Federal election 2015

The Prime Minister declares a moratorium on Senate appointments and the countdown to a constitutional crisis is on

He didn’t emerge in support of abolishing the Senate—but the Prime Minister’s plans are still worthy of scrutiny. John Geddes explains

Harper has pledged more than $5 billion to urban rail projects. Forward-looking? The payment system sure is.

The leaders are training hard for the Maclean’s debate (Some might even be doing Face Pilates.) Scott Feschuk breaks down the strategies

If it’s anyone’s race, help decide it. Here’s how to watch and engage

New data shows expat voting has had very little effect on past federal elections—but is still of great importance

Starting Monday, parents will get lump sum Universal Child Care Benefit payments from Ottawa. We asked Jennifer Robson to help us make sense of it all.

Thomas Mulcair on his new book, family and faith, Quebec secession—and why Canada may finally be ready for an NDP government

Tom Mulcair was a lonely federalist working for the Quebec civil service in 1980, when a referendum threatened to tear the country apart

Ches Crosbie’s family’s political roots go deep in Newfoundland. And yet his career was crushed before it began.