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O'Toole plays a game of bean bag toss while campaigning at a drug rehab center on Aug. 22, 2021 in New Westminster, B.C. (Ryan Remiorz/CP)

The unexpected Erin O’Toole factor

Stephen Maher: The Liberals may be in control, but if O’Toole keeps pitching himself as a policy nerd with a detailed plan, swing voters might buy what he is selling
A woman smudges during a march to demand justice and raise awareness for Echaquan (Christinne Muschi/Reuters)

What Joyce Echaquan knew

Pam Palmater: Systemic racism in health care continues because it has been normalized, ignored and denied, while the system places an onerous burden on First Nations peoples to prove racist hospital treatment
Ford holds up a COVID-19 caseload projection model graph during a press conference at Queen's Park on April 16, 2021 (CP/Frank Gunn)

How did it come to this?

Justin Ling: We are here because politicians have ignored the core facts of the COVID-19 virus and the main strategies that will clearly fight the pandemic
A man is tested at a temporary COVID-19 test clinic in Montreal, on Friday, May 15, 2020. (Paul Chiasson/CP)

Canada’s dire need for better race-based data

Denise Balkissoon: It’s clear that COVID-19 and racism are a dangerous combination. We need better information about how Indigenous, Black and other racialized people interact with Canadian health-care systems.