Posts by Shannon Proudfoot

A health-care work walks along the line up of people waiting outside a COVID testing facility in Ottawa, on Sept. 15, 2020 (Adrian Wyld/CP)

The pandemic is breaking parents

Shannon Proudfoot: We’ve done what we were asked to do, at great cost to our wellbeing and that of our young kids. And still, the pandemic cruelty continues.

Members of cabinet applaud as Trudeau and Gov. Gen. Mary Simon approach for a photo following a swearing in ceremony at Rideau Hall on Oct. 26, 2021 in Ottawa (Adrian Wyld/CP)

Ottawa

Trudeau’s new cabinet: Serious people in charge of serious files

The PM has put smart people into big and difficult roles. The challenge—for him and his legacy—will be whether he can give them space to do their jobs.

Canada

Debating the pros and cons of Daylight Saving Time

Ahead of the end of this year’s daylight saving on Nov. 7, Shannon Proudfoot breaks down the pros and cons of the increasingly unpopular practice

The letter "d" on a "danger" sign at Major's Hill park advising people to stay away from the cliff edge is painted over, leaving the word "anger", seen in front of Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. (Photograph by Justin Tang)

Ottawa

How to make an entire country furious

Shannon Proudfoot: Canadians were fed up even before the pandemic. That election didn’t help.

Pumpkin Spice Spam (Courtesy of Hormel Foods)

Culture

The great pumpkin spice debate

Shannon Proudfoot, pumpkin spice correspondent, breaks down the pros and cons of everyone’s favourite fall spice blend

A survivor and family with Justin Trudeau on Parliament Hill on the eve of the first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, September 29, 2021. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

Ottawa

Justin Trudeau’s ill-timed vacation to Tofino

Politics Insider for Oct. 1, 2021: Tofino or bust; a failed effort to take out Erin O’Toole; vaccine breakdown

Trudeau takes part in the federal election English-language Leaders debate in Gatineau, Que., on Sept. 9, 2021 (Justin Tang/CP)

Ottawa

The election that disappointed everyone

Shannon Proudfoot: In the end, the voters sighed and rolled their eyes, giving Justin Trudeau begrudging permission to keep doing what he had been doing, but no more

Trudeau, Singh, and O'Toole take part in the federal election English-language Leaders debate in Gatineau, Que., on Sept. 9, 2021 (Adrian Wyld/CP)

Ottawa

Gerald Butts on the final days of the campaign: ’It’s basically over’

Justin Trudeau’s former principal secretary talks to Shannon Proudfoot about the debate, why the election is all but over, and the ground game that will consume the final days

(Photograph by Ian Patterson; hair and makeup by GianLuca Orienti/Judy Inc; Wardrobe by Serena Vaz/Judy Inc; Prop styling by William Scott Christy/Judy Inc)

Economic analysis

The working class has had enough

How a once undervalued, ignored and politically silent group is fighting back

Annamie Paul, left and Justin Trudeau takes part in the federal election English-language Leaders debate in Gatineau, Que., on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Canada

Justin Trudeau still can’t answer why he called this election. A depleted nation despairs.

Shannon Proudfoot: ’It seems certain that at least some of the Liberal slide has been the direct result of an electorate surly about being pressed into service when the pandemic has not remotely moved into the rearview mirror.’

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