pandemic

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’

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

Shannon Proudfoot: Line-ups start at the crack of dawn. Wait times stretch for days. As schools reopen and demand soars, prepare for a new kind of lockdown purgatory.

Paul Wells: Liberals are coming to terms with the realization that COVID-19 didn’t cancel gravity, and that ’building back better’ will, in fact, be hard work

Andrew MacDougall: With another baffling defence of China’s dead-slow coronavirus response, Canada’s COVID-19 missteps keep coming

Toronto-based actor, comedian and writer Julie Nolke on the pros and cons of hitting it big during the pandemic

Ethan Lou: Back where I spent my childhood, the COVID-19 crisis has thrust an uncomfortable truth into the fore, that European solidarity is weakening

Marie-Danielle Smith: To the Traditional Office Wardrobe now hiding in the back of our closets, we put you on notice. A revolution is nigh.

Scott Gilmore: A new kind of visa to lure skilled workers would be hugely beneficial. Just don’t bother asking Ottawa why it hasn’t happened.

As Canada reopens, our economic recovery rests on their efforts. No pressure, there.