Trudeau: No questions please, I’m campaigning
Politics Insider for Sept. 16: Foreign policy messes, apologizing Tories and Scheer’s tax cut pledges cost big
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This week’s 338Canada projection: A look at where the pollsters agree and disagree
Philippe J. Fournier: The poll average shows an incredibly close race at the top, but no consensus on where NDP support stands
After first debate, one in 10 say voting intentions changed: online poll
Surveys on social media suggest a potentially strong impact on voters’ opinions
’Who is Jagmeet Singh’s wife?’ and other Google searches during the first debate
Nothing reveals our nosy, prurient and gossipy sides like a hit parade of search-engine queries
One takeaway from the first debate: Canada’s foreign policy is an unholy mess
The leaders’ responses on China, Israel and Canada’s role in NATO lurched from platitudinous to downright bizarre
A night of barbs, snipes and yes, policy
Politics Insider for Sept. 13: Highlights from the #FirstDebate, how Scheer, Singh and May performed, and more
What Elizabeth May had to do at the debate was less than she did
Anne Kingston: After faux-shaking Justin Trudeau’s hand, May needed to establish that a Green vote was a credible alternative
Federal leaders bow to Francois Legault on Bill 21
Legault asked them to stay out of legal challenges ’forever.’ For now, none of them will get in his way
Jagmeet Singh’s moment to shine—and get a little angry
The NDP leader was at his most compelling when he was mad, and standing up for a cause. It helped him emerge from the first debate looking like the winner.
Andrew Scheer glowers at the Man Who Wasn’t There
It should be easy to look prime ministerial when the Prime Minister isn’t at the debate. But Scheer couldn’t quite pull it off.