Americans got an impromptu “Introduction to Canadian Politics” lesson courtesy of John Oliver Sunday night, when the late-night talk show host mocked our major party leaders and electoral system.

Oliver devoted 15 minutes of his half-hour show to the Canadian election, beginning by skewering the notion that a 78-day-long election campaign was gruellingly long.

“Thinking that 78 days is a long campaign is absolutely adorable,” he quipped.

Oliver had some fun with some of the embarrassing candidate gaffes during the campaign – including the departure of one-time Conservative hopeful Jerry Bance over “peegate,” and NDP candidate Alex Johnstone, who had to apologize for her ignorance about Auschwitz.

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