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Federal budget will include a surtax on banks and insurance companies
Politics Insider for Apr. 6: Jagmeet Singh says he trusts Liberals to deliver on their deal with the NDP; the polls are in on the Liberal-NDP deal; Jerry Dias is under investigation
338Canada: The Trudeau-Singh agreement could weigh on the Ontario campaign
Philippe J. Fournier: Our latest projection still has Ford solidly in the lead, but anything short of a majority will undoubtedly invite talk of cooperation between the Liberals and NDP
338Canada: A new era of Quebec politics
Philippe J. Fournier: The dominant parties of the past 60 years, the Quebec Liberals and the PQ, continue their decline in public opinion. It’s all CAQ now.
Ottawa police move in on the protestors
Politics Insider for Feb. 18: The protests collapse; the House of Commons erupts; tensions rise even further in Ukraine
The Joël Lightbound crisis in the Liberal Party
Paul Wells: The MP’s astonishing criticism of Liberal policy on COVID restrictions is the most serious threat to Trudeau’s leadership since Jane Philpott quit the federal cabinet
Justin Trudeau returns to Parliament with a hard stance against protests
Politics Insider for Feb. 8: Candice Bergen criticizes Trudeau; the trucker horns fall silent; Stephen Poloz’s affection for Star Trek
Who can best challenge Doug Ford in June? Polls disagree.
Philippe J. Fournier: The PCs still have the edge in our latest projection, but a collection of diverging polls suggest public opinion is in flux
The climate committee double-double
Paul Wells: The government has named two cabinet committees with identical mandates, in a system sure to collapse under the weight of its own absurdity
The future of the Liberal Party—without Justin Trudeau
Paul Wells: The biggest question in Canadian politics in 2022 is whether Trudeau will still be PM when the year is done. The Grits may be forced to consider life after him—and what they even stand for without him.
There’s no you in Team Trudeau
Paul Wells: In all of Trudeau’s behaviour since the election it’s hard not to notice a habit of mind and a pattern of behaviour
Liberal and NDP officials mull over a potential deal
Stephen Maher: Following a meeting between Singh and Trudeau, officials in both parties have considered a deal to avoid a lost confidence vote for three years
After a major cabinet shuffle, Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government has a new look
Politics Insider for Oct. 27, 2021: Major changes and new faces in cabinet; an unimpressed Erin O’Toole; and a worried Alberta