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...Or at least his first Stampede as Tory leader. With zingers about Omar Khadr, and wardrobe tips from strangers, he managed to pull through.

The Liberal Party is debating whether incumbent MPs must go through an open-nomination process again. Here’s why they must.

The Liberals are being made to defend the government’s choice, and they would plainly rather not. Score one for Andrew Scheer.

Justin Trudeau has amassed plenty of international political capital, says Andrew MacDougall—but it’s unclear what he’ll spend it on

The Tories’ failure to engage with the LGBTQ community puts them out of step with Canadians

Economist Stephen Gordon unpacks the federal government’s finances to explain why the deficit is so much bigger than Trudeau promised

The aw-shucks demeanour of the new leader of the opposition and the federal Tories belies his complexity, and maybe his electability, too

Behind all the apparent inaction of late, there’s a plan to get re-elected

Omar Khadr has reportedly reached a settlement with the Canadian government—but he remains caught in the crossfire of years of political point-scoring

Take a little walk with a local for a glimpse of masterpieces and plaster satyrs