obviously jack clayton heading to edmund strauss is one mp from alberta. they want to hold onto the but opportunities to score some points out west. so the outcome here i think is in terms of today's vote but the election is not at all. >> peter, i was talking to billy and he's not running. he was -- he worked for robinson and the vancouver area for a long time, but he said something interesting. hokie said the last five years he's known more about parliamentary procedure and how it works. he said he's worked with in the minority context the last seven years the minority context and he said once you get into these minority parliament you really understand the procedure and the details of how the democracy unfolds and we are seeing and in front of us right now. >> it sound like a fascinating dinner conversation. >> tell me, really, that countdown clock that's been going on the last three hours it was all to bring us to this point so we could look at the screen with a riding on it? thing about democracy. you've been to the shuttle liftoff. the rocket has tim

jack clayton heading directly to be with his mp in alberta. they believe that there is an opportunity to score some point out west. >> and peter, yesterday i was talking to bill, who is not running. he worked for sven robinson and was the mp for a long time. he said that in the last five years he has learned more about parliament and how it works because he has worked in the last seven years in the minority context. and he said, once you get into these minority parliament, you understand the minutia of the procedure, the details of how democracy unfolds and we are seeing it in front of us right now. >> it sounds like a fascinating dinner conversation, evan. [laughter] >> i love it. >> tell me, the countdown clock that has been going on the screen for the last three hours, it was all to bring us to this point to where we could look at the screen with the writing on it? >> this is the thing about democracy. you have been to shuttle liftoffs. the best record -- rockets take time to leave the ground. we are going to the moon right now. the truth i