Lisa Raitt and Anne McLellan sit down with Paul Wells: Maclean’s in Conversation
Senior writer Paul Wells interviews Raitt and McLellan live at the NAC as they return to Ottawa for a national summit on a prosperous new future for Canada
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Canadian inflation rate hits 4.4 per cent in September as gas prices rise
Politics Insider for Oct. 21, 2021: Things are getting pricier; the CPC opposes vaccine rules; and a Trudeau mystery
Alberta votes against equalization in a province-wide referendum
Politics Insider for Oct. 20, 2021: A vote against equalization; new mayors in Calgary and Edmonton; Green Party cuts
Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc chief Rosanne Casimir: Meeting with Justin Trudeau was ’bittersweet’
Politics Insider for Oct. 19, 2021: A reprimand for the Prime Minister; more military troubles; and a call to end the ’wasteful’ CEWs
How Canada’s CanSino COVID-19 vaccine deal with China collapsed
Politics Insider for Oct. 15, 2021: The made-in-Canada vaccine breakdown; cabinet talk; and a CPC suspension
Quebec delays its vaccine mandate for health-care workers
Politics Insider for Oct. 14, 2021: Quebec’s health plan hits a bump; another military investigation; unpopular premiers
U.S. to open the border to vaccinated Canadians in November
Politics Insider for Oct. 13, 2021: America relents; Chrystia Freeland’s possible moves; and Michael Wernick’s best advice
Michael Wernick has some advice
Paul Wells talks to the former clerk of the Privy Council about his advice to Prime Ministers, the time pressures of governing, and political exits
A young Chrystia Freeland impressed Soviet Russia’s KGB
Politics Insider for Oct. 12, 2021: The finance minister’s notable past; Premier François Legault’s power; and a Canadian Nobel prize winner
Tḱemlúps te Secwépemc First Nation to meet Trudeau but ’not interested in apologies’
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