Just so we're all clear on this, the Conservatives in Canada are still evil:

"People are going to mobilize a lot more as they realize that Mr. Harper is a real threat to equality," said Laurie Arron, a gay-rights activist who trailed Harper from Hamilton to nearby Guelph, Ont.

Things turned ugly in Guelph, Ont., as Arron and fellow protester Bob Smyth tried to question Harper about his party's stand on gay marriage.

Conservative supporters shouted "shut up, shut up," and a frail elderly man punched Smyth in the face and bashed him on the head with a campaign sign.

Stephen Harper seems to have hit upon the strategy of being too boring to demonise in the way one could Stockwell Day, but he's still a big flaming horse's ass and a vote for his party is a vote for Republicanism Lite and bigotry hidden like Adam West behind a domino mask.