Ottawa

Paul Wells: Earlier this year, Justin Trudeau gave his finance minister a mandate to avoid any new recurring spending. Here is a brief history of that doomed campaign.

Paul Wells: A Trump re-election would not have been the Trudeau crew’s preference, but at least it would have represented a continuation of a known set of hassles and trials

Canada has a duty to stand up for dual citizens being targeted as China works to cleanse Hong Kong of pro-democracy voices

A grassroots group hopes to show Black Canadians the Conservative party can be their party

Paul Wells: The difference between the personality O’Toole presented to Conservative members in the leadership race and the personality he’s presenting to Canadians as a federal election approaches is spectacular

Inside Canada’s impossibly high-stakes rush to lock down tens of millions of doses of the most sought-after product on Earth

Philippe J. Fournier: While the Liberals show wear and tear, the Tories have yet to improve in key areas—among women voters, young urban voters, and in central Canada

Paul Wells: The response to the GG problem is a familiar one for the Trudeau government—nothing is a big, urgent problem until it hits the nightly news

Paul Wells: This is not only an ill of the Trudeau Liberals, it’s a widespread ill of our age—ignoring the boring, hard-to-fix work in favour of the new

Philippe Lagassé, an expert on the Westminster system, talks about Julie Payette’s resignation, the uncomfortable role of the Chief Justice, and what happens next