We have a lovely little eggcorn in Canadian politics.
In order for an election to be legal, a writ of election needs to be drawn up. Somebody, decades ago, heard "draw up the writ" as "drop the writ", and ever since then every Canadian election has started with somebody dropping the writ.
The writ will be dropped on Wednesday.
So now it's time to pick who's going to be Prime Minister for the next four years (assuming a majority government). Somebody at CBC seems to not like politicians - if all you had to base your choice on was this photo montage, would you vote for any of them?
![[Image: party-leaders-2019.jpg]](https://i.cbc.ca/1.5226762.1564165252!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_780/party-leaders-2019.jpg)
In order for an election to be legal, a writ of election needs to be drawn up. Somebody, decades ago, heard "draw up the writ" as "drop the writ", and ever since then every Canadian election has started with somebody dropping the writ.
The writ will be dropped on Wednesday.
So now it's time to pick who's going to be Prime Minister for the next four years (assuming a majority government). Somebody at CBC seems to not like politicians - if all you had to base your choice on was this photo montage, would you vote for any of them?
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Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
- unknown
Forever neighbours, never neighbors
Government of Canada: How to immigrate to Canada
Rob Kelk
Sticks and stones can break your bones,
But words can break your heart.
- unknown
Forever neighbours, never neighbors
Government of Canada: How to immigrate to Canada