Alexa McDonough
The Commons: The NDP convenes with its past and its future
A weekend in Montreal with Mulcair and his brothers and sisters
What does the NDP stand for?
The New Democrats consider their preamble
Great moments in geographic politics
A few footnotes to the Trudeau imbroglio.
The spectre of Stephane Dion
A New Democrat MP worries that the party might end up with its third choice.
Who ya got?
Ten individuals who used to work for Rights & Democracy have endorsed Paul Dewar. Peggy Nash wins the endorsement of Alexa McDonough.
The goodbyes to Jack Layton, both public and private
‘I’ll call you’
The real Jack Layton
An activist and an intellectual, Layton was the rare politician whose passion came from deep within
Mitchel Raphael on iggy’s ‘heroine’ and odd jobs for the speaker during down times
Cost-cutting cupcakes
Can I call you Belinda?
Sylvia Bashevkin talks about her new book, women in politics and this government’s attitude toward women.
Mitchel Raphael on stampede hockey
And the Playboy playmate who sat in Harper’s chair
The eternal question
A few interesting reads from the weekend: Susan Delacourt looks at new research into the electability of women in Canada, Alice Funke adds her own analysis, and Linda Silver Dranoff reviews Canada’s Unfinished Democracy. From the latter.