Dispatches from the Ottawa biography warsPaul Wells on Andrew Scheer’s new ’people-like-me’ (read: not Justin Trudeau) sales pitch and the things he chooses to include in life story
Can ’creative thinking’ save NAFTA?At a cabinet retreat, Chrystia Freeland promises to try new ideas at the next NAFTA bargaining session
Lynn Beyak and the real danger of racist fabulismOpinion: How deep-seated intolerance and bigotry are stubbornly passed from one generation to the next
The outsiders behind Jagmeet Singh and the new NDPSingh’s inner circle brings uneven federal experience to Ottawa, and new tactics. Can they survive their leader’s early stumbles?
The Battle of Bill MorneauCanada’s federal finance minister on his catastrophic autumn, what went wrong and how he’s fighting back
Canadian politics 2017: The year in 12 chaptersMorneau’s tax turmoil, two new opposition leaders, border-crossing refugees, Indigenous issues, and coping with a Diet Coke-chugging president
The Aga Khan trip and a glimpse into Trudeau’s bad judgmentStephen Maher: Taking a billionaire’s hospitality is so obviously wrong, it makes you wonder: What else is the PM messing up?
Friends! Welcome to Justin Trudeau’s ethical islandThe general rule is that public officeholders should not receive anything they could not ordinarily buy, but the details allow for all kinds of room to dodge or distract