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Sunday Funnies

This week's featured editorial cartoons are all by Canadian cartoonists and focus on two political issues near and dear to Canadians' hearts: Senate appointments and election speculation. Funny, the PM, who once said he'd reform the Senate, has fallen right into line with his pork-barrelling predecessors.
And, on the election speculation front having been Opposition leader for 8 months Michael Ignatieff has finally decided, unlike his predecessor Stephane "not a leader" Dion to pull Liberal support for the Conservative minority government, and perhaps force an election about a year since the last one. There's three things Canadians love to complain about, and in the following order:

1) Toronto (don't ask why, we just do)
2) the weather (duh)
3) how often we go to the polls






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Unknown said…
I don't get a lot of those.. not being in Canada and all.. but the last one cracked me up!
6 September 2009 at 08:52
Skye said…
Oh thank you NoName! These are hilarious and oh so true! One thing about Canadian cartoonists, they do tell it like it is!
6 September 2009 at 10:12
Donnie said…
Not being at all familiar with Canadian politics, it seems that every time I turn around they are electing or re-electing someone for something. What's up with that?
6 September 2009 at 11:02
nonamedufus said…
dizzblnd: Theyre pretty specific to Canada...but funny!

Skye: I find it an interested way to follow the news.

Don: Christ, man, it's our national sport. And it beats watching Canadian football!
6 September 2009 at 12:37
Anonymous said…
I, too, am ignorant of Canadian politics, but still can appreciate a sarcastic cartoon and these certainly fit the bill!

Very funny!
6 September 2009 at 12:45
nonamedufus said…
Quirks: Don't feel bad Quirks. There's a lot of Canadians ignorant of Canadian politics.
6 September 2009 at 17:31
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