This week on The Writ podcast:

In the news

* The new federal cabinet has been sworn-in, and it includes two ministers who won their seats by tiny margins.

* Nunavut holds its territorial election, with new faces in half of the assembly’s seats.

* The results of Alberta’s referendum and senatorial votes are in.

* The Manitoba PCs will announce their next leader, and the province’s new premier, on Saturday.

* The Nova Scotia Greens have chosen a new leader.

Polls of the week

* Polls from Nanos Research and Mainstreet Research show no post-election honeymoon for the Liberals.

* Abacus Data shows broad support for requiring MPs to be vaccinated to sit in the House of Commons.

* The Angus Reid Institute gives us an update on how each of the provincial governments are doing.

Questions and answers

* What’s the state of the mayoral race in Montreal?

* Any cabinet surprises?

* Are Liberal minority governments more stable than Conservative minority governments?

* What would a close PC-NDP race in Ontario look like?

#EveryElectionProject

* The 1982 Alberta election, Peter Lougheed’s last election as PC leader and the best performance ever for a Western separatist party.

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