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Canada
National affairs
The year of governing precariously
Peter Browne
16 December 2024
2024’s casualties among governments across the globe throw fresh light on the US result
The view from elsewhere
Taking on Trump
Bill Scher
29 November 2024
For everyone’s benefit, the leaders of Canada and Mexico shouldn’t be intimidated by Donald Trump’s tariff threat
Correspondents
Time almost up for Trudeau?
Jonathan Malloy
26 June 2024
Justin Trudeau’s government is being thrashed in the polls, but there’s still no sign the Canadian prime minister will take his own “walk in the snow”
Books & arts
Northeastern Canada’s self-governing Inuit
Harry Hobbs
10 August 2023
The Nunatsiavut assembly sits at the intersection of Inuit and European political traditions
Correspondents
Trudeau’s challenge
Jonathan Malloy
24 February 2023
Can a tired government be revived by the old family magic?
Correspondents
Justin Trudeau’s brush with oblivion
Jonathan Malloy
24 September 2021
The Canadian PM squeaks back into office after facing his most formidable opponent so far
Correspondents
Like father, like son?
Jonathan Malloy
22 August 2021
Justin Trudeau is hoping history will repeat itself. It’s quite a gamble
Correspondents
The prime minister of good intentions
Jonathan Malloy
28 September 2020
As a second wave threatens, Canada’s Justin Trudeau negotiates choppy political waters
Essays & reportage
Why do Canada’s schools outperform Australia’s?
Tom Greenwell
9 April 2020
The success of Canada’s education system can help us rethink our own
Correspondents
Canada’s resurgent cleavage
Jonathan Malloy
25 October 2019
Regions matter again in Canada, creating a new set of challenges for Justin Trudeau
Correspondents
Trudeau’s teachable moment
Jonathan Malloy
1 October 2019
Although the electoral impact is unclear, Canadians can learn much from this month’s revelations
Correspondents
Does Canada still love a Trudeau?
Jonathan Malloy
31 July 2019
The polls might not favour the Liberals to win this year’s election, but don’t count them out
Correspondents
The limits of charisma
Jonathan Malloy
20 March 2019
The Trudeau government’s progressive image has taken a battering in recent weeks, but the opposition parties seem incapable of capitalising on its shortcomings
Correspondents
The elephant in the bedroom
Jonathan Malloy
13 July 2018
Canadians find themselves caught in an uncomfortably close relationship with Donald Trump’s America
International
Does history end with Canada?
Grant Wyeth
15 March 2017
One country shows how liberal democracies can avoid backsliding
From the archive
A Canadian in Canberra
Jonathan Malloy
10 May 2016
A political scientist spends four months in the Australian capital
National affairs
Labor’s perception problem
Peter Brent
6 November 2015
Election victories in Britain and Canada show the Labor Party where more work is needed, writes
Peter Brent
Correspondents
Justin Trudeau’s knockout performance
Jonathan Malloy
22 October 2015
Defying electoral logic, Canada’s Liberals came back from the near-dead, writes
Jonathan Malloy
in Ottawa
Correspondents
In a three-way contest, can Stephen Harper defy the odds?
Jonathan Malloy
4 September 2015
With two opposition parties competing for Canada’s anti-Conservative vote
, the result is impossible to pick, writes
Jonathan Malloy
in Ottawa
National affairs
Mamdouh Habib: who knew what, and when?
Andrew Lynch & Nicola McGarrity
19 January 2011
FROM THE ARCHIVE | The federal government has announced a private inquiry into the treatment of Mamdouh Habib. Australia should follow Canada’s lead and launch an open…
International
The philosopher politician
Fred Fletcher
10 March 2009
Will another liberal intellectual lead a party to power, this time in Canada?
Fred Fletcher
profiles Michael Ignatieff