As election campaigning moves into hyper-drive across Canada, politicians from across the political spectrum are pulling media tricks to win coveted votes from coast-to-coast. Music speaks to the heart across cultures and political campaigners are certainly utilizing song, often cynically, to boost spirits on the campaign trail.

While musicians in Canada continue to make waves globally for innovative sound -- Arcade Fire inspiring Montreal art rock internationally, Samian spotlighting indigenous struggles to the hip-hop world-culture is most certainly key to ongoing efforts to foster a national identity on these colonized native lands.