Should Election Day be a Public Holiday?
On October 21st, millions of Canadians took a break from their workday to head to the polls. While Election Day is not a public holiday, employers are legally required to More
Small Steps, Big Egos: Takeaways from the UNGA
The United Nations’ yearly General Assembly has been the leading event fostering international relations and global governance in the world since World War II. It has been a way for More
The Caucasus Crisis: Understanding the Modern Context of the Russo-Georgian Conflict
On June 20th, 2019, thousands of Georgians stormed the parliament in Tbilisi. Adorned with EU flags and signs reading “Russia is an occupier”, the protests in the Georgian capital highlighted More
China Makes Waves: Why the PRC Just Leased an Entire Island in the Solomon Islands
In the last two weeks, it has been revealed that a Beijing-based company with close ties to the Communist Party has gained “exclusive development rights” for the entire island of More
Suppression of Identity: the Plight of Uighur Muslims in China
In March of 2014, 31 people were slaughtered at a train station in the Chinese city of Kunming, more than 2000 km away from the state of Xinjiang. The guilty More
MJPSatire: Andrew Scheer Cancels Application to Revoke U.S. Citizenship
An inside source within the U.S. embassy in Ottawa tells MJPSatire about Scheer’s frantic early Tuesday-morning call begging for the cancellation of his application to revoke U.S. citizenship. With speculations More
Opinion: Freedom of Expression vs. Profit in the China-NBA Debate
As protests in Hong Kong enter their fifth month, Chinese impatience has begun to grow significantly. Xi Jingping, the Chinese President, has threatened “bodies smashed” towards anybody attempting to divide More
For the Students: Ontario Education Negotiations Underway
The debate over the future of Ontario’s education system has been heavily contentious ever since the province’s Progressive Conservative government was elected in 2018. Recently, as the 2019-2020 school year More
Moscow City Duma Election: Indicator for the Future of Russia?
In the beginning of August, MJPS published a piece discussing the outburst of protests which occurred in Moscow as a reaction to the upcoming September Moscow City Duma Elections. With More
Fidesz Loses Budapest: A Game-Changer for Hungarian Politics?
On October 13th, in a shocking political turnaround, the longstanding Fidesz-backed Istvan Tarlos lost the mayoral elections in Budapest, Hungary, to the leftist-liberal candidate Gergely Karacsony. With Fidesz’s defeat, Budapest More