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.

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Justin Trudeau’s cash-for-access ’window dressing’

A lawyer and ethics expert on why proposed rule changes to cash-for-access events may not make much of a difference

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Stephen Harper resurfaces: Ottawa Power Rankings

Rona Ambrose continues to impress amid the Tories’ divisive leadership race, while Maryam Monsef continues to tumble

Canada

Canadians support journalism. But who will pay for it?

Newsrooms are shrinking, and Canadians are unwilling to open their wallets. The Public Policy Forum offers a way forward, funded in part by the federal government.

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Can Conservatives really reach out to young Canadians?

If Kevin O’Leary wants to win over young voters, he may want to borrow from the Liberal playbook on economic issues

Press Secretary Sean Spicer delivers a statement while television screen show a picture of U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration at the press briefing room of the White House in Washington U.S.

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Sean Spicer has the craziest job in the Trump administration

Some of Canada’s top political communications experts on what it must be like trying to manage Donald Trump’s message

Ottawa

Andrew Leslie and Charlie Angus on the rise: Ottawa Power Rankings

And we can’t forget about Kevin O’Leary, who made some news this week in the nation’s capital

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Why can’t prime ministers take private flights?

If Justin Trudeau read up on the recent history of conflict-of-interest law, he’d see a past Liberal government forced to tighten up rules for politicians

Ottawa

A cabinet shuffle’s winners and losers: Ottawa Power Rankings

Our weekly round-up of whose political fortunes are rising and falling on Parliament Hill

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Who is Karina Gould, Trudeau’s newest and youngest minister?

What you need to know about Karina Gould, the 29-year-old MP who is now the minister for democratic institutions

Dr. Kristi Miller-Saunders. (Photograph by Jimmy Jeong)

Science

Unmuzzled government scientists are ready to talk

Federal government scientists are bursting to discuss a lost decade. Ask them anything.

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