The outsiders behind Jagmeet Singh and the new NDP
Singh’s inner circle brings uneven federal experience to Ottawa, and new tactics. Can they survive their leader’s early stumbles?
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Andrew Scheer, the Conservative Party’s folksy unifier
The aw-shucks demeanour of the new leader of the opposition and the federal Tories belies his complexity, and maybe his electability, too
Our federal leaders are ghosts of premiers past
Paul Wells on why Tom Mulcair sounds a lot like Jean Charest
Mulcair so far: the outtakes
John Geddes on what didn’t make it into this week’s cover story on the controversial politician
Every day is election day in Canada
The permanent campaign, an unfortunate mainstay of American politics, is now in full swing here, too
The myth of the returning hero
Those who think Jim Prentice might come back to politics and romp to power should think again
Tickled beige by the Liberal ’Pink Book’
Probing the merits of the third ’Action Plan for Canadian women’