How an astrophysics teacher became the ultimate oracle of Canadian elections
Philippe J. Fournier studied the deep cosmos in grad school. Now he teaches by day and transforms into an election modelling whiz by night—sometimes all night.
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Shannon Proudfoot
Shannon Proudfoot is an Ottawa-based writer covering politics and public policy for Maclean’s. She loves writing people-focused narratives and bringing academic research into real life. She believes The Golden Girls is the greatest television show ever made.
For people with dementia, a fight for the right to die
The Alzheimer Society of Canada is reconsidering its position on advanced requests for assisted death, amidst a difficult debate about the rights of those with dementia
’Liberal support just bleeding all over the place’
A deep dive into recent Angus Reid data shows Liberal support is moving to the Conservatives, NDP and Green parties—a stampede away, rather than a dash toward any particular tent
The fall of the feminist Prime Minister
Shannon Proudfoot: The Daughters of the Vote, 338 young women, filled the House of Commons and with devastating timing turned on a leader they once admired
Talk to my former Supreme Court judge
Retired Supremes are getting busy in their post-work years—see the SNC-Lavalin case—and it is raising concerns
Jody Wilson-Raybould: ’I am issuing the strongest warning I can possibly issue’
Here are the most important — and gripping — moments of a phone call between the former Attorney General and the Clerk of the Privy Council that may come to define the SNC-Lavalin scandal
Federal Budget 2019: National pharmacare, but not quite yet
Liberals fund a framework for the Canadian Drug Agency, setting the stage for coordination with the provinces. But there’s no promise for when — or if — coverage will kick in
Cities are billion-dollar winners in Budget 2019
The Liberals opted to back up a couple of dump trucks full of money to the loading docks of Canada’s municipalities—and flip open the tailgate
Canada’s oh-so-slow, less-than-reassuring grounding of the Boeing Max 8
Marc Garneau’s clinical explanation after the Ethiopian Airlines crash belied the nature of his subject matter—the stuff of deep human phobia
Funeral workers are finally opening up about the job’s emotional toll
Dignified stoicism was the manner of operating in the industry, leaving many struggling personally. A group of Ottawa workers is tackling the issue.