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Various Contributors

2024: The Year in Politics

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It’s been a turbulent year—marked by deepening polarization, escalating foreign tensions, several provincial elections, and the chaos of a wild US presidential campaign.

Consider this essential reading to make sense of the political landscape in 2025. Canadians will head to the polls for a federal election and our neighbour to the south is facing potentially massive changes under Donald Trump’s second term as president.

 



Justin Trudeau’s Last Stand

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Donald Trump Insulted a Room Full of Black Journalists. I Was There

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How Scott Moe Moved Saskatchewan—and Canada—Further Right

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The Quebec Secession Crisis Is Coming, and Canada Isn’t Ready

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Spies, Gangsters, and Murder: Canada’s Wildest Diplomatic Showdown Yet

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As Foreign Interference Takes Hold, Ottawa Looks Away

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How an Astrophysicist Became the Most Accurate Political Forecaster in Canada

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Philippe J. Fournier has called elections across the country—with a 90 percent success rate



Trump 2.0: The Shock That Could Reshape Canada

BY MICHAEL DEN TANDT
An era of disruption might just be the wake-up call we need

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