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That Ever Governed Frenzy

Through the eyes of Jody Wilson-Raybould and Michael Wernick

Jeffrey Simpson

Rumble on Parliament Hill

In the ring with Justin Trudeau

Curtis Gillespie

Return of the Robber Barons

Chrystia Freeland asks if we can tell “makers” from “takers” among the new super-rich

Donald J. Johnston
Back Issues

December 2024

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Illustration for December 2024 by Blair Kelly.
Illustration by Blair Kelly.

Pieces of Mind

Building a better world

Kyle Wyatt
Illustration for Daniel Woolf's December 2024 review of "The Honourable John Norquay," by Gerald Friesen.

Premier Event

The life and times of John Norquay

Daniel Woolf

Papa Pancho

Reforms, contradictions, and the Church

Kelvin Browne
Illustration for Tom Hawthorn's December 2024 review of "Tiga's Tale," written by Paul Harrietha and Ras Barrington Francis.

The Prizefighter

Barrington Francis’s hard-won title

Tom Hawthorn
Illustration for George Anderson's December 2024 review of "The Consulting Trap," by Chris Hurl and Leah B. Werner.

Anxiety of Influence

When the government hires out

George Anderson
Illustration for Andrew Torry's December 2024 review of "Home Truths" by Carolyn Whitman and "Ending Homelessness in Canada" edited by James Hughes.

Home Inspection

Reappraising the housing crisis

Andrew Torry
Photography for Graham Fraser's December 2024 review of "À la conquête du pouvoir," by Pascal Mailhot and Éric Montigny.

In This Assembly

Behind Quebec’s political realignment

Graham Fraser

Auto Biography

The short-lived dream of the SV1

David Wilson

Parting Thoughts

Jo-Ann Wallace’s posthumous memoir

Ruth Panofsky

Rigged Poetics

On bards and bitumen

J.R. Patterson
Photography for Keith Garebian's December 2024 review of "Salvage," by Dionne Brand.

A Reckoning

Dionne Brand returns to non-fiction

Keith Garebian
Illustration for Dan Dusky's December 2024 essay on his mother’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis.

What Lies Ahead

My mother’s battle with Alzheimer’s

Dan Dunsky

Pixie Dust

Our moment with Maggie Smith

David Macfarlane

Water Log

A deep dive into Lake Ontario

Dan Rubinstein
Photography for Marisa Grizenko's December 2024 review of "Bad Land," by Corinna Chong.

Alberta Views

Corinna Chong hits the road

Marisa Grizenko
Illustration for Emily Mernin's December 2024 review of "This Strange Eventful History," by Claire Messud.

Borrowed Time

Claire Messud’s singular novel

Emily Mernin
Photography for Stacey May Fowles December 2024 review of "In Winter I Get Up at Night," by Jane Urquhart.

Tempests and Trysts

The latest from Jane Urquhart

Stacey May Fowles
Photography for Kelly Baron's December 2024 review of Peggy," by Rebecca Godfrey and Leslie Jamison.

The Libertine

A portrait of Peggy Guggenheim

Kelly Baron

Under One Roof

In Montreal with Arjun Basu

Aaron Obedkoff
Illustration for Katherine Ashenburg's December 2024 review of "Not Even the Sound of a River," by Hélène Dorion and translated by Jonathan Kaplansky.

Current Affairs

Hélène Dorion in translation

Katherine Ashenburg

Tonic of Wildness

She went to the woods

Helen Humphreys