This week on The Writ podcast:

In the news

* Election speculation, and whether the Liberals might want to go much sooner than later

* The impact of retiring incumbent MPs in Atlantic Canada

* Claire Samson crosses the floor from the Coalition Avenir Québec to … the Quebec Conservatives?

Polls of the week

* Abacus Data: Liberals open a 10-point lead over the Conservatives

* Innovative Research Group: Liberals lead in decisive seat clusters

* Insights West: B.C. NDP down but hold solid lead over B.C. Liberals

Questions and answers

* Which incumbents are in most danger of being defeated?

* Whither the Maverick Party?

#EveryElectionProject

* The 1960 provincial election in New Brunswick

* Source: The Right Fight: Bernard Lord and the Conservative Dilemma by Jacques Poitras

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