I've, like, totally checked out.

As you get ready to leave your office/campus for a little pine-scented break, why not situate yourself vis-à-vis the leaders of the four major parties in this CBC quiz? It's short , simple and straightforward: for each issue ("child care," "farm subsidies," etc.), four solutions are suggested and you're supposed to click "I agree" or "I disagree" next to each one.

Each suggested remedy is the official position of one of the four parties, though you're not told which is which. At the end, the degree of correlation is shown and you can see which leader's positions are most attractive to you. Not exactly scientific and no excuse for reading a good newspaper every day, but it's definitely a start. Thanks to Pac for carrying it first.

(For the record, I wound up agreeing with Layton on all twelve questions, while Duceppe and I saw eye-to-eye on eight points. No surprises there.)