From the Strange-And-Unfortunately-True Department

Sun Media's Greg Weston reports that the Canadian Tourism Commission has launched a bobble-head doll named "Steve" sporting an uncanny likeness of Stephen Harper.

Aside from plugging the PM during an election, one wonders about the sanity of those running the Canadian Tourism Commission as the content of the promotional campaign needs an immediate review.

Twins?

Steve likes it hot suggests one page of the government's website targeted at a mostly American audience of travel professionals, perhaps acknowledging George W. Bush's rather infamous tendency to refer to Harper as "my friend Steve". Newfoundlanders and specifically Premier Danny Williams may not appreciate being referred to as "newfies", a term often used or taken in a pejorative sense, in the full colour glossy brochure.

[Editor: Maybe the tourism folks should have waited until after the election before basing an entire campaign on a leader of a minority government. Just a thought.]