federal election 2021

Andrew MacDougall: The Trudeau of today isn’t the same weapon as the Trudeau of 2015. Why, then, are the Liberals still so Trudeau-centric in 2021?

Justin Trudeau’s former principal secretary talks to Shannon Proudfoot about why the Liberals ran into trouble, what the early polls missed, and how Canada sees Trudeau

Politics Insider for Sept. 3, 2021: The leaders trade barbs in the French language debate, plus a poll showing voters are still expecting the Liberals to win

Election Image of the Day: The leaders’ stances in the official photo for Thursday’s French-language debate weirdly reflect their campaign personae

Justin Ling: In the first French-language leaders debate, Trudeau and O’Toole bent over backwards to pitch themselves as the PM who’d spend the most and do the least

Election Image of the Day: Some campaign mishaps work in your favour

Paul Wells: Two parties have managed to get at least part of their platforms costed and cleared for public release by the PBO, but not the third?

Politics Insider for Sept. 2, 2021: The end of the Ford-Trudeau truce; the Liberal platform drops; and preparations for the French-language leaders debate

Stephen Maher talks to Philippe J. Fournier about the challenge now facing O’Toole, the big Quebec factor, and why the Liberals might have one more minority in them

Paul Wells: Dozens of half-baked policy directions meant to reach out to dozens of interest communities. It’s a blueprint for incoherence and lousy government.