longreads

Canada’s housing bubble is the economy’s biggest risk—and its biggest driver. Now governments want to cool it down.

That a former police chief is shaping marijuana legislation might suggest a bewildering about-face. But, as Shannon Proudfoot explains, that’s not how it works with Bill Blair.

New oil sands pipelines may be vital for the industry, but opponents are winning

Are you Canadian enough? What Kellie Leitch’s plan to screen immigrants says about the country—and the leadership hopeful who suggested it

Iraq may be in trouble again once the common enemy is gone

Ordinary Americans explain why they plan to vote for Donald Trump on Nov. 8

Justice Robin Camp’s mishandling of a rape case raises questions about the training and accountability of Canadian judges

Christine Lagarde is charming, powerful and the global economy’s best hope

From 2016: In a search for justice in a blood-soaked land, the victims of Islamic State’s worst atrocities speak up

Win or lose, Donald Trump has elevated a new kind of politics—one of provocative non-accountability