OttawaThe sketch: Stephen Harper sits down and Mike Duffy stands upThe senator for PEI scorches the earth and singes the red carpet
BusinessThe longer Stephen Harper is Prime Minister... the longer taxes will stay lowStephen Gordon updates a telling chart
OttawaThe PM, Mike Duffy and the latest twist in our national reality TV showThe sketch: Stephen Harper hopes you will not be distracted by the wildly entertaining spectacle of Mike Duffy and Nigel Wright
BooksExclusive excerpt: Stephen Harper confidentialPaul Wells has won the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. Here’s an excerpt from his book
OttawaExclusive: Stephen Harper’s legal challenge to Quebec secessionThe PM’s position is nearly identical to Jean Chrétien and Stéphane Dion, writes Paul Wells
OttawaCanada-EU Trade: Harper’s triumphThis deal is one of the things newspapers will mention when the prime minister retires, writes Paul Wells
OttawaStephen Harper asks the GG to read him a bedtime storyAnd the government will live happily ever after
OttawaThrone speech: Seize Canada’s moment, and suffocate itA breathtaking spout of free-associating bloviation
OttawaParliament resumes and the blessed tumult is rejoinedThe NDP moves to question the Prime Minister
PoliticsHow party leaders spent their summer vacationsThere wasn’t much rest for the weary for Canada’s four national leaders