Politics
Our latest stories on Canadian politics, elections, parties, and policy, from the municipal to the federal level, plus the politics of the world around us and how they affect our democratic systems.
Editor’s Note
Illustration by Chris KuzmaThe soliloquy Paddy Chayefsky wrote for the character Howard Beale in the 1976 film Network still resonates today: I don’t have to tell you things are bad. …
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False Heroes
The Conservatives have positioned themselves as fiscal saviours, but slaying the deficit will be a cinch
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The Assassination of the Canadian Kid
Remembering a little-known hero of Australian independence
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Howdy, Neighbour
Three prime ministers reckon with Dubya
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Bragging Rights
One hundred and twenty-five years after the death of Louis Riel, his great-grand-niece keeps the legacy alive
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Size Matters
Will the G-20 stumble under its own weight?
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No-Account
Harper may be fond of kicking watchdogs, but he isn’t the first Canadian leader to skirt accountability
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The Princess of Pot
With her husband Marc in jail, Jodie Emery, a Green Party candidate in the next federal election, will inherit his cannabis empire
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