Democratic Party is Coming to Canada (Maybe)

Ah, so our 42nd Election has come and gone and Canada is back once more to the two party system with a landslide Liberal majority elected on October 19th and the Official Opposition made up of the 99 member Con...

The Road to Prime Minister: A War of Three Kings

Westeros: The Canada of the Fictional World  Although some might consider the 13 Districts of Panem to be the fictional incarnation of our native land, numeric similarities aside, there is no better Canada o...

Former Democratic President turns Conservative

Apparently floor crossers do exist in the United States, for one of their former Democratic Presidents has been accepted into the fold of the Conservative Party of Canada. How did a retired US President swea...

Tories and NDP fear the name Trudeau

Apparently some aspects of Harry Potter have rubbed off on Canadian politics. Alas, I'm not talking about flying cars, magic, Polyjuice potion, Quidditch and owls. Much like some characters in the series, se...

According to NDP, Quebec is a Colonized Country

Yes, one of our proud, bright eyed NDP candidates (high on the smell of power) believes that Quebec is essentially a colonized African country. And no, she's not talking about the Aboriginals. Beatrice Zako—...

Pembroke Ontario’s Second Annual Pride

With Toronto still reeling from a double hangover of Pride coupled with Canada Day, it would be easy to overlook Ontario (and quite possibly Canada's) smallest Pride Parade. On June 22nd, Pembroke Ontario, a (b...

Government Breaks Its Own Anti-Terror Law

The past few weeks have given us a long line of instances where our beloved government, from all sides of the House and Senate, have broken the law- even thought they're the ones "making" the laws. Both elector...

The Bloke from the Bloc is Back

What do the ghosts of two dead men and a disgraced former Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition have in common? For one thing, every one of them had been expected to lead their party to victory, at least in ...