Did you catch the “Jack” biopic?

(Also, we can't tell if this really happened....)

Here’s Sook-Yin Lee on becoming Olivia Chow…



And Aaron Wherry says we need to tell Canadian political stories more often.



Meanwhile, this week in the Liberal Leadership race: Justin Trudeau cuts his hair, Marc Garneau drops out, a revolutionary idea hits a snag, but thank the party heavens – they’ve got an extension.



Being a woman in politics isn’t always easy, but Equal Voice is working to help. They’re putting together a binder full of women – and you should be in it (but actually, and in the best kind of way!)



For all those days when you ask “I wonder what amazing ideas are coming out of Canada’s think tanks this week.”



The Manning Centre’s annual conference was last week. In his Keynote address, Preston Manning had 3 big suggestions for Canada’s Conservative movement.



In other Manning Centre news – Samara won the Centre’s Democracy Challenge for our “Parliamentarians in the Classroom” idea! Stand by for the launch of that exciting project.



“I honestly don’t think Canadian citizens are apathetic, but I do think we are politically worn down” writes Melissa Lawrence, our BC Democracy Talks coordinator.



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