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John Geddes on what Trudeau has said on a handful of key issues
Smart, tough and nasty: the definitive portrait of Thomas Mulcair
John Geddes on the NDP leader’s rise through the ruthless world of Quebec politics to become the PM’s toughest opponent yet
A rough guide to Bill C-38
Why all the fuss about ’an Act to implement certain provisions of the budget’?
Wrongs and rights: how did Quebec’s student standoff come to this?
There is no shortage of finger-pointing on either side
Quebec’s protest crackdown: It’s not just rights that make it wrong
The problem up until now has been a lack of enforcement, not a lack of legislation
Quebec’s student protests: righteous anger, shame about the execution
Perversely, they add legitimacy to the government’s argument for a special law to end the strike
Parliamentarians of the Year (best rookie): Chris Alexander
Chris Alexander landed in Ottawa last spring carrying a burden of expectations matched by few rookie MPs