Off Down the Yellow Brick Road

Gilles Duceppe for Wicked Witch of the West?

It's a silly, trivial, thought, but I can't unthink it. Has anyone else noticed how much the current Canadian election campaign resembles The Wizard of Oz?

Stephen Harper is the tin man—suspected at least of having no heart.

Justin Trudeau is the rubbery scarecrow, suspected of having no brain.

Thomas Mulcair is the cowardly lion—much less frightening than expected.

And Toto? That little dog yapping at everyone's heels just has to be Elizabeth May.