Last Week's Poll: The Canucks Will Take It In...

Last week, aflush with patriotic zeal and - let's face it, we're all adults here - a bit cocky about the Canucks' two game streak (remember that?), we offered our readers the opportunity to predict just how glorious Canada's impending Stanley Cup triumph would be. Here's how you responded:

• Nobody thought they'd take it in four games. 
• An admirably optimistic 50%, however, were sure they'd take in five games. 
• A more cautious 18% predicted it would take them six games. 
• A possibly prescient 18% felt it would take seven games. 
• And the dour remainder of 13% called for the complete collapse of Western Civilization.

It would be indelicate to comment further.

This Week's Poll: A Quintessential Canada Day Would Include...

Don't get us wrong. We love Great Big Sea, Elisapie Isaac, Delhi 2 Dublin, Sam Roberts, and the rest of the Canada Day lineup of performers on the Hill. They're all great. And we think Prince and Mrs. Prince will have a wonderful time too.

But let's face it: the Canada Day lineup feels like it was carefully assembled by a CBC Radio 2 producer instructed to design a show that wouldn't annoy anybody, and would "represent" Canada the way a platter of mixed nachos "represents" Mexican cuisine.

So listen. If you were given the option - what song and singer you add to that stage? Someone who would really say something interesting about Canada to the Royals, the audience, and the rest of us? Would it be...

1. Blue on Blue (Stephen Harper)
2. Why Don't You Love Me Like You Used To Do (Michael Ignatieff)
3. Got My Orange Crush (Jack Layton)
4. I'm Reviewing The Situation (Gilles Duceppe)
5. All By Myself (Elizabeth May)