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A hand-picked selection of the most exciting and innovative takes on Canadian politics and news.

Indecision 2015: LIVE Debate Coverage

Welcome to The True North Times' LIVE coverage of the first federal leaders' debates. You can expect the same wise-assery and snarky comments as always.

Indecision 2015: Federal Leaders Debate #1

In an interview with Maclean’s, former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney predicted that “the television debates in election may turn out to be the most important since 1984.” (http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottaw...

Indecision 2015: Harper Calls 42nd Federal Election

The writ has been dropped, and now it’s on to the main event. Ladies and Gentleman… let’s get ready to rumble! In the Blue Corner we have the Right Honourable Stephen "Silver-Fox” Harper standing on a platform ...

MP Megan Leslie Reveals NDP’s Master Plan on Twitter

As election season heats up, our MPs and party leaders more than ever face the constant scrutiny of a focussed public eye. Of course, never focus too hard–I've heard direct eye contact with a politician is how ...

Harper to Call for Senate Abolition

A long time ago, more than 10 years in the past, a nobody named Stephen Harper promised Canada that, if elected to the House of Commons as Leader of the newly formed Conservative Party of Canada, he would refor...

Interview with an MP: Libby Davies

In what we hope to make a continuing segment that turns the usually boring robotic suit dummies in Ottawa into regular relatable human beings, the True North Times Interview with a Member of Parliament is back ...

Interview with an MP: Marc Garneau

Astronaut-turned-politician Marc Garneau may be the coolest man in Parliament. The first Canadian to go to space (take that Chris Hadfield) is also apparently hilarious, which makes him one of the True North Ti...

Government Spends Extra On Conservative Ridings

As the word recession rolls off tongues everywhere from Newfoundland to Nunavut to Nanaimo, people are turning their attention to public spending. People want to know if the government spending enough to stimul...