Politics Insider for April 29: CPC policies; Doug Ford releases a pre-election budget
John Geddes: The Tory leader’s formative years, and the exiting MP’s rise to prominence, foreshadowed today’s acrimonious split
Scott Gilmore: Senators are unaccountable nobodies, and it is impossible to imagine they don’t see they’re part of an undemocratic charade
The aw-shucks demeanour of the new leader of the opposition and the federal Tories belies his complexity, and maybe his electability, too
Also: Hear what Preston Manning thinks about populism in the age of Donald Trump
At his major convention of Canada’s right, Preston Manning says today’s populism should be harnessed, not denounced
Kady O’Malley recaps Friday morning at the Manning Centre Conference, including two major keynotes
Jennifer Robson responds to the Globe and Mail columnist’s charge against Carleton University’s Masters of Political Management
While they’re not as famous (nor successful) as in the U.S., there is no shortage of political families in Canada
The founder of the Manning Centre discusses key issues in this election year
Colby Cosh on Preston Manning’s remarkable influence across the pond
Policy passions meet political calculations at the Manning networking conference