60% of Quebers think it's too cold for an election

QUEBEC - A recent CROP poll suggests that 59.8% of Quebecers think it's "too cold" for an election.

In addition to "too soon", "pointless", and "giant waste of time and money", most Quebecers characterized the election, to be held over March and early April, as "too cold".

"Studies have shown that the ideal temperature to hold an election is 20 to 25 degrees Celsius," said Michel Lacroix at Concordia University's Department of Weather and Political Science.  "Much of this election will likely be held at or below freezing.  As a result, a lot of political ideas will die of exposure and voters' brains will be at risk of hypothermia."

The poll was conducted on the corner of Peel and Sainte-Catherine Street in Montreal yesterday between 4 and 6 am.