In Ottawa today, many young people are out and about doing a little political work on behalf of the Conservative Party. They are wearing bright, yellow t-shirts and are handing out cards that suggest Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion will tax anything. A reader of this blog sent along some pics, one of which is reproduced here, that s/he snapped with the comment: "I wonder if they're junior tories or if this was the best they could do in the summer job department!"

The Conservatives want to break up the monopoly the Canadian Wheat Board has when it comes to selling wheat and barley produced on the Prairies. You won't be surprised to hear, this is a controversial proposal and one forms one of the major political cleavages in rural Western Canada. Two Saskatchewan MPS -- Conservative Gerry Ritz and Liberal Ralph Goodale -- issue dueling press releases over a new Canadian Wheat Board survey ...