Canada Gazette — August 23, 2026

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[Verse 1]
The Gazette rolled out on a Sunday in August
Volume one-sixty, number thirty-four
Part One arrived on the twenty-second
Cracked open the week, laid it on the floor
Three commissions stepped up to the ledger
Trade Tribunal first, making their case
Then Radio-television and Telecommunications
And the Public Service, keeping their place

[Chorus]
Canada Gazette, the government's record
Where the official word gets set in stone
Every notice, every order, every commission
Tells you what the civil structure's sown
Part One, Part Two, two separate volumes
Different dates, different numbers on the spine
August twenty-third, two thousand twenty-six
Is where we read between the bureaucratic lines

[Verse 2]
The Environment Department filed a notice
Privy Council added their quiet say
Government notices tucked into Part One
The kind of paperwork that shapes your day
These aren't headlines, they're not breaking stories
But they govern how the country runs
Regulations dressed in formal language
Dry as prairie dust beneath the August sun

[Chorus]
Canada Gazette, the government's record
Where the official word gets set in stone
Every notice, every order, every commission
Tells you what the civil structure's sown
Part One, Part Two, two separate volumes
Different dates, different numbers on the spine
August twenty-third, two thousand twenty-six
Is where we read between the bureaucratic lines

[Bridge]
Now here's a word worth carrying — "palimpsest"
A surface written over, layer pressed on layer
The Gazette works the same, each new edition
Writes atop the last like a legal prayer
Volume one-fifty-nine, number sixteen
Part Two was dated back on August twelve
Two volumes, two weeks, two sets of reckoning
That's how deep these paper records delve

[Verse 3]
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal
Measures commerce where the borders blur
Radio-television shapes what signals travel
The Public Service governs who gets hired and where
Environment files its notices quietly
The Privy Council holds its counsel near
Four departments, two volumes, one week's record
The machinery of governance, loud and clear

[Verse 4]
Behind the formal language lives a purpose
Every filing means a decision made
Someone's licence, someone's regulation
Someone's livelihood or someone's trade
The Gazette doesn't shout, it simply states it
Plain and measured, numbered on the page
August comes and goes, the record lingers
Permanent ink pressed into the age

[Outro]
Canada Gazette, the government's record
Volume one-sixty, number thirty-four
Part One and Part Two, the week of August
Nothing glamorous, but that's what law is for
Read the commissions, read the notices
Environment, Trade, and Broadcasting too
The Gazette rolls out every single Sunday
Palimpsest of everything the country's working through

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