Posts by Stephen Maher

Sign indicating the emergency entrance at the CHUM hospital in Montreal, Que., Jan. 7, 2022. (Mario Beauregard/Canadian Press)

Canada doesn’t have the hospital capacity it needs

Politics Insider for Jan. 10: How the U.S. health care system stacks up to Canada’s; Canada is updating its approaches to China and Russia; and Quebec’s liquor store vaccination policy seems to be working

Ambulance workers IN Montreal transport a patient to the emergency room as hospitalizations continue to rise due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Jan. 5, 2022 in Montreal. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press)

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Omicron is wreaking havoc in Canadian hospitals

Politics Insider for Jan. 7: Canada is in for a COVID slog; Erin O’Toole speaks up for the unvaccinated; and Jagmeet Singh’s new baby

Trudeau speaks as Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland, seen via videoconference, participate in a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa, Jan. 5, 2022. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)

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Trudeau says Canadians are "angry" at the unvaccinated

Politics Insider for Jan. 6: Frustration over more virtual schooling; an honest conversation with Kathleen Wynne; and Trudeau’s COVID burden

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Ottawa reaches $40 billion agreement to reform Indigenous child welfare

Politics Insider for Jan. 5: A landmark commitment to Indigenous child welfare; NORAD needs fixing; and a Canada-U.S. trade dispute settles

Ford attends a news conference in Toronto, as further restrictions are announced to combat the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, on Jan. 3, 2022. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press)

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Ontario locks down, again

Politics Insider for Jan. 4: Ontario’s new restrictions; Newfoundland’s COVID count; and Prince Andrew’s fate

People gather at City Hall to protest vaccine mandates on Aug. 9, 2021, in New York City (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Health

Misinformation from the U.S. is the next virus—and it’s spreading fast

It’s deadly, malicious and there’s no vaccine. The infodemic is here. But it’s not unstoppable.

Legault slips on his mask following a news conference in Montreal, Dec. 16, 2021. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)

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Quebec tightens up restrictions for Omicron

Politics Insider for Dec. 17: Quebec’s new restrictions; Ontario’s grim COVID projections; and cabinet’s new Canada-first mandate

A person waits in line during a COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Kingston, Ontario on Dec. 15, 2021. (Lars Hagberg/The Canadian Press)

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Ontario will make booster shots easier to get

Politics Insider for Dec. 16, 2021: Feds scrambling over Omicron; Booster shots in Ontario; and no more gathering restrictions for unvaxxed Albertans

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Freeland pledges $30 billion in pandemic spending

Politics Insider for Dec 15, 2021: A major fiscal update; sobering Omicron news; and Singh pivots on Bill 21

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Federal government pledges $40 billion for First Nations child welfare

Politics Insider for Dec 14, 2021: Funds for Indigenous child welfare; Anand apologizes for military sexual misconduct; and Trudeau’s out of the Bill 21 fight for now

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