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Frank talk about the stories behind this week’s headlines

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38-year-old homeless tour guide Karim stands at the Prague’s main railway station during his tour in Prague November 20, 2012. Karim works for a student-run tour agency Pragulic as a tour guide that shows tourists the sides of Prague that sightseers would normally avoid. Picture taken November 20, 2012. To match CZECH-HOMELESS/TOUR REUTERS/Petr Josek (CZECH REPUBLIC – Tags: SOCIETY POVERTY TRAVEL)

John Geddes, Cormac Mac Sweeney, Paul Wells and Aaron Wherry
John Geddes, Cormac Mac Sweeney, Paul Wells and Aaron Wherry

Each week, the Maclean’s politics team and Cormac MacSweeney sit down to hash out the week’s news in Ottawa. Expect incisive analysis and commentary, as well as interviews with the biggest newsmakers of the last seven days. This week, Paul Wells talks to Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, John Geddes interviews former cabinet minister Chuck Strahl, Michael Petrou reports from Ukraine, Cormac talks to Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi and Nick Taylor-Vaisey looks back on the week in Parliament with QP in Review.

THE HEADLINES


ON MANNING
Tending the conservative flock


ON WALL
The independent conservative


ON UKRAINE
Harper’s insulting partisan grudge


ON NENSHI
Calgary’s mayor avoids a sideshow


ON STRAHL
Former cabmin on conservatism


ON QP
Highlights in bickering

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