PoliticsLIVE CHAT: Paul Wells on the campaign trailMaclean’s political editor is here to take your questions on #elxn42
OttawaThis is the campaign Stephen Harper wanted—a month agoOn the road, writes Paul Wells, the Conservative leader finally gets to talk foreign policy and economy
OttawaJust tuning in? The NDP is in the lead. Yes, that NDP.Scott Feschuk: ’Now is the time we’re supposed to start paying attention’
OttawaVideo: Kevin Page on ’the R-word’ and the election campaignEvan Solomon talks to the former PBO about the debate around the condition of the Canadian economy
Economic analysisWhy the Mineral Exploration Tax Credit is such a bad ideaWith taxpayers worried about government spending, we should demand better than the renewal of a credit that represents a wasteful use of tax revenues
CanadaAbacus asks the big questions: Which leader would you let babysit?Abacus Data asks some unique questions to get insight into the lighter side of politics: how Canadians perceive our leaders
OttawaAbacus Data poll: Mulcair’s mystery is a double-edged swordAs part of a wide-ranging poll about the leaders’ images, Abacus Data finds ’both vulnerability and potential’ in the NDP leader’s numbers
Economic analysisWhat the GDP numbers say about Canada’s great economic divideStatsCan’s GDP report shows—again—that Canadian households are the only thing keeping the economy afloat, while business investment has gone AWOL
PoliticsRecession-era politicsIs it possible that Stephane Dion has been prime minister for the last seven years without any of us noticing?
PoliticsYour essential reads on Aboriginal issuesPrepare for Perry Bellegarde’s announcement of the AFN’s election priorities with these stories highlighting Indigenous issues