A skeleton crew returns to Parliament to approve billions in spending
Politics Insider for March 24: Some MPs are back in Ottawa for the day, Canada’s civics lesson gets real and a pandemic makes strange political bedfellows
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Inside Ottawa’s ’light-speed’ epidemic-driven overhaul
Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos talks to Paul Wells about the early outbreak efforts and what could come next, including even tighter border controls
In Canada and around the world, weekends no longer exist
Politics Insider for Mar. 23: Parliament returns tomorrow to pass an emergency-funding bill, COVID-19 hits the territories, and Canadians learn the true meaning of loneliness
Here’s that rainy day. Remember this feeling.
Paul Wells: This coronavirus crisis is teaching us about shocks to the spirit. But it should also be a lesson in what we are well rid of.
Trudeau says Canada-U.S. border to close at midnight: Full Transcript
In his briefing on Friday, the PM also announced that asylum seekers will be turned away at the border, and the plans to scale up production of medical supplies
’We need to plank it’: Theresa Tam’s quote of the day
Politics Insider for March 20: Canada-U.S. border restrictions could come into effect tonight, social distancing could last for months and Measha Brueggergosman takes to the airwaves
That snowbank at the Trudeaus’ place tells you what it’s like when one parent is under quarantine
Image of the week: Mislaid toys under a skiff of snow remind us of better days—and that some tasks now have to wait
Sometimes soldiering on is the wrong thing to do (Attention: CPC leadership race)
Andrew MacDougall: Fundraising emails, pledges to remove the carbon tax. The Conservative Party needs to rethink its leadership race amidst the coronavirus crisis.
Trudeau vows help is coming to deal with the coronavirus crisis: Full Transcript
In his briefing on Thursday, the PM highlighted efforts to get funding to workers and scientists, including $25 million to 49 research teams across the country
Ottawa fights a coronavirus recession (and waves goodbye to American tourists)
Politics Insider for March 19: Virtually every expert said massive federal spending was necessary to stave off economic disaster. Yesterday, the feds responded. And snuck in an announcement about the Canada-U.S. border.