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With an economic and health crisis raging and a progressive movement growing, NDP support should be on the rise, but it’s not. It’s time for Jagmeet Singh to draw his battle lines.

Politics Insider for Nov. 11: Trudeau gets stern with the premiers (but is it enough?), Remembrance Day marks a solemn anniversary and the feds are auctioning off a drug boat

Scott Gilmore: Trudeau must stop scolding premiers from the sidelines. He’s the fire chief, and it’s time to put out the fire.

Politics Insider for Nov. 10: The PM calls the president-elect, a promising vaccine sounds even more promising, and the Bank of Canada has a shortlist of $5 faces

Politics Insider for Nov. 6: Ontario FinMin Rod Phillips plans more red ink and as much certainty as possible, General Motors recommits to Oshawa and Lisa Raitt shares a moving personal story

Politics Insider for Nov. 3: The former Tory heavyweight returns to private life, Chrystia Freeland promotes a CERS’d rent-relief program and the race for the White House nears its crescendo

Politics Insider for Oct. 30: PM Trudeau meets with EU leaders, there’s a chance a mall near you used facial recognition without your consent and the Quebec referendum was 25 years ago today

Politics Insider for Oct. 29: The Bank of Canada predicts a shaky recovery, Chrystia Freeland defends big spending and the military tries—again—to eliminate sexual misconduct

Politics Insider for Oct. 28: The federal procurement ombudsman and correctional investigator publish annual reports, the PM goes for the heart and Lynn Beyak supports Trump

Paul Wells: A preliminary report—which nearly didn’t happen due to government inaction—shows reform has been partial at best, with prisoners still being denied ’meaningful human contact’