Sorry that we’re a few days late getting to this one – we were busy preparing for the important, officially-recognized federal holiday of Sir Wilfrid Laurier Day, which is a mere two days away dontcha know! – but Jim Coyle managed to puke up a pretty ridiculously over-the-top column in the Star a few days [...]
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Alright, we’ve had a nice enough break to collect our thoughts, let’s keep tackling this dumb thing we already started and keep exploring Canada’s Guide To Being A Good Little Canadian!
Page 21:
WHOA WHOA WHOA, who decided this crap? I can think of SOMEONE BETTER.
Overall Note:
So far in this pamphlet, there’s been at least 7 apologies [...]
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Yay, they finally let me, your “assistant editor” (eff that, makes me sound like a secretary, why can’t I be Co-Editor or Official Pretty Princess? LOOK INTO IT, MATT) make a post! I asked what I should write about. I was told to write about “something womanly, to attract female readers.” But girl stuff is [...]
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The Government’s updated their new immigrant guide! The new guide, called Discover Canada: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship (you mean there are RESPONSIBILITIES? Eff this, let’s just go to the States!) is meant to be the handy-dandy, one-stop-shopping guide to everything a new immigrant needs to know about Canada, in a mere 50-odd page [...]
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Hey, look, it’s our first post about “Canadian politics”, the purported purpose of this entire website! Alright, what earth-shattering topic do we get to tackle? The environment, or taxes, or some other big sexy thing? Nah, let’s go with some he-said she-said clownish bullshit posted in the Globe and Mail, Canada’s original sexy gossip blog!
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Let me introduce you to the most badass man in the long, proud history of the Canadian military.
Although he doesn’t show up in many history textbooks, it’s an absolute disgrace that more people aren’t familiar with Filip Konowal. He was fierce, he was proud, he was humble. He’s one of the thousands of nameless Canadians [...]
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What’s the absolute most annoying television commercial ever?
Head On?
This indescribably awkward Miracle Whip ad about how their slightly-off-tasting mayonnaise is really a punk-rock parkour party lifestyle?
SLAP CHOP?!
All worthy entries, but there are a slew of ads on the TV right now that are so horribly cheap, deceptive and downright slimey that they’re [...]
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Here are the fine people who will be putting their deranged thoughts on this site. It’s all their fault! I’ve asked each of them to state their name, what they do, and their alcoholic beverage of choice.
I’m Matt! I’m twenty-something from a fishing village called Toronto, Ontario. I’ve got a bachelor’s degree in business, which [...]
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