The Maclean’s Ottawa bureau’s weekly audio debriefing on all things #cdnpoli
Each week, the Maclean’s Ottawa bureau sits down with Cormac Mac Sweeney to discuss the headlines of the week.
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This week, has the Senate entered a new era? After a few years under the spotlight over an expense scandal, the Red Chamber is now operating with an unprecedented amount of independence. To talk about the future of the Senate, we speak with prominent former senator Hugh Segal.
Next year, 338 young women from across the country will take over the House of Commons for a project called Daughters of the Vote. It’s meant to encourage more women to enter politics. Nancy Peckford from Equal Voice joins the show to elaborate on the initiative.
It took more than 50 years of work, but Canada’s earliest exchanges in the House of Commons are on the record. The Library of Parliament pieced together the debates for the first several years Canada was a country—and we find out what was said as our first MPs began building the nation.
We all know politicians like to talk. But some like to do it more than others. Trust me, we know. Maclean’s has been tracking every word spoken by each MP in an online tool we call Figures of Speech. We’ll tell you who the most talkative MPs are, where the party leaders fall, and how they fare on the bilingual metre.
ON PARENTS
Who benefits most from the CCB?
ON DIPLOMATS
Why Trudeau shook the corps
ON TRUMP
Donald is a nominee
ON SYRIA
Rebels embrace Pokémon
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