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Weekly Recap

A convenient archive of everything that happened this week, and every past week, in Canadian politics and news.

Remembering Jim Flaherty

It was another week of pointless yelling, political manoeuvring, finger pointing, rhetoric spewing in Canadian politics. Business as usual. Then yesterday, the turmoil in Ottawa came to an abrupt halt. Jim F...

Quebec Votes 2014 – What Happened Last Night?

Time for some hard anal(ysis)! The results have rolled on in, and man oh man was this an exciting race. Our TNT in-house poll projected: PLQ - 66, PQ - 46, CAQ - 11, and QS - 2. What we didn't count on was t...

Watching the Ridings – Quebec Election 2014

Everybody knows that in First Past the Post, some ridings are more important than others. Here's our analysis on some of the most shocking results on the evening, in some of the most contentious ridings. We'll ...

Quebec 2014 – LIVE Coverage #TNTqc

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House of Turds: The Eve Adams Edition

  For anyone who ever wonders why the Canadian political landscape is not nearly as entertaining as the American one would do well to follow what is going right now with the ongoing controversy surrou...

La Serviette Rouge

Quebec electors – or at least those who manage to convince a registration official that they have the right to vote – are going to the polls on April 7th.  For those who have something to do that day, Le Direct...

Trudeau Swears, And You Should Care

  Justin Trudeau, an amateur boxer working a second job in the House of Commons, uttered a curse word in public.  It’s true!  He actually said it.  He was at a boxing match, and he swore while talki...

The Economy: Quebec’s Forgotten Child

What do the electors of Quebec really care about? What seemingly is an unimposing question is actually the most difficult question to answer of this years electoral campaign. We hear a lot of news about the Cha...