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Rick Mercer on how, in Canada, time spent at the massage parlour is a positive, at Harvard not so much

The morning after, the years ahead

Years of quiet preparation in Quebec begin paying off for the NDP

The election would soon turn on two key speeches: one by Ignatieff, one by Duceppe

The Conservatives and the NDP have both found a way to share the middle space

How the election led to an unprecedented realignment of Canadian politics

While the Liberals railed, the NDP stepped up

Layton imagined Harper would be psyched to meet with him to discuss NDP priorities. It was adorable.

Alice Funke questions the vote-split theories.

Harper was tightly controlled, Ignatieff loose and freewheeling. Layton? Just a guy most Canadians would rather have a beer with.