Hey Viking, I am from Canada and had to move to the U.S. because the patronage politics and games just made my head spin. At least in the U.S the Republicans have an element of conservatism, unlike the old conservative party which was basically Liberal-Lite. The new Conservative party freaked out a lot of Canadians because, well, they were conservative and not socialist. They still have about a third of the popular vote, the rest is split between the leftists and the socialists with a sprinkling of communists getting a pinch of support.