In Which I Wax Political For A Moment

We received a political handbill in our mailbox from the Conservative Party of Canada the other day.  Sorry, let me correct myself: we received a handbill from "Canada's New Government" the other day, and that's what I want to address:

The election was on January 23rd, 2006.  It is now February 1st, 2007.  It has been over a year.  You are no longer the new boss.  You are officially just the current boss.  If a store was sold and it still had "Under New Management" in the window a year later it would look pretty silly, wouldn't it?  Cut it out.

On the other hand, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised.  If someone were to ask me, all differences in ideologies aside, the one thing I disliked most about the current government, I'd have to say that this could be seen as another example of the item that is at the top: an over-emphasis on image, focusing largely on what the previous government did/didn't do as opposed to what they themselves are doing.

Their latest ads can be seen as an example of this: nothing in them about what they've done, just references to Dion and the Liberal party in general.

As far as I can see, there's no reason for me to trust their new-found concern for the environment, because I can't see it as little else than a realisation that "green" is "in", and that they need to at look like they're doing something even if they aren't.  (Seriously: John Baird as Environment Minister?)