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Philippe Fournier: The Liberals have surged ahead in voting attentions, even as coronavirus cases double every three days and the America problem looms large

Politics Insider for March 27: Chrystia Freeland said Canada was ’strongly opposed’ to a Trump administration proposal to militarize the frontier. What a first day for Canada’s new top envoy in Washington.

Image of the Week: A desert streetscape in Ottawa shows how seriously residents are taking the COVID-19 crisis—and that’s a good sign

Andrew MacDougall: While the world is shutting down to fight a pandemic, why is Peter MacKay plowing ahead with his Conservative leadership bid?

Politics Insider for March 26: Running on fumes, federal ministers take their emergency-aid road show to the Senate—and Ontario throws billions at the fight against coronavirus

Paul Wells: There were layers of chaos in Ottawa as a handful of MPs hurried to pass a coronavirus support bill. And this crisis is just getting started.

Jen Gerson: Threatening to take away civil liberties isn’t enough. Mobilizing the country will require a galvanizing message—and the promise of better things to come.

The PM gives his March 25 update on COVID-19 after the House of Commons negotiated overnight to pass an $82 billion economic aid package

Politics Insider for March 25: A marathon negotiation behind closed doors left the House of Commons suspended, and mostly empty. But MPs worked through the night and, just before sunrise, passed a heavily amended spending bill

In his address for March 24, the PM reminded Canadians to stay at home and follow health guidelines, otherwise the government would put ’much more stringent measures in place’