The whole world is uh, watching, sort of, maybe.

Canada doesn't normally garner much attention on the world stage when it comes to our domestic politics. And while we're certainly not on the front pages of the worlds major papers, every now and then we somehow sneak into the copy. Giving the rest of the world a small glimpse into our trek through the winter to the polls.

Starting with the neighbours downstairs, where at the Washington Post a story about the anti US attitudes of the Liberals appeared to have drawn a backlash against the governing party. The more strident and alarmist Washington Times paints a picture of a Canada on the brink of chaos (one suspects that they don't think that is a bad thing from an American point of view), titled Canada Crumbling, the Times suggests we are about to enter a period of uncertainty to rattle our national structure. A tad overblown, it reads like something Bill O'Reilly might put together over at Fox News.

The LA Times wonders aloud what's gotten into the kids upstairs as we head to the polls with a few changes on our minds. USA Today gives a fairly accurate account of the campaign for its readers, calming everyone down with the suggestion that change in Canada is not exactly as earth shattering as portrayed by some of its competitors!

Something called the Asian Tribune, takes a more socialist bent blaming the Chretien/Martin crew as having launched an attack on the working class. Calling the Liberals the most right wing government in the country since the depression! Apparently they missed the Diefenbaker and Mulroney years. One can only wonder how they'll deal with a Harper government, should it come to pass!

The Guardian of the UK, which has always had a bit of a leftist bent, plays on the theme of a Harper victory and an eventual separation of Quebec. Suggesting that the far left bent of the Bloc Quebecois will not mesh well with Harper's right wing drift, resulting in a collision of beliefs which will eventually lead to the dissolution of the country, at least that's the view from the Guardian.

The BBC goes for an unusual approach, looking at how the blogsphere covered the campaign, they also feature a number of other items on their site for those wishing to know more about how the old colonies are doing these days.

A Dutch publication Reformatorisch Dagblad, also takes a look at the future of Canada with a change of government on the horizon. Having a professor Dr. A. A. Moens, at Simon Fraser University put together the project for them, the piece is a rather well researched track of the campaign from start to near finish.

And then there are the Aussies given to understatement. The Age.au recounts a story on how the Liberals are painting the Conservatives as putting Canadian rights at risk. But for pure entertainment value in a story there is Canadian PM faces wipeout, which screams at the reader from the byline by the Weekend Australian. A publication that Scott Reid may wish to keep away from his boss.

Ah it's ok world, two more days and you can all go back to sleep and forget about us once again. We'll no doubt return to that sleepy not so little land mass that nobody really thinks about. And you know, that's quite all right with us!