Justin Trudeau

Paul Wells: The PM has created a multiply redundant federal cabinet where no one will have enough power to influence anything. How little things have changed.

The PM’s longest hug time went down by half between 2015 and 2019. Our hug-o-meter tells you exactly how long each hug was at the cabinet swearing-in ceremony.

Paul Wells: The Trudeau Liberals return confirmed in their beliefs and comforted by big numbers in Central Canada. The introspection is over.

Beneath the war of words between Alberta and Ottawa, draft guidelines suggest climate-change factors won’t block all big resource projects

The Liberals just failed their first key test after getting shut out of Alberta in the election

Justin Trudeau’s Liberals won re-election—and now lead a minority government. Here’s what they have planned—and what their opposition wants, too

Stephen Maher: Canada is the best country in the world, and no province is leaving. What is real is the anger and Justin Trudeau is ill-suited to deal with it.

David Moscrop: Appointing a single senator to cabinet from Alberta is a simple, elegant and partial solution to the glaring regional representation gap

Paul Wells: Trouble is brewing after Monday’s results. But if this caucus could muster no empathy for Jane Philpott, who expects it to try harder with Alberta?

The path to a Liberal minority was paved with low points and sloppy moments. In this election, there were no undiluted victories.