What does the leader of Canada's Green Party have to do to get a little attention in this election?

If you're Canadian Green Party leader Elizabeth May, there's an obvious answer: Forgo a campaign jet and ride a commuter train across the country. The vast, wide country with lots of lonely space between its coasts…

Kamloops at 3 a.m. is a cold and desolate place, unless you happened to be at the city's north-end train station today.

A group of 30 Green Party supporters, some in their night robes, huddled on the platform until one shouted, "She's awake," and a cheer went up. Green Party leader Elizabeth May stepped off her cross-country train for an unusual campaign stop….

Jennifer Larson, 30, showed up in a red night robe, and with other similarly dressed friends, did her best to turn the rally into a pyjama party. "It's important that we're here," she said. "It's about our future."

At one point during the 20 minute stop, May urged supporters to keep their cheers down so as not to wake passengers in VIA Rail's cross-country train, The Canadian.

Okay, this whistlestop tour is sort of heartwarming in theory, but are silent 3 a.m. rallies really the most effective way to get your message out? To, say, people who aren't half-asleep?

I know Elizabeth May scorns her party's favorite weed, but she must've been smoking something when she came up with this one.