All that aside, today the House of Commons gave first reading to a Bill that will have April Fools' Day outlawed in Canada. The Bill was first proposed about two years ago when someone announced on radio that due to the economy, any visits by the Queen of England (when she comes to Canada, she visits as the Queen of Canada) would have to be paid for by her. The announcement went on to say that she'd have to stay in a motel if the bill was going to be paid by Canadian taxpayers. That got some idiot in the Conservative Party off his feed and this is the result. I expect the Bill will pass three readings without substantial opposition. This country is getting very very strange.