It's a danged shame that a politician can't get elected in your country without publicly sucking up to some church to prove his piety, isn't it, Riginslinger?

I don't recall any Canadian politicians who have ever made a big point of talking about their churchgoing habits or their religious beliefs. Usually they don't even talk about it at all. People don't get elected (or not elected) on that basis in Canada. Nobody seems to care. You'd love it here. ;-)

We had a female Prime Minister here once too, but she wasn't actually elected. She took over the position from the previous prime minister who had retired from the leadership while their party was still in office. Her chances of being elected looked good, initially, but they rapidly went down the chute in the election which followed. That was Kim Campbell, a very smart and capable person.