Marie-Danielle Smith is an Ottawa-based writer for Maclean’s, hunting whimsy and wonkery on Parliament Hill. She has filed from faraway cities such as Tokyo, Beijing, Brussels and Winnipeg. She peddles pun-ditry.
Like many rural locales across the country, the two communities hadn’t been a priority for big telecommunications companies. So residents fundraised to get a cell tower built.
In the Liberals’ optimistic budget, recovery is coming. It will take extensions of key pandemic programs, plus childcare, job training, student grants and business supports.
To be recognized in Canada’s national legislature, men must wear a jacket and tie. New Zealand’s legislature axed that rule and has not become a den of slobs. Is it time for our own traditions to come under scrutiny?
Canada’s federal minister of small business, export promotion and international trade spoke to Maclean’s about the rise of racism against people of Asian descent during the pandemic
With the scan of a code you may eventually be able to board a plane, or get into a bar. But vaccine passports are also an ethically fraught, logistical nightmare.
For your dog, these are the glory days. Your cat has seized every opportunity to bend you to his will. You’re merely a supporting player. They’re the main event.