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Politics Insider for Dec. 3: The finance minister tables her first fiscal update, the feds defer controversial firearms regulations and Canada’s pandas are back in China

Shannon Proudfoot: Enormous quantities of money will be spilled to try and get Canada through the coming months and, maybe, into a shiny spring

As part of tens of billions in new spending planned for the coming years, the fiscal update includes funding for long term care, students and remote working

The Liberal update is rife with uncertainty and debt, while the ’fiscal anchor’ has been replaced by ’guardrails’. Fingers are crossed for happier times.

Paul Wells: When will the spending stop? What is ’building back better’? How will the gender impact of the crisis be fixed? The answers will come later.

Jillian Horton: As we try to cope with our own fear and uncertainty, perhaps our greatest challenge is helping our children learn to live with it too

Waiting for requested post-secondary transcripts has long been notoriously slow. A new project aims to remedy that and put control in the hands of learners.

Anusha Kav: Yes, there are plenty of job prospects for arts graduates. But the degree’s true value is more profound than practical.

Jaime Weinman’s rundown of all the new shows and movies worth checking out this December on Netflix in Canada

An eclectic selection of just-published new fiction and non-fiction to get us through the nights of winter ahead