Exit Peter MacKay, stage centre-rightHe helped form the modern Conservative Party. He leaves a slim legacy. Paul Wells writes from Ottawa.
The many battle scars of Peter MacKayWhat to make of the MP’s 18-year career? Here’s Ottawa bureau chief John Geddes on the impact player on the PM’s roster
In all thy kids command: Canada’s political familiesWhile they’re not as famous (nor successful) as in the U.S., there is no shortage of political families in Canada
It’s time to play Election Result Parsing!Paul Wells on everything we can definitely, probably, maybe learn about Canada’s federal election from Alberta, the U.K., Spain, and Poland
CPP reform? Here we go, again.The Tories’ about-face on CPP reform may be driven by politics, but we should welcome the fact that it’s back on the agenda
The Reform Act and democracy mathConservative Senator David Wells tries to undermine the Reform Act with math, but he’s using the wrong numbers
How money and advertising matter now in federal politicsThe loopholes that allow political advertising to runneth over in an election year
Making sense of Joe Oliver’s new CPP consultationsWhat’s behind the finance minister’s notion that Canadians might make ’voluntary’ contributions to the CPP? Pension expert Keith Ambachtsheer explains
The 2015 federal election: As seen on TVAaron Wherry on the last 48 hours in political ads and a new stage in the audio-visual battle ahead of October’s actual vote
Stephen Harper, circa 2005, interviews Stephen Harper of 2015Future Steve, you surprise me—er, us. Let’s look at the transcript.