Maclean’s on the Hill: What to expect on Monday
This week: One-on-one with Tom Mulcair, Brian Mulroney on the life and legacy of Ken Taylor, and a closer look at the campaign’s last weekend
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Greater expectations: Why the NDP is fighting to be a contender
How is it Tom Mulcair and the NDP are once again an underdog, weeks after being favoured to win?
This election, pick a reason—any reason—and vote
A raised middle finger, a silent thank you, or a helping hand. Whatever your vote represents, you just need to cast it, writes Scott Gilmore
William Thorsell: ’The editorial I’d write ... if I were still writing them’
In a dispatch to followers, an ex-Globe editor dipped into his former trade. The column has people talking, which is why we reprint it here
Don’t count Stephen Harper out
Come-from-behind conservative wins in the U.K. and Israel suggest it would be unwise to count Harper out
’It’s quite an undertaking’: Voting in the North poll
In Canada’s far-North fly-in communities, voting day involves a whole other level of preparation and dedication
A pipeline runs through it: The race heats up in Burnaby, B.C.
A clash between the economy and the environment has made Burnaby North–Seymour a fiercely contested riding
Can Google predict who will win the election?
It’s possible that what we search for could be more indicative of how we’ll vote in elections than what we tell pollsters, but so far the evidence is mixed
What’s worrying party strategists in the campaign’s final days?
What will keep federal party strategists lying awake this weekend—the last one before Monday’s federal election? Evan Solomon looks ahead
An ode to bandwagons—in sports, and politics
Whether it is in baseball or politics, believing in something bigger than yourself is the great pleasure of the fan