partisanship

The TV show gives politicians the rare chance to talk outside of a hostile question period and get to the bottom of the seldom-answered question: Why the (bleep) does that person think that way?

Opinion: Jason Lietaer has a nine-point plan for people in politics who see the problem with partisanship—but don’t want to give it up completely

Opinion: Ian Capstick on how toxic partisanship—which led him to quit CBC’s high-profile Power and Politics panel—is affecting mental health in Ottawa

Opinion: Social disconnect, reductive partisanship and simple bias are infecting how Canadian voters view politicians with opposing political views

Red and Blue Americans have grown so dangerously far apart, they should be considered different ethnic groups

Partisan debate—fierce, witty, memorable—is a critical check on the power of a majority government. Bring it on.

One of question period’s leading characters on the value of conflict

As part of our series of stories about the House of Commons ahead of this year’s Parliamentarian of the Year awards I wrote about...

MP Irwin Cotler’s motion sets out to find the delicate line of partisanship between vicious attack and honest airing of differences

Prof. Pettigrew on the reaction to an email that went viral