federal election 2019

Paul Wells: In an era of uncertainty, party leaders were unprepared. Now can Trudeau learn from his mistakes?

Stephen Maher: Yves-François Blanchet won support talking not of separatism but of Bill 21—a political issue which may have a simple solution in the end

Anne Kingston: The Green Party leader told her election night crowd that she will hold a minority government’s feet to the fire.

Philippe J. Fournier: In every region the 338Canada projection was on the mark, and correctly identified the winner in 299 of 338 districts

Andrew MacDougall: With the Trudeau Liberals reduced to a minority, the opposition parties must use their newfound leverage to demand a judicial inquiry into the affair

Scott Gilmore: Democracy is not a default position—there are fewer democracies and less press freedom than there was just a year ago. We need to be continually grateful for this headache of elections.

New Democrats were in full celebration mode after their leader pulled their party back from the abyss. Now the hard part begins.

Inside Montreal’s Palais des congrès, the crowd chanted ’four more years’, while Justin Trudeau tried to cast the win as the undiluted victory it wasn’t

After enduring a loss, Jane Philpott wanted to be brave. If not for herself, for the young women who looked up to her.

For Conservatives who longed for a harder-edged leader, upping the caucus seat count and putting Trudeau ’on notice’ may not be enough