Lisa Raitt is back from the brink
If Canada’s Minister of Transport succeeds on the rail-safety front, her cabinet comeback will be complete
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John Geddes
John Geddes is Ottawa bureau chief at Maclean’s and has covered federal politics and policy for more than two decades. He also writes regularly about art.
Boosting the CPP would ’bring economic benefits’
Documents hint at how, inside Finance, the prospect of raising CPP premiums to pay for enriched benefits isn’t viewed so negatively
Canada leaves Afghanistan: An expert on the mission
A conversation with Stephen Saideman, co-author of the important new book "NATO in Afghanistan: Fighting Together, Fighting Alone"
Q & A: Supreme Court of Canada rejects Harper appointment
"It is an instant landmark ruling, a classic ruling," says a law professor of the decision’s broad implications
Jim Flaherty’s final balancing act
Maclean’s archives: As Jim Flaherty exits politics, he leaves a significant dilemma for his party
Marc Mayrand vs. the Fair Elections Act
How a mild-mannered civil servant became one of the Tories’ biggest antagonists
Ottawa’s Victorian secrets
John Geddes reviews the John Ruskin and Charles Edenshaw exhibits at the National Gallery of Canada
The Conservatives’ weekend of discontent
Policy passions meet political calculations at the Manning networking conference
Two issues to watch as the election reform argument heats up
Chief Electoral Officer Marc Mayrand proposes two amendments
Hey Tories, drop the marijuana issue: pollster
André Turcotte has some bad news for the Conservatives: attacking Trudeau isn’t going to work