CanadaPollsters were wildly off the mark in Alberta’s electionVoters decided they needed a salesperson to pitch Alberta, and its oil. Wildrose didn’t fit the bill
GeneralBLAST FROM THE PAST: That whole veiled voting debacleNote to readers: I suddenly felt the need to repost this from the macleans.ca archive: Procedure and House Affairs Committee...
Ottawa338Canada: Trudeau’s election to losePhilippe J. Fournier: A majority is within reach for the Liberals, but the NDP’s current level of support could yet throw a wrench into their plans
CanadaPQ has lost monopoly over sovereignty Québec Solidaire and Option Nationale won an amount of votes equal to 25 per cent of the PQ vote
Ottawa338Canada: Who leads among young voters? The NDP.Philippe J. Fournier: When young people turn out to vote—like they did for the Liberals in 2015—they can be the difference between victory and defeat
Ottawa338Canada: Jean Charest’s (near) impossible taskPhilippe J. Fournier: Charest may need to recruit as many as 100,000 new members—or 1,000 per day—to stand any chance in the leadership race
UncategorizedTwo weeksGreetings from an Undisclosed Location between Afghanistan and Ottawa. My reflections on the former will appear in the next issue...
WashingtonDivided it stands: The year ahead in American politicsHillary Clinton will win a nasty presidential race that strains U.S. democracy and leaves a trail of bitterness
PoliticsWelcome to the new AmericaTrump’s greatest achievement has been to dismantle reality as we know it, replacing it with a universe where sense is dismissed as nonsense
PoliticsLet’s kick around the Liberals’ mandatory voting trial balloonIs this the solution to the problem with our politics?