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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...

Stephen Harper To Resign as Prime Minister

The following is at best a somewhat accurate approximation of the speech Stephen Harper just delivered Let's be clear. I lost. But really, we lost, because I was all that held this country together...

TNT Projection: Trudeau to Form Liberal Majority Government

DECLARED: LIBERAL MAJORITY The True North Times is now projecting a slim Liberal majority, given the state of the polls in Atlantic Canada, Ontario, and Quebec. Even with BC results just coming in, it is clear...

Election Betting Odds! What’s Likely to Happen Over the Next Few Hours

Politics are boring. Gambling is fun! This is perhaps the most tightly contested election in Canadian history. To commemorate just how much going in tonight is pure speculation, here are the betting odds for th...

10 Alternative Prime Ministers that the Governor General Could Appoint (Maybe)

So, apparently, there's an election going on right now to chose which people are going to represent us in the House of Commons. Unlike our American brethren, we don't directly elect our leader (although the thr...

The Globe and Mail Opts for Fantasy Endorsement: The Conservatives, not Harper

As if print media needed another nail in its coffin. On October 16, 2015, The Globe and Mail pulled a Michael Scott. Faced with the daunting task of endorsing a party in the upcoming federal election, it app...

“Stephen Harper Going Away Party” Organized on Facebook

Few things bring Canadians together like hatred of a multi-term incumbent prime minister. We hated Mulroney. We hated Chretien. Boy do we ever hate Harper. Need proof? If so, don't look to the polls or the pund...

Liberal Candidate Peter Njenga Compared Himself to Hitler

Meet Peter Njenga, the Liberal candidate for Abbotsford. He doesn’t think that he’s very tall, but he’s grown comfortable with himself in the knowledge that "many well-known 'short guys' like me such Napoleon, ...

Nine Candidate Scandals in Nine Days: A TNT Exclusive

Most Canadians know surprisingly little about their candidates for office—especially how they think and act when in private. That’s why The True North Times investigated the online comments made by nine major-p...

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—...

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