Ah, if only the science of the google search engine was a little less elusive. But check this out. I was google mining for info on our new intern, and noticed that if you're on google.ca (googling in Canada), and type in the word "Paul," this is what you'll currently get:
Note that the second ranked hit, is the official Government of Canada site for our Prime Minister Stephen Harper. This is pretty amusing, since our previous Prime Minister was the liberal Paul Martin.
What's even richer though, is if you google for "Stephen" and note him appearing further down and first only as the head of the Consrvative Party of Canada.
You know, it'll be interesting to see how long it stays like this...
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