Minority Rule by Any Other Name

September 15, 2015January 2, 2020 - by Andrew Coyne

The case against first past the post

Society / Web Exclusives

Sign Here

June 12, 2015December 3, 2019 - by Michael Coren

Eight-hundred years later, does the Magna Carta still matter?

Feature / October 2013

Repairing the House

October 16, 2013November 17, 2019 - by Andrew Coyne

How to make Members of Parliament relevant again

April 2012 / Politics

Fresh Ingredients

April 12, 2012July 16, 2019 - by Drew Nelles

After the NDP’s Orange Wave, a rookie MP learns to cook

Feature / January/February 2012

Reign Maker

January 12, 2012May 1, 2017 - by Charlotte Gray

David Johnston, Canada’s twenty-eighth Governor General, possesses impeccable credentials and old-fashioned charm. Plus he is the government’s secret weapon in restoring the power of the monarchy

Feature / March 2011

The New Solitudes

March 12, 2011August 5, 2016 - by Erna Paris

Canada was once defined by the schism between English and French. Today, our divide is increasingly ideological. Can it be bridged?

December 2010 / Feature

Auditing the Auditor General

December 12, 2010May 11, 2017 - by John Gray

After almost ten years on the job, Sheila Fraser is preparing to step down. Her tenure was not without its controversy, but no one in Ottawa any longer questions her toughness

May 2010 / Politics

No-Account

May 12, 2010July 16, 2019 - by Christopher Flavelle

Harper may be fond of kicking watchdogs, but he isn’t the first Canadian leader to skirt accountability

April 2010 / Feature

The Shout Doctrine

April 12, 2010October 10, 2019 - by Mark Kingwell

What happens when political debates escalate into a culture of arguments, attack ads, and anonymous Internet assaults? A Parliament effectively shut — and shouted — down

May 2008 / Memoir

Sanity Found

May 12, 2008October 30, 2019 - by Barry Campbell

The rapture and regret of leaving Ottawa: part three of Politics as Unusual a memoir