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Facebook. ‘Canada Party’ offers viable candidate for U.S. presidential race | Daily Brew. So far, the colorful candidates embroiled in the U.S. Republican race have provided hours of material for jokes for comedians, news satirists and late-night talk show hosts. And now Canada is taking advantage. This week, Canadian Brian M. Calvert and self-described American/Canadian "hybrid" Chris Cannon came up with a helpful "alternative" for our neighbours disillusioned by their political options. The Vancouver-based writers have released the following spoof video announcing the creation of the Canada Party, a new contender to bolster a field of lacklustre opponents. The 90-second video outlines the reasons Canada should take over the reins of the U.S. government, citing our superior track record on health care, gay rights, employment, crime prevention, lumberjack fashion, and perhaps most importantly, Bigfoot sightings.
Calvert also takes an equal opportunity jab at our own leaders, calling Prime Minister Stephen Harper a "Muppet version of George Bush. " Shit Canadians Say, Eh? Canada. Government Canada.
Cooperate for Canada. Health Care. David Suzuki resigns to save foundation from ‘bully’ charitable status threats. Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki has stepped down from the board of his foundation over fears his political views could put its charitable status at risk as Ottawa cracks down on organizations deemed to be too politically active. In a letter to his supporters on Friday, the former Nature of Things host said he left the David Suzuki Foundation’s board of directors because he wanted to be able to speak freely “without fear that my words will be deemed too political and harm the organization of which I am so proud.” The March 30 budget said charities would soon have to report more information about their political activities and sources of foreign funding. They’d also have to limit spending on advocacy to 10% of their budget. The federal government accused the environmental groups of sourcing money for their campaigns from U.S. foundations, and committed $8-million in its recent budget to help the Canada Revenue Agency target registered charities.
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