Christy Clark

Anne Kingston: The Trudeau government could have paved the way to more women in office had it honoured its election promise to reform the electoral system

On average, women hold premierships for shorter periods and are more quickly pushed out by caucuses. A new study tries to figure out what’s really going on.

She was a formidable force on the stump, and sailed into office on favourable economic winds. So why couldn’t Clark convert her advantage into enduring achievements?

The seventh longest-serving premier in B.C. history leaves politics—and, after some electoral drama, a divided province—behind

B.C. is now being ruled by a ramshackle regime beholden to a fringe party. This is not good democracy at work.

After weeks of waiting and wondering, B.C. watches John Horgan lead the NDP to power. And our democracy remains intact.

Watch as B.C.’s NDP and Greens vote on whether to bring down the Liberal government after a 16-year reign

Why the doomed B.C. Liberals’ Throne Speech—gruesomely stitched together from the platforms of the party’s rivals—was insidious and dangerous

Advice from former Commons Speaker Peter Milliken, who knows a thing or two about handling hung parliaments

With drama over the Speaker’s chair, it’s clear this B.C. legislature is doomed—so let’s get on with sorting it out at the ballot box

Voters have decided how they want the assembly divided. Why undermine the tradition of a non-partisan Speaker?

Christy Clark has been her party’s best player, leading it to an improbable win four years ago. But when it came time to talk to the Greens, the Liberals left her on the bench.