PoliticsPreston Manning tries to calm CPC watersPolitics Insider for April 29: CPC policies; Doug Ford releases a pre-election budget
OttawaWhy Scheer values unity, and Bernier plays the lonerJohn Geddes: The Tory leader’s formative years, and the exiting MP’s rise to prominence, foreshadowed today’s acrimonious split
OpinionThe secret shame of the Canadian senatorScott Gilmore: Senators are unaccountable nobodies, and it is impossible to imagine they don’t see they’re part of an undemocratic charade
OttawaAndrew Scheer, the Conservative Party’s folksy unifierThe aw-shucks demeanour of the new leader of the opposition and the federal Tories belies his complexity, and maybe his electability, too
PodcastMaclean’s on the Hill: Manning 2017, refugees, power rankingsAlso: Hear what Preston Manning thinks about populism in the age of Donald Trump
OttawaQ&A: Preston Manning on Canadian populism in the age of TrumpAt his major convention of Canada’s right, Preston Manning says today’s populism should be harnessed, not denounced
OttawaAs the party veers right, Preston Manning takes centre stageKady O’Malley recaps Friday morning at the Manning Centre Conference, including two major keynotes
EconomyAn open letter to Jeffrey SimpsonJennifer Robson responds to the Globe and Mail columnist’s charge against Carleton University’s Masters of Political Management
OttawaIn all thy kids command: Canada’s political familiesWhile they’re not as famous (nor successful) as in the U.S., there is no shortage of political families in Canada
PoliticsPreston Manning on the state of conservatism The founder of the Manning Centre discusses key issues in this election year