Why Andrew Scheer’s party is so glum
For Conservatives who longed for a harder-edged leader, upping the caucus seat count and putting Trudeau ’on notice’ may not be enough
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Jason Markusoff
Jason Markusoff writes about Alberta, from the stubbornly flat parts to the magnificently bumpy bits. He has lived in Edmonton and (currently) Calgary, and spent 12 years reporting for the cities’ largest newspapers.
Trudeau needs an Alberta unity strategy if he wins
And yes, it will have to include a pipeline
Greta Thunberg’s visit to Alberta was no ordinary celebrity drop-in
The 16-year-old Swede lent her voice to Albertans who care deeply about climate change. And make no mistake, there are a lot of them.
Scrubbing the oil sands’ record
Canada’s bitumen giants say their crude has become less carbon-intensive than the average. How do their claims hold up?
Trudeau’s weasel words on Bill 21 are more than his opponents can say
Even an impassioned Jagmeet Singh wouldn’t commit during Monday’s debate to fighting Quebec’s new law on religious symbols
Andrew Scheer: Canada’s first American prime minister?
Jason Markusoff: The overwhelming majority of voices on this issue largely dismiss this as an inconsequential kerfuffle, but ’tis the season to wail about how hypocritical every politician has become.
Alberta’s Liberals try to stave off extinction
Liberal MPs are an endangered species in the province, but an electoral wipeout there could prove a serious problem for a second Trudeau term
Andrew Scheer glowers at the Man Who Wasn’t There
It should be easy to look prime ministerial when the Prime Minister isn’t at the debate. But Scheer couldn’t quite pull it off.
Brian Pallister’s gamble has paid off with another PC majority in Manitoba
The NDP increased its seat count, but voters rewarded Pallister’s early election call with a second term for the PCs
Failsafe clichés have worked for Brian Pallister. Why not for Wab Kinew?
Manitoba voters head to the polls Tuesday after an over-scripted campaign on the part of both leading parties