OttawaThe Interview: NDP Leader Tom MulcairThomas Mulcair on his new book, family and faith, Quebec secession—and why Canada may finally be ready for an NDP government
CanadaWhy the Tories said no to a star candidate in NewfoundlandChes Crosbie’s family’s political roots go deep in Newfoundland. And yet his career was crushed before it began.
OttawaFarewell to the House of Commons: Last words from departing MPsA collection of final remarks from some of the 55 members of Parliament who will not be running for re-election
OttawaHow should the Senate be?Beset with scandal, the Senate adjourns and passes up two opportunities to assert itself and its purpose. Now what?
OttawaStephen Harper’s most unfortunate appointmentsNearly a decade of appointing people to positions of power has left Stephen Harper with a number of unfortunate associations
OttawaClimate change: The 291-megatonne questionThe debate on climate change is rife with notions and platitudes, but who here has a plan for cutting emissions by 291 megatonnes?
OttawaThe long and short of C-51, the anti-terror actJustin Trudeau, Tom Mulcair and the political and legal ramifications of C-51, the government’s controversial anti-terror act
OttawaIrwin Cotler’s perfect endingLiberal MP Irwin Cotler uses his second last day in the House of Commons to uphold ’the vitality of our democracy’
OttawaThe last howls of the 41st House of CommonsThe 41st edition of the House of Commons comes to an end after four years of fights. The confirming or humbling exercise of democracy is four months away.
OttawaThe Lamented Parliament: Further readingThe foundational texts for the most-lamented era in our Parliament’s history