
From a Beatles-singing Prime Minister, to political flyers accusing a Jewish MP of being an anti-Semite, from blue "Economic Action Plan" signs popping up all across the land, to a world-renowned intellectual who turned out to be a bit of a dud, 2009 was a weird year in Canadian federal politics. The Hill Times 13th Annual All Politics Poll: The Best and Worst of Politics asked Parliament Hill Insiders who they thought were the winners and losers of the year, but as everyone knows those designations can quickly change. Just ask Grit Leader Michael Ignatieff.

From a Beatles-singing Prime Minister, to political flyers accusing a Jewish MP of being an anti-Semite, from blue "Economic Action Plan" signs popping up all across the land, to a world-renowned intellectual who turned out to be a bit of a dud, 2009 was a weird year in Canadian federal politics. The Hill Times 13th Annual All Politics Poll: The Best and Worst of Politics asked Parliament Hill Insiders who they thought were the winners and losers of the year, but as everyone knows those designations can quickly change. Just ask Grit Leader Michael Ignatieff.