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Paul Wells: The Trudeau 2.0 government is rattled, introspective and praying to God that nothing bad happens. But they happen anyway.

Politics Insider for Jan. 8: Tories slowly enter their leadership race, some troops head to Kuwait, and Ottawa sells a paper shredder

Paul Wells: The Conservatives are fast heading toward a big question about what kind of party they want to be—and there’s no easy answer

Politics Insider for Jan 6: Assassination fallout, the Conservative leadership race and the (new) laws of the land

Scott Gilmore: Canada needs men and women in power who are afraid to lie to us, who would be embarrassed to be caught out, who blush and fear the consequences

Marie-Danielle Smith: The Tory MP is sorry he lied to me—and to Parliament. Let’s not waste his moment of truth.

Philippe J. Fournier: The NDP and leaderless Greens are up, while the Conservatives aren’t fading. Don’t expect a snap election.

2019 saw our journalists cover political scandal, domestic violence, the housing crisis, multiple harrowing tales of rescue, climate change, Indigenous issues, one of the biggest sports wins of the decade and much more

Partisan warfare, ruthless tactics, friendly fire. What really happened in the final weeks before the resignation of the leader of the opposition.

Politics Insider for Dec. 20: USMCA in the House, Trudeau asks a favour from Trump and centrist leaders won’t help the Conservatives