How This Became the Niqab Election
For the first time in generations, Canada has no great national neurosis. So Stephen Harper created one
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Fits the Bill
A Conservative MP switches to run for the Liberals in Cumberland–Colchester, Nova Scotia
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Minority Rule by Any Other Name
The case against first past the post
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Old Macdonald
Sir John A. was a racist, a colonialist, and a drunk. Why are we celebrating him?
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Block the Vote
What the Fair Elections Act says about our neglected history of disenfranchisement
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The People’s Poll
A new way to gauge public opinion
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Fake Left, Go Right
An insider’s take on Jack Layton’s game of chance
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First Dibs on the 21st Century
THE FIRST Canadian federal-election campaign of the 21st century hung Parliament, focused on the near past, and was devoid of big ideas. There was no grand design on offer: free …
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