Donald Trump is the ’canary in the coal mine’: Bill Morneau
’We will continue to have people who are challenged to see how advantages for our overall economy are actually an advantage for their family’
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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.
10 moments in the Trump vs. Clinton town hall
The stand-out exchanges from the second presidential debate, as the two candidates struggled to grapple with all the chaos on the campaign trail
Will Ottawa’s plan for a national carbon price work?
A Q&A with economist Andrew Leach on what we know about the Trudeau government’s national carbon price plan, and all the questions that remain unanswered
’Road to Mercy’ paints portraits of assisted dying
Our Q&A with Nadine Pequeneza, whose documentary captures an emotional debate as Canada debated its assisted dying laws
Jason Kenney on Kellie Leitch’s values test
’I don’t think she’s ever thought deeply about these questions,’ Kenney says of former cabinet colleague Leitch
Bill Blair: The former top cop in charge of Canada’s pot file
That a former police chief is shaping marijuana legislation might suggest a bewildering about-face. But, as Shannon Proudfoot explains, that’s not how it works with Bill Blair.
Jason Kenney on life after Ottawa and uniting Alberta’s right
In conversation with Alberta PC leadership hopeful Jason Kenney
Nine must-see moments from the first presidential debate
They called each other names and questioned each other’s fitness to be president. These moments crystallized a long, meandering debate.
Diplomacy 101: How to make sense of official Ottawa
Ottawa’s newest diplomats gathered at Carleton University for a crash course in navigating the political world (beyond the cocktail circuit)
Architect Peter Clewes on the Château Laurier expansion
On the visceral reaction to his Château Laurier reboot, the privilege of iconic buildings—and what he was trying to say