them back a majority, and agitate for change within the party - i think we're better off doing this then putting our hopes in the hands of a fundamentalist sikh, or an equally fundamentalist christian.

so, don't mistake my vote for an endorsement. and, don't mistake me for a trudeau supporter, either. i still want trudeau to resign asap, and i will continue to shit disturb.

i'm just doing what i think is in my own self-interest, as best as it is, in the terms i define it in.

she can win this riding, and i hope she does.

the liberals are supposed to do better than this