As the 2019 campaign gets rolling, consider what made the 2015 election so unusual—results that were more than acceptable for all three major parties The post Who lost the last election again...
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Tories took the majority of rural seats, but Liberals found their spots The post Who won Canada’s rural vote? appeared first on Macleans.ca .
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How Trudeau’s plan takes from the rich and gives to the almost-as-rich The post The truth about Trudeau’s tax cuts appeared first on Macleans.ca .
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Paul Wells on what the former Prime Minister is leaving behind The post How Stephen Harper forgot his own lessons appeared first on Macleans.ca .
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The class of 2015 has 197 rookies, but it also includes 14 MPs who are returning to Ottawa after an absence The post Back after exile, veteran MPs return to Ottawa appeared first on Macleans.c...
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New Tory MP Garnett Genuis: 'We're going to need to have some important conversations' The post What comes next? Some thoughts from a rookie Conservative MP. appeared first on Macleans.ca .
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Conservatives took for granted that they had won the intellectual debate about deficits. So when the Liberal party made its surprising tack left during the campaign, Conservatives simply didn't h...
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John Geddes on Trudeau's risky refugee promise The post Can the Liberals bring 25,000 Syrian refugees here by end of 2015? appeared first on Macleans.ca .
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Even where they lost big, Trudeau's team might smile The post What decline? New voters flocked to Liberals appeared first on Macleans.ca .
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The niqab issue may not have sunk the NDP in Quebec, and voters didn’t abandon Stephen Harper. Pollsters sift through the data for nuggets of election truth The post Numbers over narrative: T...
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MPs who failed to get re-elected face a daunting question: What comes next? The post From House bills to gas bills: What’s a jobless politician to do? appeared first on Macleans.ca .
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With many Indigenous voters newly engaged, Justin Trudeau risks looking hypocritical if he follows in the footsteps of previous Liberal leaders The post The Indigenous vote was huge. Now, so ar...
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From the niqab to C-24 and the Ford brothers, the Conservatives couldn’t put a foot right The post How the Conservative campaign got it so spectacularly wrong appeared first on Macleans.ca .
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Scott Gilmore explains why the Green party needs a new leader The post It’s time for Elizabeth May to go appeared first on Macleans.ca .
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Justin Trudeau is heading back to his boyhood home—one with memories of good times and tough The post You can go home again: Returning to 24 Sussex appeared first on Macleans.ca .
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Our Ottawa bureau reflects on the 11-week campaign that produced a Liberal majority The post Maclean’s on the Hill: In conversation with Doug Ford appeared first on Macleans.ca .
Former Independent MP Brent Rathgeber talks to Maclean's about his unsuccessful run for re-election The post Q&A: Brent Rathgeber on his ill-fated run as an Independent appeared first on Macle...
From how the youth vote compared to the federal one, to the ridings that were the least politically engaged, here's some interesting data The post Three election charts you haven’t seen yet ...
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Three senior members of the Liberals, Conservatives and NDP give insider insight on what went right and wrong in the campaign The post Transcript: Party strategists dissect the 2015 campaign a...
Former senior strategist Ken Boessenkool on the five critical qualities a new Conservative leader needs The post What Conservatives should look for in a new leader appeared first on Macleans.c...
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Inside Trudeau’s epic victory The post The making of a prime minister appeared first on Macleans.ca .
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Here's how the final moments of the Liberal campaign played out on Twitter The post 60 seconds at the end of the Trudeau campaign appeared first on Macleans.ca .
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Maclean's political editor Paul Wells visits Bishop's University for an in-depth discussion of what transpired in election 2015 The post Live video: Paul Wells talks Election 2015 appeared fir...
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Three leaders with no regrets at all spoke about their campaigns after it was all over. And it was almost as if two of them didn’t lose. The post Scott Feschuk recaps the three speeches from ...
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Justin Trudeau’s victory promises a shift in tone and substance in Ottawa, and a generational change in Canadian politics The post What Justin Trudeau will mean for Canadian politics appeare...
Some names to remember from one of the most remarkable campaigns in Canadian history The post Four noteworthy candidates you should know in the election’s aftermath appeared first on Maclean...
With a promising young caucus, and a handful of veterans, Trudeau has a lot of egos to satisfy—and disappoint The post Trudeau, cabinetmaker: How change will meet governance appeared first o...
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Beaten back to its core in the west, the debate begins over the fate of the Conservative Party for the first time since its founding The post After Harper, what will Canadian conservatism becom...
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The finance minister on losing his seat, the Liberal surge, and what he plans to do this weekend The post A few last words from Joe Oliver appeared first on Macleans.ca .
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How the final moments of election night played out on Twitter The post 60 seconds at the end of the Harper campaign appeared first on Macleans.ca .
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Aaron Wherry on the delicate promise of a campaign premised on change The post Justin Trudeau’s first day as future prime minister appeared first on Macleans.ca .
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Scott Gilmore explains why he abandoned his Conservative roots to vote for a Trudeau The post How Stephen Harper led me to do the unthinkable appeared first on Macleans.ca .
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The results of the 2015 election were remarkable in more ways than one, setting records in almost every region of the country The post A closer look at the record-breaking 2015 federal election...
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Evan Solomon explains why a Prime Minister's first choices reveal what kind of leader he will be The post Whom will Trudeau name to cabinet? appeared first on Macleans.ca .
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The final item from our Day That Was series: Recapping Oct. 20, the aftermath of this remarkable election The post Starting a new job and rediscovering the Force appeared first on Macleans.ca ...
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Some of the best and most heart-warming #voterselfies we received yesterday from first-time voters or their friends and family The post Voter turnout was high—and first-time voters helped sho...
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Obama spokesman signals White House priorities for Canada-U.S. relations The post White House offers congratulations to Trudeau appeared first on Macleans.ca .
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Constitutional tradition means the Liberal leader doesn't have to hurriedly get packing The post When does Justin Trudeau become prime minister? appeared first on Macleans.ca .
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A full transcript of the Green Party leader's election night speech to supporters The post Elizabeth May, for the record: ‘I have a smile on my face’ appeared first on Macleans.ca .
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A French-language transcript of Gilles Duceppe's speech after leading the Bloc to more seats, while losing his own The post Gilles Duceppe, for the record: ‘Le Québec que j’aime, c’est v...
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