The Beaverton is a Canadian parody newspaper website. It was founded in 2010 by two Queen's University alumni (Luke Gordon Field and Alex Huntley) and one University of Toronto graduate (Laurent Noonan). It parodies and satirizes multiple facets of Canadian life, but particularly Canadian politics. The site can be found on thebeaverton.com
In short, it's basically Canada's The Onion.
In 2016 The Beaverton launched a TV series of the same name that aired on The Comedy Network and later CBC.
In 2017, they published the book Glorious and/or Free.
Minister of Tropes Moves Examples Down Here:
- A God Am I: "Doug Ford calls down flood to punish Toronto for its insolence"“May the floods scour the streets of disloyalty, and cleanse those who may still pledge fealty to the false Gods, Wynne and Horwath,” Ford said in his official statement, delivered from Etobicoke by raven Wednesday morning. “May your fields be washed of sin and may the rains sow seeds to nourish the dawning of a new day in Ford Nation.”
- Emergency Authority: Abused by PM Trudeau in "Trudeau promises that Canada will only be under the Emergencies Act for as long as trucks exist"
- Even Evil Has Standards: "Satan confused after some enjoy his cruel act of raisins in cookies"
- Feudal Overlord: The Bank of Canada tries to become one of these in "Bank of Canada Governor asks unemployed youth if they’ve considered serfdom"
- Moral Myopia: "Opinion: Why pulling forces out of Afghanistan is good when the politician I like does it and bad when anyone else does it"
- Sex Miseducation Class: Doug Ford replaces sex-ed curriculum with old copy of Playboy found in woods.
- Subways Suck: "TTC closed this weekend between wherever you are and wherever you want to go"
- Unconventional Wedding Dress: "Saskatchewan newlyweds fined for not wearing Roughriders jerseys in wedding photos"
- Worst News Judgement Ever: "Study: Winnipeg still exists"
