December 2012
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Self Parody, National Identity and the Canadian... →
garethsimpson:
somersaultmag:
During Canada’s most recent prime ministerial campaign, Nickelback happened to be playing a concert in Ottawa about a month before the election. As the band launched into their hit song “Photograph,” a picture of Stephen Harper appeared on the screen behind lead singer Chad Kroeger. There may not be a more telling image of Canada in 2012 than that of the...
April 2012
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March 2012
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December 2011
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October 2011
3 posts
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Mayor Rob Ford calls police after ambush by 22... →
ROB FORD *FART NOISE* SADTROMBONE.COM
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September 2011
5 posts
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Every article about Toronto ever
tableclothcape:
‘Canada’s largest city,’ couched in terms that imply the Rest of Canada is utterly dependent on and revolves around Toronto, “the locus of Canadian X,” “the centre of X,” etc.
‘HAVE WE TOLD YOU ABOUT MULTICULTURALISM?’
‘Let us compare ourselves to New York at almost comical length,’ though the Greater Toronto Area is three and a half times as small and roughly half the size of...
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Every article about Winnipeg ever
tableclothcape:
COLD
‘despite popular belief, it is a place that exists’
SO COLD
‘heart of the continent,’ ‘geographical centre of North America,’ ‘incredible geographic isolation’
SO VERY COLD
violent crime, ‘murder capital of Canada’
I-I CAN’T FEEL MY LEGS ANYMORE
slurpees
CHRIST ON A CRACKER WHY WOULD YOU EVEN BUILD A CITY HERE
Winnipeg Jets
DON’T YOU SEE THIS IS GOD’S WAY OF...
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I want to thank our champions and Canada’s greatest TV network, the CBC and...
– Peter Keleghan
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The big news is that while last year’s [Gemini] award for Best Drama went to The...
– Canadian Content!
(from a post by the inimitable Jaime Weinman)
August 2011
4 posts
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My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is...
– Jack Layton
(via georgiastraight)
July 2011
3 posts
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May 2011
6 posts
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GOD FUCKING DAMN IT
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HEY! VOTE!
HEY! VOTE!
HEY! VOTE!
April 2011
13 posts
I was voting NDP when...
iwasvotingndpwhen:
I was voting NDP when the Y2K virus was a party platform.
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Strategic Voting 101 →
Project Democracy uses polls and a riding-by-riding projection to help you decide who you should vote for (provided you want to prevent a Harper majority, which you totally do.)
Anonymous asked: I love that you love Justin Trudeau.
I eagerly await the day when I can vote for him.
I eagerly await the day when I can vote for him.
vanmega asked: have you seen http://shitharperdid.ca ?
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Full disclosure time
Fuck Yeah Canada will, at no point, endorse any candidates for this or any other election. If we do, it will be purely satirical. I think I speak for all of us here at the blog when I say that most of the people running in the election are “bland” at best and “Jason Kenney” at worst (except for Justin Trudeau, who is a dreamboat.)
We are fairly left of centre, but so is...
Anonymous asked: Actually, the CN in CN Tower stands for Canadian National, as in the railway. Not Canada's Noodle.
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February 2011
4 posts
Proud to be a Canadian #21.
Damn right I can drive in the snow.
mystarseed asked: What's the best time of year to visit Ottawa?
markellison asked: What's the best brand or variety of maple syrup you know of? I love the stuff, but as Yank from the South, I'm only familiar with Appalachian Mt fare.
January 2011
14 posts
Red n White
Submitted by: 76er
Very important to notice the 5 smaller flags on the building in the background. One big flag is not patriotic enough.
SUBMIT!
sochrisash asked: When will the leafs make play offs!
:( I miss canada, I need to get back haha
:( I miss canada, I need to get back haha
liaisonamoureuse asked: This isn't a question, but I was born in Montreal(:
Anything you're dying to know about Canada?
Ask! It might just save your life.
Proud to be a Canadian #20.
Also, Fahrenheit is bullshit.
Proud to be a Canadian #19.
I don’t know how much I weigh in kilograms. I don’t know how tall I am in centimetres. But I recognize and appreciate the superiority of the metric system.