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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.
The takedown of Andrew Scheer
Partisan warfare, ruthless tactics, friendly fire. What really happened in the final weeks before the resignation of the leader of the opposition.
Andrew Scheer’s would-be successors
Who will lead the Conservative Party now: The ’brilliant’ Rona Ambrose? The critic Peter MacKay? Jason Kenney!? The race is on.
These people have a country to run
Four key figures in Finland’s new government are women in their 30s, including the world’s youngest PM—a profound changing of the guard
Throne Speech 2019: Justin Trudeau pours on the restraint
The minority Liberal government’s Speech from the Throne was a vaguer road map than the confident, shiny plan of 2015
Jonathan Wilkinson and a stick of dynamite
Shannon Proudfoot: The new minister of environment and climate change has a very hard job—and an intriguing background well suited to it
Why would anyone hate Catherine McKenna?
As the face of the climate change file, McKenna has endured a torrent of vile abuse. Behind it is a powder keg of anxiety, resentment, and a lot of anger.
The saddest victory party in Canada
Inside Montreal’s Palais des congrès, the crowd chanted ’four more years’, while Justin Trudeau tried to cast the win as the undiluted victory it wasn’t
The best days of Andrew Scheer’s campaign
On a West coast swing, 10 days before Election Day, the electoral landscape suddenly changed. The Liberals were vulnerable, Scheer was finally smiling.
Innovative Research poll: Which leaders do voters really like?
Jagmeet Singh’s favourability numbers are soaring, while Andrew Scheer and Justin Trudeau are stuck in the negatives