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Tim Harper
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Legalizing marijuana in Canada will be “a lot harder to implement … take a lot longer to do … and cost more than you think,” says the director of Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division.

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Justin Trudeau

How Justin Trudeau will officially become prime ministercomments

Stephen Harper

Ottawa returns to normal after Stephen Harper’s dark decadecomments

Thomas Mulcair

Mulcair to stay on as NDP leadercomments

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Lisa Raitt wins new Milton riding
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Arif Virani wins in Parkdale-High Park
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Marco Mendicino wins in Eglinton-Lawrence, knocks off Joe Oliver

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Federal Election 2015

Justin Trudeau quickly turns his attention to governingcomments
Queen's Park

Trudeau win gives Ontario ‘real federal partner,’ Wynne sayscomments
Business

Oil feels it’s lost an advocate, cannabis industry feeling goodcomments

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GTA federal electoral district map

The Youth Vote

Canada

Trudeau got help from youth, new voters, social media in wincomments
Federal Election 2015

VideoHow the parties stack up on youth issues comments
Federal Election 2015

Youth issues overlooked in 2015 federal electioncomments

Women's Issues

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Don’t take my word on women’s issues: Cole
Federal Election 2015

VideoWomen’s issues debate a long time coming: Teitelcomments
Federal Election 2015

Up For Debate gives voice to neglected women’s issuescomments

Federal party tracker: What the polls said

Canadian foreign policy experts weigh in

What progressives can learn from the federal election

Mon Oct 26 2015

The reversal of fortunes between the NDP and the Liberals deserves careful consideration, as it provides important lessons for those on the left.comments
Voter turnout up by 270 per cent in some aboriginal communities

Sun Oct 25 2015

Anger at Stephen Harper fuelled a turnout of aboriginal voters so high that some reserves ran out of ballots.comments
Behind the scenes on the push to rock the indigenous vote

Fri Oct 23 2015

Voter turnout fluctuated wildly across the country but AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde expects this to be the biggest First Nation voter turnout ever — in some communities it was 90 per cent greater than in the 2011 election.comments
Justin Trudeau got help from youth, new voters, social media in election win

Fri Oct 23 2015

To make it easier for youth to vote, Elections Canada pilot project set up advance polling stations on campuses, community centres.comments
What I've learned about Justin Trudeau: Delacourt

Fri Oct 23 2015

Star journalist Susan Delacourt reveals what she's learned about prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau over the years.comments
Need for change cited as voters’ main motivator in Oct. 19 election, poll shows

Fri Oct 23 2015

A new poll by Forum Research done in the two days following the Oct. 19 election finds that “change” was a prime motivator for voterscomments
Gilles Duceppe resigns as Bloc Québécois leader

Thu Oct 22 2015

Gilles Duceppe has confirmed he is stepping down just four months after he returned to the leadership job. He lost his seat in the federal election Monday.comments
Canada needs to commit to anti-racism: Cole

Thu Oct 22 2015

Our country still tolerates hatred, and allows those who promote it to thrive.comments
Swift action for refugees urged as Trudeau's promised deadline looms

Thu Oct 22 2015

Advocates say it is not impossible, but may be extremely difficult for the new government to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by Jan. 1.comments
It’s been a terrible decade under Stephen Harper: Porter

Thu Oct 22 2015

Feminists across the country are emerging from their bomb shelters, and blinking in the stark light of day to assess the damage of the past decade under the Stephen Harper government.comments
Elections are about more than the economy, stupid: Cohn

Thu Oct 22 2015

Six lessons from the last federal election that will change the way future campaigns are fought.comments
Canadians reclaim their country from Stephen Harper: Siddiqui

Thu Oct 22 2015

The more Canadians saw of Harper’s nasty character and endless dirty tactics, the more they were repulsed.comments
Ottawa returns to normal after Stephen Harper’s dark decade

Thu Oct 22 2015

We must remember how close we came to lasting damage, and how important it is to resist the temptation of poisonous politicscomments

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