Remember this date: 20-29 September 2006. Lock your doors, draw your curtains, turn off your phones, and turn on your Xbox 360. Make sure it’s plugged into the broadband and sign up for free Xbox Live Gold. Be there or be incredibly left out.

This offer is intended for the UK and other EU countries so I’m not sure if it’s valid in Canada too. I don’t have an XBOX 360 so I can’t try it out. Say it doesn’t work in Canada, what happens if you change your country to the UK in the XBOX options (if there is such a thing)? Would  that do the trick?
More details on the free xbox live gold here