Kim Campbell
Canada’s coolest PM. (It’s not Justin Trudeau.)
Why Kim Campbell has emerged, decades after her brief stint as prime minister, as a key political voice among young Canadians
Life after 24 Sussex: What comes next for former prime ministers?
Most served as corporate directors. Two testified at public inquiries. One will help appoint the next Supreme Court justice.
Hillary Clinton, and the case for second
Amidst celebration of the first woman nominee for president, hope for all that comes next
William Thorsell: ‘The editorial I’d write … if I were still writing them’
In a dispatch to followers, an ex-Globe editor dipped into his former trade. The column has people talking, which is why we reprint it here
The housing market has entered the twilight zone
Colin Campbell on banana republics and condo lawsuits
Newsmakers
Patrick Chan’s hat trick, Kim Campbell’s condo, Gwyneth Paltrow’s diet and Canada’s NBA takeover
8 unlikely jobs held by future prime ministers
Before they assumed the highest office in the country, these eight individuals held an unusual array of jobs:
Statistical probabilities
The last three changes in government were not obviously foretold by publicly available polling data
This week: Newsmakers
Kim Campbell schools the U.S. right, Naomi Campbell’s ‘Frost-Nixon moment,’ and Nabokov was right
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.
Week in Pictures: Apr. 29th – May 6th, 2009
The best pics of the last seven days
And now a word from Kim Campbell
The former prime minister talks to Steve Paikin.