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Politics Insider for Sept. 24: Julie Payette read the Speech from the Throne, which clocked in at more than 6,000 words, during a ceremony that was normal and not normal. Plus, Trump won’t commit to a peaceful transfer of power.

Paul Wells: The speech was further from ’bold solutions’ and closer to ’old ways of thinking’. Then the PM took to the TV to deliver another message.

In his live address on Wednesday, the PM focused on renewed efforts to keep people safe as COVID numbers spike and plans to ’build back better’

Nick Taylor-Vaisey: There was elbow bumping, masks and only a handful of MPs. But the drama, commotion and high stakes were all front and centre.

The Throne Speech laid out a laundry list of priorities (and catch phrases) including promises for jobs and continued aid through the pandemic

Politics Insider for Sept. 23: The Public Health Agency’s latest modelling is revealed, Erin O’Toole’s wife tests positive for COVID-19 and zombie storms are a real thing

Politics Insider for Sept. 22: B.C. is going to the polls on Oct. 24, Jim Karygiannis waits to hear about his job and the carbon price finally lands in the Supreme Court

Federal environment minister Jonathan Wilkinson sat down with Paul Wells to discuss how the government plans to reach its carbon targets while the pandemic rages on

Politics Insider for Sept. 18: The Tory leader’s family eventually took tests reserved for MPs and their kin, another TV host wants to be a Liberal MP and is CSIS all about Broadway?

Shannon Gormley: It is precisely because of the CCP’s status—a thug in the guise of a recognized authority of a recognized state—that its ransom-for-hostages demand is not merely evil but intolerable, and its price not merely high but impossible