OttawaHow Stephen Harper forgot his own lessonsPaul Wells on what the former Prime Minister is leaving behind
OttawaCabinet is not a meritocracy. And it hasn’t been for decades.Home province, first language and whether a prime minister trusts an MP are all methods of picking a cabinet. Gender is no less arbitrary.
SocietyToronto has a self-esteem problemThose popular ’Toronto vs. Everybody’ shirts are caught in a copyright tussle with a Detroit brand. Why Toronto needs to take pride just in being itself
OttawaThe true test of Trudeau’s new politics? Electoral reformWill the Liberals take on Parliament Hill’s version of Dungeons & Dragons?
MoviesWhat did Back to the Future get right or wrong? Doesn’t matter.Don’t look ’Back to the Future’ in anger. Focusing on what the movie did and didn’t get wrong about 2015 is a disservice to science-fiction.
OttawaHow Stephen Harper led me to do the unthinkableScott Gilmore explains why he abandoned his Conservative roots to vote for a Trudeau
OttawaWhom will Trudeau name to cabinet?Evan Solomon explains why a Prime Minister’s first choices reveal what kind of leader he will be
OttawaThe surprising end of a depressing campaign for womenThere were some unexpected upsides after a campaign in which women were ignored, deployed as political props, and even attacked
OttawaThis election, pick a reason—any reason—and voteA raised middle finger, a silent thank you, or a helping hand. Whatever your vote represents, you just need to cast it, writes Scott Gilmore