Murad Hemmadi

Both politicians have been cast as potential beneficiaries of outsized support from ethnic voters. The evidence suggests something different.

May 25: Doug Ford denies paying any membership fees to help a PC candidate and as they campaign, female candidates are facing every type of harassment

May 24: In Ontario, the premier admits there’s a disconnect between her and some voters and the NDP are now virtually tied for first with the PCs.

May 23: Bureaucratic bigwigs guilty of misconduct could have their bonuses yanked and Parliament could be getting an in-residence "visual artist laureate"

May 22: The NDP are now neck and neck with the PCs in the Ontario election and pot legalization could mean serious trouble for some immigrants.

The Maclean’s Politics Insider newsletter for May 17, 2018: Ottawa’s $1 billion passport fee windfall, Trudeau blandly takes a swipe at Trump and things get awkward in NDP land

Bill Morneau is promising indemnification from John Horgan-related costs to any party who will take on the Trans Mountain project

May 16, 2018: Mountie says RCMP spied on him during his lawsuit and Canada sends its congratulations for Will and Kate’s baby... three weeks late.

May 15, 2018: MP Christine Moore plans to sue the veteran who alleged she abused her power and we’ll be waiting 50 years to know why the Supreme Court decided against freeing the beer.

May 14, 2018: Trudeau doles out millions in a Quebec riding just before calling a by-election, and Stephen Harper is writing another book—but this one isn’t about hockey