One day in Ottawa and a catastrophe of vaccine messaging
Shannon Proudfoot: From a television appearance by NACI’s chair to a confounding response by the health minister, confidence in COVID vaccines took a beating
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Shannon Proudfoot
Shannon Proudfoot is an Ottawa-based writer covering politics and public policy for Maclean’s. She loves writing people-focused narratives and bringing academic research into real life. She believes The Golden Girls is the greatest television show ever made.
A vaccine system for the fortunate few
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Who’s really got Ottawa’s ear?
Paid consultants are everywhere in Ottawa. This so-called ’shadow public service’ offers expert analysis at a pretty penny—and never has to worry about pesky accountability
Jagmeet Singh’s push to win over ordinary people
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’We were the pandemic cohort’: How medical students made life easier for doctors
Yashoda Valliere and her fellow medical students turned helping health-care professionals into its own essential service
This candid photo conveyed the pandemic’s full weight of human suffering
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Erin O’Toole’s all tell, no show speech
Shannon Proudfoot: The Tory leader’s big speech had a promising message about broadening his party’s tent. Missing was how he plans to do it.
Suresh Singaratnam: The trumpeter whose Christmas tune comforted an anxious nation
Suresh Singaratnam saw a nation of people desperate for a bit of spiritual uplift, and brought his musical vision to life