Overview: Remember how, back before it was our guy in power, it seemed really weird and messed up that someone could have a majority government with just over a third of the popular vote? It soun…
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Electoral Reform Primer: First Past The Post
Overview: First Past The Post, often abbreviated as FPP, 1PTP, FPTP, or KILLME, is the electoral system Canada currently uses. FPTP is the 2005 Honda Civic of electoral systems. Nobody really wan…
Conservative Party Leadership Profile: This Tub of Margarine
Name: This Tub of Margarine Background: Born and produced by a hard working Canadian industry, The Tub claims it has never backed down from a challenge. The Tub is best known for successfully lob…
Standing Rock nervously counting days until white protester puts on headdress
STANDING ROCK, ND – As protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline head into winter and state aggression persists, Standing Rock Sioux water protectors brace for yet another problem – the s…
Giving first speech at Queen’s Park, 19 year old MPP fails to hide boner
TORONTO – Newly elected MPP Sam Oosterhoff suffered his first political embarrassment this morning when was unable to hide his spontaneous erection while giving his first speech in the legi…
Breaking: The Beaverton obtains Parliamentary Press Pass
OTTAWA – In order to better compete with other media and bring readers the most reliable fake news, the Beaverton is going directly to the source and has been granted access to the Parliame…
Americans pretty sure who these people are, why they’re debating, but can’t say exactly
FARMVILLE, VA – Having stumbled upon what seems to be an important political debate while channel surfing by PBS, the people of the United States are pretty certain who these two men are an…
Parliament forced to re-vote after pile of wet flour mistaken for Tom Mulcair
OTTAWA – In a surprising turn of events this week, Parliament was forced to retake a vote after a pile wet flour was mistaken for NDP leader Thomas Mulcair. “I just assumed [Thomas Mulcair]…
