The challenge ahead for Seamus O’Regan
The Liberal MP is in treatment while he tries to quit drinking. He’ll need all the support he can get once he’s out, including from at least one colleague who’s been there.
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Laura Payton
Laura Payton has covered federal politics for eight years. In that time, she’s followed the trials of several politicians and staffers, and written about everything from robocalls to whether our politicians believe Santa Claus is Canadian. Earlier this year, Laura won the R. James Travers Fellowship, a Canadian journalism prize.
Opening the door to Ebola-hit countries
The Liberals have rolled back the controversial Tory freeze on visa processing for residents of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone
Meet the pilot who flies with Santa Claus
NORAD pilots escort Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, helping if he drops his presents or runs into bad weather. Tonight, Captain Pierre-David Boivin gets his turn.
The immigration minister tries some Christmas cheer
The Liberals may not hit their 10,000 Syrian refugee resettlement target, but John McCallum is decidedly optimistic.
Maclean’s on the Hill: A town hall with Justin Trudeau
On our politics podcast this week: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sits down with Maclean’s political editor Paul Wells to take your questions.
Did Justin Trudeau rule out one potential plan for electoral reform?
The PM suggested he’s hesitant about some styles of reform to replace first past the post, hinting at a version called mixed-member proportional representation
Justin Trudeau masters the art of the political answer
At the Maclean’s Town Hall, Trudeau proves that behind his ’sunny ways,’ there is an at times Harper-esque politician
Truth and reconciliation, one step at a time
Twenty-five pounds. Nine volumes. Laura Payton reports on a commission’s vital recounting of the attempted destruction of Indigenous Canadians’ culture
After the Paris climate change deal, the real work starts
Climate change talks with the provinces, the U.S. and Mexico will keep Catherine McKenna in negotiations for the time being.
Listen: The story behind the Vogue photo
On candid photos and the high-powered couple who convince the Trudeaus to take part