CBC Arts: 'West Wing' cancelled by network

So the West Wing is toast.

CBC Arts: 'West Wing' cancelled by network

Don't you ever wonder what would happen if governments were like the TV shows? You get up one morning, go the newspaper box, and see the headline, "Canadian government's final season to be 2007." Sleepily, you pull it out:

CANADIAN GOVERNMENT TO END ITS REIGN IN 2007

Canada and the United Nations have jointly announced that this will be the final season of the Federal Government of Canada. The final day of government will be on Friday, May 11, 2007.

"Canada has played an important role in the history of the world, and we will long remember how it brought bacon, hockey, toques, Alanis, and cheap beer to the world community," said Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the UN. "We'd like to thank Prime Minister Harper, the leader of the opposition, the Right Honourable Paul Martin and a professional and enthusiastic civil service for giving the residents of British North America an effective, democratic government for the last hundred and forty years, and we look forward to working with them and other important players in whatever future endeavors they undertake."

George W Bush, President of the United States of America, said, "Americans have had strong relations with Canada all these years. While we are saddened by the cancellation of Canada as a political entity, we know that all the proud people associated with the Canadian project will surely apply their skills in new areas, and we look forward to seeing what else they can come up with. Of course, Americans are rightly concerned with the loss of a trading partner with whom we exchange a billion and a half dollars a day, but working with the world community, we will find new markets for our enterprises and products."

A parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy whose sovereign was also head of the also-recently cancelled United Kingdom, Canada evolved from two earlier entities called Upper Canada and Lower Canada, prior to a rebellion in the 1830s that caused the British government to look for a more permanent and stable form of government for the Canadas. Over time, Canada came to govern all of the North American territories north of the 49th parallel, save Alaska, and was a highly respected, if somewhat bland member of the world community.

In the nineties, Canada leased the rights to its “Mountie” brand to the Walt Disney corporation.