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October 2015 / Politics

Minority Rule by Any Other Name

September 15, 2015April 8, 2020 - by Andrew Coyne

The case against first past the post

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Photograph by etee
Society

Sign Here

June 12, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Michael Coren

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

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Illustration by Luc Melanson
Feature / October 2013

Repairing the House

October 16, 2013August 19, 2020 - by Andrew Coyne

How to make Members of Parliament relevant again

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Photograph by Jean-François Lemire
April 2012 / Politics

Fresh Ingredients

April 12, 2012April 14, 2020 - by Drew Nelles

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

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Photograph by Nigel Dickson
Feature / January/February 2012

Reign Maker

January 12, 2012January 22, 2021 - 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

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Illustration by Barry Blitt
Feature / March 2011

The New Solitudes

March 12, 2011August 20, 2020 - by Erna Paris

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

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Auditing the Auditor General
December 2010 / Feature

Auditing the Auditor General

December 12, 2010April 17, 2020 - 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

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May 2010 / Politics

No-Account

May 12, 2010April 14, 2020 - by Christopher Flavelle

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

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April 2010 / Feature

The Shout Doctrine

April 12, 2010April 15, 2020 - 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

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Photograph by Cecilia Berkovic
May 2008 / Memoir

Sanity Found

May 12, 2008April 15, 2020 - by Barry Campbell

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

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