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Weekly Recap

A convenient archive of everything that happened this week, and every past week, in Canadian politics and news.

Stuart Ash Doesn’t Like Canada 150 Logo

In 2017, Canada will be 150 years old. For some reason, the government is already worked up about the birthday party. Aren't we a bit ahead of ourselves? I mean, I'll turn 26 in 2017, but I'm not busy planning ...

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...

John Tory: Pretty Fly, for a White Guy

Toronto mayor John Tory is doing his best to make everyone forget about world renowned crack-mayor Rob Ford by being even more ridiculous. Tory is quickly becoming the nerdy father of everyone's nightmares thro...

TPP Sans Canada?

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a trade deal designed to loosen trade restrictions for 40% of the global economy. While not yet completed, it aims to include a diverse group of countries. A CBC report su...

Canadian Economy Is Not (Yet) In Recession

Despite a multi-party commitment to increase spending on negative political advertising, a mix of cheap oil, shaky fundamentals, and poor governance caused Canada’s economy to shrink each of the first four mont...

Election 2015 Poll Update (July 11)

  Welcome to The True North Times' Emoji-tracker election roundup. Every week, we'll be taking the reliable and always trustworthy polling results from various firms and illustrating them in a way f...