Maxwell Stockton, Author at The True North Times

Desmond Tutu to Deliver Keynote at Oil Sands Conference (Inexplicably)

"As Long As the Rivers Flow: Coming Back to the Treaty Relationship In Our Time," a conference held in Fort McMurray this weekend on Aboriginal treaty rights and the oil sands, has attracted a curious keynote s...

Porn Star Nikki Benz Bends Toronto Election in New (Seedier) Direction

Adult film star and producer, and Penthouse Pet of 2011, Nikki Benz, has announced her intent to run for mayor of Toronto. With five AVN award nominations, and three XBIZ award nominations (regrettably left abb...

Brian Mulroney to Replace Pierre Karl Peladeau as Chairman of Quebecor

This morning, the second most-important Mulroney (regarding media matters at least), will begin his media empire: Brian Mulroney is to be named Chairman of Quebecor Inc. Well, they say a dynasty is built a gene...

The Perfect Senate Appointee to Replace Romeo Dallaire: Marc Nadon

Senator Romeo Dallaire, a brilliant humanitarian who tried to stop the Rwandan genocide, retired from the senate yesterday. This article is not about him, because it's a time for the newest Canadian political ...

Liberal MP Called Trudeau’s Abortion Stance Bozo Eruption

Liberal MP John McKay was apparently caught on camera saying that Liberal leader Justin Trudeau banning all pro-life candidates was a "bozo eruption." Trudeau has taken to throwing red meat to the base in recen...

Minimum Wage in the Ontario Election and Canada

In the wake of the Ontario NDP's new economic plan, it is worth recalling Andrea Horwath's proposal to save the Ontario working poor from greedy capitalists by raising the Ontario minimum wage to $12/hour, and ...

Quebec Premier Couillard’s Inaugural Address: 250,000 Jobs Plan

Phillippe Couillard got on the TV today to do his inaugural speech from the throne address to the peasants. He spoke about the time honoured tropes of Quebec politics, notably jobs, fiscal affairs, expanding he...

Prince Charles’ All Important Tour of Canada: Busts, Fruit and Polar Bears

Have you heard the news? Our heir apparent, the 65 year old Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales, Duke of Rothesay, born to Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth Realms, ...

How to Redress Yourself: BC Apologizes to Chinese Canadians

Yesterday morning, British Columbia Premier Christy Clark formally apologized to Chinese Canadians on behalf of the provincial government for a sordid 140 year long history of discrimination, destitution, and d...

Party Leaders Say it’s Time for Re-Education in Ontario Election

Today, major parties in the Ontario election dived headfirst into the debate on education. When the Green Party of Ontario released their platform on Monday, they promised to merge the two major Ontario school ...

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