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Trudeau’s Trans Mountain approval draws cautious praise and outright jeers

Politics Insider for June 19: Trudeau gives Trans Mountain a thumbs up, what people said about TMX, and Scheer’s climate plan reveal

Trudeau’s looming Trans Mountain decision

Politics Insider for June 18: Pipeline’s future, Ottawa declares a climate emergency and politicians rubbing shoulders with Raptors

Parade crowd to Kawhi: Five more years!

Kyle Edwards: A video surfaced of Dennis Robertson, Kawhi’s uncle and business strategist, appearing to get in on the chant. Could that signal hope for Toronto fans?

For fans, Raptors parade day brought joy, hope and still a bit of shock

The celebration was ’a clear reminder,’ said one, ’of what the city can be on days or years when we are not winning championships’

Pierre Trudeau’s spy file — for nobody’s eyes now

Politics Insider for June 17: Scheer’s lead, the NDP’s big platform release and waiting for Trans Mountain

Chretien’s sell-out plan to keep China happy

Politics Insider for June 14: Freeland slams Chretien appeasement plan, Ottawa slaps carbon tax on Alberta and the folly of education spending cuts

National pharmacare plan a political pill or cure-all?

Anne Kingston: These are still just recommendations. But now that the spotlight has turned on Medicare’s incomplete mandate, it will be difficult for politicians to step away.

Every child left behind: How education cuts fuel inequality

Sarmishta Subramanian: The solution to inequality is making public systems the best they can be. Why is the Ford government doing the complete opposite?