The upcoming election in the Yukon

I post more about the US election than I do the one that’s coming up in Canada on October 14, simply out of amazement that Sarah Palin is still on the ticket in the States. In the Yukon, though, we have a situation that looks somewhat similar – in this case a man, but someone running for a high office who is out of his league.

When I drove charter bus I got to know Darrell Pasloski well enough to know that he’s a very bright guy, but you’d never know it from the way he responds to questions during this campaign. I have to assume, therefore, that Stephen Harper has him muzzled – that he’s just not allowed to answer questions for which the answers haven’t been scripted by The Party. During the past few days, I see Darrel ducking questions over and over again. He couldn’t attend the all-candidates forum in Dawson, he didn’t respond to the PSAC questionnaire (let’s alienate one of the largest voting blocks in the territory!), he wasn’t ready to answer CBC’s questions yesterday…

Am I going to vote for someone who’s going to represent his party’s leader instead of the Yukon? Who is unable for any reason to give an intelligent answer to a reasonable question? Give your head a shake.