Yesterday, the Progressive Conservatives broke the Social Credit government record, celebrating their 13,157th consecutive day in power. During that time, there have been 30 provincial government changes across Canada. There was no big victory speech last night, but it would probably go something like:

I’d like to thank the Alberta Liberal Party, Lawrence Decore for musing about abortion in ’93, the NEP, the NDP, PET, the ontinuously divided right wing, Ralph Klein, Peter Lougheed, and, of course, God, for puting the oil in the ground.

How many more days they last in power will probably depend on how they handle this. Oilsands royalties could very well be the top issue of the next election campaign.