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    Peltier in November 2021 (Photograph by Blair Gable)

    Autumn Peltier on youth activism, challenging Trudeau, and a future in politics

    The 17-year-old climate activist spoke with Marie-Danielle Smith about working towards change, confronting Trudeau at 12 years old and what she’s focused on now
    MISSISSAUGA, Nov. 29, 2021 International travelers wearing face masks walk with their luggage carts to a COVID-19 testing site after arriving at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, on Nov. 28, 2021. Two people in the Canadian capital city of Ottawa have tested positive for the highly transmissible Omicron variant of COVID-19, according to the Ontario provincial government on Sunday. (Credit Image: © Zou Zheng/Xinhua via ZUMA Press)

    New COVID-19 travel measures cause confusion; and Freeland will give a budget update

    Politics Insider for Dec 3, 2021: Omicron variant chaos; a financial reckoning coming; and an unpopular monarchy
    Justin Trudeau, David Lametti, Randy Boissonnault and Mark Holland shake hands with Erin O'Toole and MPs after the unanimous adoption of legislation banning conversion therapy, December 1, 2021 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

    A united House of Commons passes a Liberal bill banning conversion therapy

    Politics Insider for Dec. 2, 2021: Unanimous approval in the House; praise for Erin O’Toole; and a COVID boondoggle
    International travelers at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, on Nov. 28, 2021 (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua via ZUMA Press)

    Canada announces new travel restrictions as the world braces for Omicron

    Politics Insider for Dec. 1, 2021: Omicron sparks new restrictions; new vaccine questions; and a political challenge
    Flight cancelations are seen on the information board at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 30, 2021. Japan confirmed on Tuesday its first case of the new Omicron coronavirus variant. (Shinji Kita/Kyodo News via AP)

    Omicron cases start to climb as WHO warns the variant poses a ’high infection risk’

    Politics Insider for Nov. 30, 2021: New cases in Canada; a military apology; and Steven Guilbeault’s bicycle
    Families watch planes on the tarmac at Johannesburg's OR Tambo's airport, Nov. 29, 2021. WHO urged countries around the world not to impose flight bans on southern African nations due to concern over the new Omicron variant. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

    Omicron: Here’s what we know so far about the latest variant of concern

    Vaxx Populi: From how vulnerable Canada is to what the vaccine makers are doing in response, here’s what we know about the newest variant of concern
    Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and Chief Public Health Officer Theresa on November 26, 2021 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)

    The COVID-19 variant Omicron is in Ottawa; and WHO disputes travel restrictions

    Politics Insider for Nov. 29, 2021: A worrying new COVID variant is here; an inflation fight; and some Ryan Reynolds
    A lumber facility in Cochrane, Alta., May 20, 2021. (Jeff McIntosh/Canadian Press)

    The U.S. doubles its tariff on Canadian softwood lumber

    Politics Insider for Nov. 26, 2021: Softwood lumber pressure; a raucous Question Period; and a new Chief of Defense Staff
    Chrystia Freeland in Ottawa on Nov. 24, 2021. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

    A new Chrystia Freeland biography signals possible Liberal leadership ambitions

    Politics Insider for Nov. 25, 2021: Freeland has a new book; Erin O’Toole gives a ’fiery’ speech; and some inflation talk
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    What happened to the Liberals’ concern about hunger and food insecurity?

    The Throne Speech shook hopes that the Trudeau government will take meaningful action on a fast-growing problem
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