This week on The Writ podcast:

In the news

* The House re-elects its speaker and hears a throne speech.

* Former NDP MP Pierre Nantel is trying to make a comeback with his third party in as many years.

* Erin O’Toole and Jason Kenney hold on as party leaders.

* Yukon’s minority government survives a confidence vote.

* The Greens have a new interim leader: Amita Kuttner.

Polls of the week

* The next election on the docket is Ontario’s in June, and the Progressive Conservatives are still holding a narrow lead over the opposition Liberals and New Democrats, according to Léger.

* A look at how Canadians are feeling about inflation from Ipsos.

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Questions and answers

* If the Liberals met a 1993 PC-level defeat, which seats would be the surviving two?

* Whither the Greens?

* What’s my early take on federal polling trends?

* Do the Quebec Liberals still dominate the anglophone vote?

The #EveryElectionProject

* Jean Chrétien’s last victory in the 2000 Canadian election, when the right was still divided and the Liberals looked set to govern forever.

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