Posts by Shannon Proudfoot

Can treating poverty change a child’s brain?

A groundbreaking study is testing whether an injection of cash for poorer families can reshape a child’s early life and educational outcomes

Ottawa

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.

Ottawa

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.

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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

Ottawa

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

Ottawa

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

Ottawa

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.

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Ottawa

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

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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.

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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

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