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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff spoke candidly on gender equality, the India trip and the voters disappointed on electoral reforms

Paul Wells: Ads making bogus threats about health care cuts are part of a long tradition. And they usually come from a party that’s about to lose.

The MP said he accepts the finding that he made women uncomfortable in social situations, and hopes Singh will ’come to his senses’

Richards: ’Tragically, Canadians are often forced to listen to American play-by-play commentators’ who say deny instead of save, and jersey instead of sweater

MPs remembered a colleague ’who died way too young.’ ’I don’t think there’s any greater tribute than to be universally well-liked in this place.’

Paul Wells: Under the Trudeau Liberals, Canada could end up an environmental basket case and a lousy oil merchant. And both sides in the pipeline wars may end up even angrier.

’We can do this quickly or we can do this right,’ he says, challenging First Nations leaders to set priorities and then sign on to new policies

The House of Commons has so far failed to referee the western skirmish, and it’s the Senate that is stepping in with legislation to get the pipeline built

The co-chair of the G7 gender advisory council says they plan to be about more than just talk

The Prime Minister’s chief of staff sat down with Paul Wells for an hour. Here are seven answers to the thorniest questions—and those that looked ahead to 2019.