Nick Taylor-Vaisey

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Nick Taylor-Vaisey is a digital editor at Maclean's.

The man who marks the edge of Canada

Joe Harrietha has faced off against wildfires, mosquitoes and melting permafrost as he and his team maintain thousands of Canada-U.S. boundary markers

January 10th, 2019

Richard Martel: The bench boss who found a new team

Nobody has won a parliamentarian of the year award faster than Martel, who was only elected in June. Talk about a rising star.

November 5th, 2018

How to destroy a lake without causing an uproar

A gold mine expansion in northern Ontario will turn a small lake into a tailings pond. For many in the area, it’s a win-win.

July 17th, 2018

How Canada’s military went viral after Donald Trump’s anti-transgender tweets

Documents detailing Canada’s response to Donald Trump’s tweets last summer banning transgender people from the military offered a stark contrast in policy—and a lesson in going viral

June 13th, 2018

These are all the places Ontario Liberals were beaten on election night

The Liberals lost most of their strongholds. They lost to three other parties. And most of the time, it wasn’t even close.

June 11th, 2018

Prescott bus crash: 24 hurt when U.S. tour bus hits rock cut on Highway 401

Several hospitals are treating patients after a bus carrying tourists crashed near Prescott, Ont.

June 4th, 2018

This global index shows uncertainty about Canada’s economy is spiking

A U.S.-based policy uncertainty index shows that for all of Donald Trump’s unpredictability, it’s Canadians who are scratching their heads about the future

April 3rd, 2018

Ontario budget 2018: The Liberals promise fiscal prudence. Really?

Doug Ford says Liberals are simply wasting money and buying votes. The Liberals’ new deficit budget makes their ‘responsible’ case for re-election.

March 28th, 2018

The Trump administration’s five dumbest economic ideas

Stock markets can erase national debt? Trump invented a decades-old economic theory last year? On both counts, not so much.

March 5th, 2018

On NAFTA, Ottawa struggles to keep its fragile peace

Parliament is mostly on the same page when it comes to NAFTA, but a new report reveals exactly where the parties agree—and differ—on the best way forward

February 2nd, 2018

If Trump kills NAFTA, it could hit America’s Rust Belt hard

Canada depends heavily on exports to the U.S., but Americans could face steeper tariff hikes in a post-NAFTA world

January 29th, 2018

How Canada’s NAFTA charm offensive hit a wall of confusion and apathy

If Donald Trump tries to cancel NAFTA, no one knows what happens next. But it’s not clear anyone south of the border will stand up for trade.

January 12th, 2018

Despite Donald Trump, Canadians are still flocking to America

Many Canadians have decided to take a pass on the U.S. for at least four years. More Canadians have decided to keep crossing the border.

November 30th, 2017

Kevin Lamoureux: Even a night on the town can be work

The winner in the Hardest Working category of Maclean’s 2017 Parliamentarians of the Year awards on why the work-life line no longer exists for him

November 7th, 2017

Scott Reid: Taking democracy to the people

The winner in the Civic Engagement category at the 2017 Parliamentarians of the Year awards says referendums can ‘break through party discipline’

November 7th, 2017

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