Justin Trudeau announces public servants, RCMP and travellers must be vaccinated
Politics Insider for Oct. 7, 2021: Public servants get vaccine rules; the Greens exist; a mystery illness investigation
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Canada wasn’t in the mood for the 2021 federal election
Politics Insider for Oct. 6, 2021: A look back at a surly campaign; a caucus revolt held off; and an urgent invite in Alberta
How to make an entire country furious
Shannon Proudfoot: Canadians were fed up even before the pandemic. That election didn’t help.
Erin O’Toole faces his first Conservative caucus vote
Politics Insider for Oct. 5, 2021: Conservative caucus day; a Liberal let down; and a federal vaccine mandate, maybe
How close did the Liberals come to losing?
Justin Ling: Focus groups of Liberal supporters after the Sept. 20 vote show there was dissatisfaction with what was being offered by the party
Justin Trudeau apologizes to a B.C. First Nation after his Tofino trip
Politics Insider for Oct. 4, 2021: The Greens start spilling; snowbirds get angry; help headed for Alberta
Justin Trudeau’s ill-timed vacation to Tofino
Politics Insider for Oct. 1, 2021: Tofino or bust; a failed effort to take out Erin O’Toole; vaccine breakdown
The first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation; Trudeau’s triumph; and the China question
Politics Insider for Sept. 30, 2021: A day of reflection; Canadian Human Rights Tribunal order upheld; and more COVID records
The broken triumph of Justin Trudeau
Paul Wells: Why does it feel like the country isn’t any better off after this election? Perhaps because the problems Canada faces demand hard choices, and modern election campaigns reward denial and emojis.
Vaccine mandates are at the top of Trudeau’s to-do list
Politics Insider for Sept. 29, 2021: Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland get to work; Alberta grapples with COVID; hot housing