[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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