Stephen Maher

Politics Insider for Aug. 19: The battle over vaccine policy, horror in Kabul, and a sketchy Ontario PC fundraising letter

Stephen Maher: A front-running candidate with a big polling advantage lost during a summer pandemic election. It should give Justin Trudeau pause.

Politics Insider for Aug. 18: There’s a new premier in town; Canada’s Kabul evacuation is faltering; plus all the election hits and misses

Stephen Maher: There are ways Canada can help around the world. But we should recognize that we do not make good occupying soldiers and stop trying to do it.

Politics Insider for Aug. 17: Trudeau responds to the situation in Kabul, Erin O’Toole’s 160-page platform document draws attention, a campaign truce, and more

Stephen Maher: This election might not be necessary, but we’re about to learn a lot about the leaders, their parties and the changes taking hold of the country

Fake passports, river crossings and big money: Mahnaz Alizadeh’s desperate struggle to find refuge in Canada

Stephen Maher: We are at the beginning, not the end, of a process of reassessing our history, and filling in the silences that are needed to get at the truth

Stephen Maher: Increasingly vocal vaccine resistant groups will make it harder to stamp out the virus. Is enough being done to try and reach them?

Mi’kmaq Elder Todd Labrador’s great-grandfather constructed the schooner’s mast hoops, an effort only now being recognized