May Rocks, Van Rolls...the Weekly Poll

Last Week's Poll: The Quintessential Canada Day Concert Would Star...

As we count down the seconds to that blessed midsummer oasis of barbecue, beer and sunscreen, the Canada Day Long Weekend, we invited you all to tell us which song and singer you would add to the Great National Broadcast from the Hill in order to truly capture the political mood of the country. Here's how you voted.

• He may top the polls, but not The Poll: no-one voted to hear Stephen Harper sing "Blue on Blue".
• 15% of you opted for Michael Ignatieff's plaintive rendering of "Why Don't You Love Me Like You Used To Do?"
• A two-way tie for second place - 20% want to hear Jack Layton rock out with REM's "Got My Orange Crush", and 20% want to hear Gilles Duceppe perform the song from the musical Oliver "I'm Reviewing The Situation." Hey, maybe if they formed a coalition duet...
• But nobody even came close to the 45% demand for Elizabeth May's performance of "All By Myself". 

Alone on the floor of the House, Ms. May - but clearly first in the jukebox of our readers' hearts. 

This Week's Poll: Vancouver's a Riot

We're as mystified as you about why residents of Canada's most beautiful city would celebrate the end of an honourable run for the Stanley Cup by attempting to re-enact the fall of Berlin. What's YOUR theory? Were the rioters:
 
a) Secret Anarchists?
a) Spoiled, drunk, undisciplined brats?
b) Disappointed because they didn't get to meet Chuck and Victor?
d) Actually from Seattle?
e) Misunderstood victims of society?

Canada Needs To Know. The poll is open!