prime minister stephen harper
Maclean’s dissects Joe Oliver’s budget speech
An expert annotation of the words and promises of the federal finance minister
Income-splitting isn’t about the rich and the rest
Middle-class benefits make it a different debate
Recalling when Harper was fed up with fighting
Back in 2007, he wanted out of Afghanistan
Meet the professors behind the swift assault on C-51
Kent Roach and Craig Forcese just happened to be on sabbatical when the PM announced his Anti-Terrorism Act
Harper’s vaccine-science plea raises a policy question
‘We have a responsibility to set an example, for God’s sake’
Bill Gates on making global development a popular movement
“Can we ignite this desire for that connection?”
Baird shouted lots, but had a subtler side, too
Behind politics and policy, the politician cultivated personal relationships that mattered
Peter Kent talks about the oil regulations that never happened
MP Peter Kent on how he lost the environment minister post, didn’t push through oil and gas emissions regulations, and why that’s fine
Chief Justice McLachlin wanted another woman on the court
‘Gender politics don’t play a role once you get beyond a certain number,’ chief justice says
Ottawa shows off bell recovered from HMS Erebus
The discovery of HMS Erebus, one of Sir John Franklin’s lost ships, is punctuated by the find of its bell, with all its symbolic value
Harper makes his family tax platform harder to tear apart
John Geddes on the politics behind the family tax platform
Harper talks up the Conservative grip on immigrant votes
“The big transformation of politics in our country”