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Politics

Why Are There Still So Few Women Leaders in Politics?

June 9, 2022June 10, 2022 - by Angela Misri

Women are more likely to hold interim leadership roles in federal politics, but clinching the top role remains elusive

Politics

The Decade in Politics

December 15, 2019April 25, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

From predicting civil war in the US to evaluating the health of our own democracy, these are the politics conversations that helped define Canada

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Democracy / Politics

Reconciliation: The False Promise of Trudeau’s Sunny Ways

September 19, 2019March 24, 2022 - by Martin Lukacs

Under the Liberals, statements of moral feeling have been elevated to a governing strategy

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Politics

The Great Myth of Alberta Conservatism

February 4, 2019September 27, 2021 - by Jen Gerson

With an election approaching in spring 2019, it’s worth asking if we’re all wrong about the province

Sex Ed: Beyond the Classroom

December 5, 2018August 4, 2021 - by The Walrus Staff

For this special web series, The Walrus spoke with teens, parents, and educators nationwide, on what we get wrong—and right—about gender, intimacy, desire, and consent

People with red signs protesting miscellaneous things

October 2018 / Politics

Meet the Facebook Group Trying to Reshape Politics

October 5, 2018March 31, 2020 - by Jen Gerson

Ontario Proud has become enormously influential on social media. Critics say it’s partisan, even racist

Media

Does Canadian Media Have a Right-wing Bias?

July 14, 2017March 3, 2022 - by Nora Loreto

While the far right appears on daily news, the far left has yet to break through the mainstream

Politics

Sunny Ways v. the Dark Side

December 29, 2015January 2, 2020 - by Michael Den Tandt

Is Justin Trudeau Luke Skywalker or Darth Vader—or, Lord help us, the insufferable parvenu Kylo Ren?

Illustration of windmills against a black background.

Feature / November 2015

Tilting at Windmills

November 14, 2015April 9, 2022 - by Chris Turner

Canada’s most ambitious green energy plan failed—but not for the reason everybody thinks

Feature / July/August 2013

The Contender

July 25, 2013April 13, 2020 - by Richard Gwyn

The appeal of Justin Trudeau’s emotional intelligence

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