The Throne speech where everything and nothing was normal
Nick Taylor-Vaisey: There was elbow bumping, masks and only a handful of MPs. But the drama, commotion and high stakes were all front and centre.
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Nick Taylor-Vaisey
Nick Taylor-Vaisey was a digital editor at Maclean’s.
The curve isn’t flat. Cue the scary federal projections.
Politics Insider for Sept. 23: The Public Health Agency’s latest modelling is revealed, Erin O’Toole’s wife tests positive for COVID-19 and zombie storms are a real thing
John Horgan: Savvy opportunist or practical realist?
Politics Insider for Sept. 22: B.C. is going to the polls on Oct. 24, Jim Karygiannis waits to hear about his job and the carbon price finally lands in the Supreme Court
The Great Loop: The continental boating adventure even a pandemic can’t stop
The global pandemic turned a 10,000-km adventure around North America into a surreal, isolating journey. With no option but to stay aboard their boats, these Canadians caught south of the border slowly made their way home.
Erin O’Toole waited for a COVID test like the rest of us
Politics Insider for Sept. 18: The Tory leader’s family eventually took tests reserved for MPs and their kin, another TV host wants to be a Liberal MP and is CSIS all about Broadway?
Calgary’s pandas are getting desperate. They need a flight home.
The pandemic snarled supply chains that delivered fresh bamboo to the Calgary Zoo. Now, as a mysterious domestic supply in B.C. dries up, the zoo is frantically trying to send the pandas back to China.
The ethics czar rules on another Liberal conflict of interest of interest
Politics Insider for Sept. 17: Canada’s former ambassador in Washington gets a wrist slap, COVID testing capacity is a nightmare in Ottawa and the feds are selling an electric guitar
Chrystia Freeland turns back time for pandemic budget solutions
Politics Insider for Sept. 16: The new FinMin talks ’a lot’ to an old FinMin from the 90s, Americans lay down their arms in a trade war and Leslyn Lewis finds her seat
Consultation, engagement and other buzzwords to watch this week
Politics Insider for Sept. 15: The opposition parties say Liberals haven’t yet come knocking, Blaine Higgs wins big in New Brunswick and a former Liberal staffer goes viral after a gender reveal in Dubai
The Diefenbunker wasn’t obsolete. It was ahead of its time.
Canada’s government never needed to flee to the emergency headquarters as nuclear bombs fell from the sky. But the bunker was more than just an empty shell.