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National Gallery of Canada: coda and prelude
A former director of an Ottawa institution has a bad week
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The 2025 budget (2): Now the worst is known
Before it tells you what's coming, the budget tells you where we are. In a word: Yikes
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Budget 2025 (1): Tempting fate strong
"Wow, this is really a suite of measures that will super-charge the economy," says Champagne. He'll need three opposition MPs to agree
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Two sides of Pierre Poilievre
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A brief history of not being great at this
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The bad landlord
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Solomon's vote
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What an election won't fix
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The leader in your mirror
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The Q&A: "There wasn’t an elevator pitch for my stories"
Journalist Susan Orlean on a life of writing about the stories you didn't realize were stories
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The Q&A: "If you are not getting along with your leader, you’re going to want to leave your party"
Political scientist Alex Marland on his new book about loyalty and party discipline
Oct 28
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Announcing The Paul Wells Holiday Show 2025
Politics! Music! Paid subscribers can buy advance tickets on Thursday, a day early
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The panel: Poke more bears
My panelists aren't sure the Ford Reagan ads were great strategy. I see it differently
Oct 27
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You have meddled with the primal forces of nature, Mr. Ford
Nobody likes a nitpicker, least of all the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute
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Memories of the 1995 Quebec referendum
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The things that unite the team
Pierre Poilievre observes the Venn diagram
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