Dale MacDonald - a not particularly bright ice technician from the northern resort village of Chilly Beach - is chosen to become the puppet president of the United States thanks to the machinations of the shadowy Hangelberg Group and its money-obsessed chairman, known only as The Baron. But when he discovers that The Baron's overarching goal is to hostilely take over his native Canada, doofus Dale must devise a plan to stop them. He enlists the help of his genius friend Frank and a handful of local yokels to sabotage the Hangelbergs' plan to insert satellite-controlled microchips into every Canadian, literally turning them into mindless 'shopaholics'.