Leaders debate poll: Jagmeet Singh won, and not just among NDP fansA new poll finds that among those who watched the debate, 32 per cent said the NDP leader did best—and 25 per cent of Liberal supporters said the same
The slip-up in the Liberals’ biggest policy promiseThe details of duelling $6-billion tax pledges from Trudeau and Scheer deserve a closer look, including one not-insignificant omission
A 338Canada projection: Have the Tories blown it in Quebec?Philippe J. Fournier: The Conservatives have fallen behind the surging Bloc, cutting the odds of seat gains needed to win the election
From singing country to stumping for the Tories in Central NovaIn a riding that expects its MPs to deliver, George Canyon battles the knock that, politically speaking, he’s all hat and no ranch
Trudeau’s post-debate handshake with Scheer tells its own storyElection Image of the Day: An obligatory moment of truce at the end of the night appears civil, yet freighted with tension
Four takeaway questions from the leaders debateIs Scheer coming off as too hard? Is Trudeau now fighting on two fronts? Has Singh found his key campaign asset?
Spot the debate among the one-linersPolitics Insider for Oct. 8: Crowded house, Bill 21 returns again and moments to watch
Leaders debate ’environment’ segment reveals the adults in the roomAnne Kingston: Annexing discussion of the environment in a category is particularly egregious at a moment many voters say the climate crisis is high on their list of concerns.
Trudeau’s weasel words on Bill 21 are more than his opponents can sayEven an impassioned Jagmeet Singh wouldn’t commit during Monday’s debate to fighting Quebec’s new law on religious symbols
Andrew Scheer stands firm under fire on Indigenous rightsAt the federal leaders debate, the Conservative leader became a target over his position on First Nations and pipeline approvals