My Little Corner of Canada

JOHN AMAGOALIK

*The Liberals will return to power with a reduced majority. The Tories, Reform and the BlocHeads will get about the same number of seats and there will be a lot of jostling for the right to be the loyal (or not so loyal) opposition. The NDP will continue to be lost in the political wilderness.

* Jacques (The Joker) Parizeau will continue to play peek-a-boo from his semi-retirement and take puck shots at Lucien Bouchard.

* The new leader of the Bloc Quebecois will not put the separatist movement on fire. The BQ will begin to become irrelevant.

* Jean Chretien will not part with his favourite Inuk carving.

* Donovan Bailey will beat Michael Johnson in their 150 metre race.

* Georges Erasmus will return to Yellowknife to try and rescue the Dene Nation from irrelevance.

* The O. J. Simpson hangover will continue.

* There will be a marriage between ITC and ICC Canada.

* Pauktuutit’s influence will continue to grow.

* Zebedee Nungak will still be The Thorn on the soft underbelly of the separatist.

* The Interim Commissioner of Nunavut will earn his or her money.

* There will be political wailing and gnashing of teeth in Bob Territory.

* Prince Edward Islanders will feel a little overwhelmed as hundreds of thousands of tourists cross the new bridge from the mainland.

* The pink energizer bunny will be spotted near the North Pole.

* In the NHL, the final four fighting for the Stanley Cup will be the Detroit Red Wings, Colorado Avalanche, Florida Panthers, and the Philadelphia Flyers.

The final will be between the Red Wings and the Flyers. Detroit will win The Cup in seven games. Brendan Shanahan will be the difference.

* War criminals will be captured in Bosnia.

* Zaire will sink further into civil war.

* A cloud will continue to hang over Brian Mulroney as his suit against the federal government starts to crawl through the courts.

* Ron Irwin will retire from politics with Nunavut as the feather in his cap.

* Ovide Mercredi will tire of trying to lead 500 nations.

* John Todd will… (your guess is as good as mine).