Scott Vrooman
Scott has written and performed comedy for TV (Conan, Picnicface, This Hour Has 22 Minutes), radio (This is That), and the web (Vice, Funny or Die, College Humor, The Toronto Star, The Huffington Post, iPolitics, Rabble.ca). His sketch group Picnicface broadcast 13 episodes of a sketch series, executive produced by Kids In The Hall alumni Mark McKinney, on Canada’s Comedy Network. Scott co-wrote and co-starred in the feature film Roller Town, which is now streaming on Netflix, and he took a lead role in writing the book Picnicface’s Canada. He recently punked Sun News Network in this interview like a real punk. He was a professional economist at Finance Canada and the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council before pursuing comedy full time.
Stories by Scott Vrooman
Only One Canadian University Has Divested. Here’s How Alumni Can Help Change That
5 min. readProtests and petitions were never really my thing. I’ve never owned a Che Guevara t-shirt...
Canada’s Election is a Painful Race to the Middle
The latest leaders debate was an unwatchable mess that resembled a malfunctioning Chuck E Cheese...
Cue Collective Eye Roll: Harper Appoints Kinder Morgan Consultant to Pipeline Regulator
The purpose of the National Energy Board, like any regulator, is to be unprofitable. They...
Hey Canada, You Might Want to Reconsider Being So Polite About Climate Change
In the wake of the NDP’s new majority government in Alberta, Steve Williams, the CEO...
Dear Dalhousie and Queens: Please Divest So I Don’t Have to Rip Up My Degrees on Camera
At least 75 per cent of known fossil fuel reserves must remain in the ground...
VIDEO: Canada Has a Troubling Definition of ‘Threat’
The government defines a threat completely differently than a citizen does. We think of threats...
What’s More Worrying? Bill C-51 or the Fact That So Many People Don’t Know What’s In It?
Far more disturbing than what’s in Bill C-51 is the fact that most Canadians don’t...
Canada Paid $180,000 for Mining Responsibility Counsellor That Doesn’t Exist
The government spent over $180,000 dollars last year to run the office of a corporate...
VIDEO: By Investing in Oil Companies, You’re Essentially Betting on How Long They Can Fool People
One hundred and ninety-five countries, including Canada, have formally agreed that we need to limit...
