Roundup: Campaign autopsies in full swing

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Not that we’ve had a day to catch our breaths (more or less), the campaign post-mortems are beginning, especially from the Conservative camp. Things are starting to leak out, such as this gem from the Conservative camp, which tells about their considering and ultimately rejecting the Hail Marry pass of having Harper say that he wouldn’t run after this campaign. It also tells of the Conservatives trying to offer advice to the faltering NDP campaign about how to attack the Liberals, lest the Liberals win out over both of them, and lo and behold, they did. Ron Liepert – a former provincial cabinet minister who turned federal to take out Rob Anders at the nomination race – talks about a campaign where the central party wasn’t respecting the local candidates or listening to their concerns on the ground. Andrew Coyne writes that the party defeated itself with a “deep, unrelenting, almost poisonous cynicism.” Not surprisingly, Conservatives like Michelle Rempel are questioning the tone of the campaign. As for the NDP, they are starting their own process, but some, like now-former MP Craig Scott, are less gracious in defeat.

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Good reads:

  • One year after the October 22nd shooting, we hear an account from the constable who instructed Harper to hide during the event, and how Harper did as he was told.
  • Here’s a look at Peter Harder, the former senior civil servant now leader Trudeau’s transition team.
  • Military planners are working out scenarios for pulling our CF-18s out of the Iraq mission while gearing up for training operations of ground forces.
  • Here is a look at how the Liberals are likely to amend the C-51 anti-terror legislation now that they’re in power.
  • Here are some potential candidates for finance minister.
  • Here’s a look at what it was like for one losing candidate on Monday night.
  • Thomas Mulcair seems set to stay on as NDP leader… for now anyway.
  • Harper’s comments damaged relations with the Muslim community? You don’t say!
  • Kady O’Malley looks at the state of readiness for the Conservatives to take on the job of official opposition.
  • Christopher Kam uses logic and game theory to demolish the arguments of proportional representation proponents.
  • Adam Dodek lists some of the democratic reform proposals Trudeau needs to get to work on.

Odds and ends:

Shared Services Canada has a new boss, and he assures us things are going to be great (and not the hot mess it’s shaping up to be).

Here is a look at the women who influenced the election.