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...

Mulcair: New Democrat, Old-School Bland Politician

Too bad Tom. The slogan was "Defeat Harper with Thomas Mulcair". For New Democrat supporters this is a bittersweet compromise. They couldn't have their cake and eat it too. Mulcair's speech conveyed this. His p...

The True North Times Endorsement: Our Democracy

Since inception, the mission of The True North Times has been to provide witty and biting commentary to Canadians about the real issues facing our nation. In this election campaign, and approaching the second a...