--- title: Watch Wyatt Scott's Absurd Ad for Canadian Parliament description: Watch independent candidate Wyatt Scott's absurd ad ahead of the Canadian federal election in October. canonical: https://time.com/3993356/wyatt-scott-canada-parliament/ author: Jack Linshi article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-11T21:50:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:47:08.820Z og:title: Watch This Candidate's Absurd Ad for Canadian Parliament og:description: He destroys a robot with his laser eyes og:url: https://time.com/3993356/wyatt-scott-canada-parliament/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch This Candidate's Absurd Ad for Canadian Parliament twitter:description: He destroys a robot with his laser eyes twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch This Candidate's Absurd Ad for Canadian Parliament > Sponsored content. 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Scott—armed with the clever [slogan](http://wyattscott.ca/blog/?p=17), “think artisan politics, not partisan”—says he will tackle issues like college affordability and indigenous people’s rights. “Change is coming to Canada, and I’m here to lead that charge,” Scott says in the video, shortly after destroying a robot with his laser eyes. “Are you ready for the shift?” If the [Internet buzz](http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2015/08/11/an-amazing-ad-from-a-candidate-for-canadian-parliament-and-by-amazing-we-mean-utterly-insane/?postshare=4721439326262840) means anything, then yes, Scott, we’re ready indeed.  ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3993356/wyatt-scott-canada-parliament/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3993356/wyatt-scott-canada-parliament/"},"headline":"Watch This Candidate's Absurd Ad for Canadian Parliament","datePublished":"2015-08-11T21:50:20.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:47:08.820Z","description":"He destroys a robot with his laser eyes","url":"https://time.com/3993356/wyatt-scott-canada-parliament/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Canada"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3993356/wyatt-scott-canada-parliament/","name":"Watch This Candidate's Absurd Ad for Canadian Parliament"}}]}] ```