Posts by Marie-Danielle Smith

Trump and Biden take part in the first presidential debate at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, on Sept. 29, 2020 (Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Images)

Good luck, America: Five takeaways from the first presidential debate

The first debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden was uncivil, uninspiring and at times difficult to follow. It was America in 2020.

Supreme Court judge Claire L'Heureux Dube with american Supreme Court Judge Bader-Ginsburg at the Supreme Court of Canada on September, 27, 2000. (Bruno Schlumberger/The Ottawa Citizen)

News

’A friendship of minds’: Claire L’Heureux-Dubé on the legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The former Supreme Court justice speaks about her long friendship with Ginsburg, their proudest moments and the role of women on the bench

Ottawa

Five key takeaways from the Throne Speech

The Throne Speech laid out a laundry list of priorities (and catch phrases) including promises for jobs and continued aid through the pandemic

Trudeau appears as a witness via videoconference during a House of Commons finance committee on July 30, 2020 (CP/Sean Kilpatrick)

Ottawa

WE is leaving. The Liberals’ troubles are not.

While the WE Charity is shutting its Canadian operations, expect committees to resume and tough questions to continue back in Ottawa

Craig (left) and Marc speak to thousands during WE Day UN in New York City last fall (Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images)

Longforms

The rise and fall of WE

The charity invented by an earnest 12-year-old finds itself engulfed in a cynical, star-studded cronyism scandal. How on earth did we get here?

(L-R): Annamie Paul, Andrew West, Amita Kuttner, Glen Murray, David Merner, Courtney Howard, Dimitri Lascaris and Meryam Haddad (Courtesy of the Annamie Paul campaign; Courtesy of the Green Party of Canada)

Ottawa

When it comes to Elizabeth May’s successor, the Green Party is spoiled for choice

The bounty of leadership candidates (eight in total, including an ER physician, a former mayor and several lawyers) is a sign of the Greens’ ‘optimistic’ future

Opinion

The wonderfully average year 2020 could have been

Marie-Danielle Smith: Waaay back in February focus groups were asked for their thoughts on this year’s economy. How very wrong they were.

Gould holds a press conference via videoconference on Parliament Hill on Aug. 6, 2020 (CP/Sean Kilpatrick)

Ottawa

The push for a new kind of (virtual) Parliament

Does Parliament really need to be all in-person? ’The pandemic has shown us that there are different ways of working,’ says cabinet minister Karina Gould.

Ottawa

Three key takeaways from Justin Trudeau’s testimony

The Prime Minister’s appearance to explain his latest ethics scandal revealed conflicting priorities, and that chaos is still possible in Canadian politics

Trudeau holds a harvesting knife as he harvests food at the Ottawa Food Bank Farm in Ottawa, on July 1, 2020 (CP/Justin Tang)

Opinion

Prime Minister, how much broccoli did your family eat? In detail!

Marie-Danielle Smith: The PM appeared before committee for the first time. Here is an approximation of what happened, in language we can all understand.

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