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NDP says federal election errors meant people – including First Nations – were disenfranchised
People start to line up early for the Canadian general election before polls open in west-end Toronto for the Monday, Sept. 20, 2021 election. The NDP has requested an official inquiry into what it calls “numerous and systemic failures of election officials” on election day. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh proud of ‘tough’ election campaign, but disappointed by narrow losses
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks during a post-election news conference in Vancouver, on Tuesday, September 21, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
opinion
Outdated ballots are misguiding voters, and Elections Canada needs to fix the problem
Jo Ramsay
opinion
Tories who don’t learn from the past are doomed to repeat it, as they have for more than a century
John Ibbitson
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Politics Briefing: O’Toole confident Conservative Party still supports his leadership post-election
Conservative leader Erin O'Toole arrives to a caucus meeting in Ottawa on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Ontario MPP Rick Nicholls out as deputy speaker at legislature after COVID-19 vaccination refusal
Ontario PC MPP Rick Nicholls holds a news conference at the Queens Park Legislature, in Toronto on Thursday, August 19, 2021, to announce that he would not get vaccinated against COVID-19. The Ontario NDP want Nicholls, a former Tory legislator, who was booted from caucus for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine, to be replaced as deputy speaker in the legislature. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Conservative caucus members vote to give themselves power to remove leader, but Erin O’Toole says he has support to stay on
Conservative party leader Erin O'Toole speaks during the election night party, in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, September 21, 2021. REUTERS/Mark Blinch TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Elections Quebec powerless after fringe municipal party calls Islam ‘cancer’
A voter casts their ballot for the Quebec provincial election, in L'Assomption, Que., Monday, Oct. 1, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Conservative Senator Michael MacDonald calls for review of Tory Leader Erin O’Toole
Conservative party leader Erin O'Toole speaks at a press conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada September 21, 2021. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle
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Former Manitoba premier Brian Pallister resigns legislature seat; byelection to be held
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister announces that he will not be seeking re-election in front of the Dome Building in Brandon, Man., Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/David Lipnowski
opinion
Tofino trip may only hasten Trudeau’s departure
John Ibbitson
opinion
How Justin Trudeau became Lester Pearson
Andrew Cohen
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Supreme Court upholds Ontario law that cut Toronto city council during 2018 election
The first meeting of the new and reduced Toronto city council, is photographed on Dec 4 2018. City council now comprises 24 councillors after the Ontario government reduced city wards from 45 to 25.
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Supreme Court to rule on Ontario’s move to slash Toronto city council
The Supreme Court of Canada is seen at sunset in Ottawa on September 1, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Investors see Japan’s new leader as market-friendly but reforms in question
Fumio Kishida, former foreign minister, attends a press conference after being elected as the new leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 29.
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Are our leaders to blame for their unpopularity? Or is it the system?
Lawrence Martin
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Politics Briefing: Bloc’s Blanchet says MPs returning to Parliament should be fully vaccinated against COVID-19
Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet speaks to the media during a press conference Wednesday, September 22, 2021 in Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Defeated Tory candidate to ask court to quash result in Calgary Skyview
Liberal candidate for Calgary Skyview George Chahal campaigns from door to door in Calgary, Alberta, September 2, 2021. Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail
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Politics Briefing: Chrystia Freeland to keep current roles in new cabinet, Trudeau says
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau listens to Deputy Prime Minster Chrystia Freeland as they visit Soccer World during his election campaign tour in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, September 10, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio