Category: Focus

Judging by David Chernushenko’s enthusiasm, you’d swear he must be talking about something else. But the Ottawa Centre Green Party candidate seems truly excited about his home’s new, energy-efficient water heater.

Ottawa Centre’s next Member of Parliament will be selected through an electoral system that has changed little since Britain created it more than 800 years ago — a system many complain penalizes small parties even if they win broad national support.

Marijuana Party candidate John Akpata doesn’t mince words. The poet-turned-political hopeful is blunt when sizing up his competition in Ottawa Centre.

For most, an election campaign over Christmas is no laughing matter. But for comics in the capital, the political frenzy is not only amusing, it’s as if Santa came early this year.