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Singh at a news conference, Dec. 7, 2021 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)

Jagmeet Singh lands in the hot seat

Politics Insider for Jan. 19: The Alberta government knew about Kaycee Madu’s police call nearly a year ago; Ukraine asks Canada for more help; Canada’s two biggest airlines cut thousands of flights because of the pandemic

Nishan is still in medical school, but few options are open to her after graduation (Photograph by Oriane Zerah)

The world left these Afghan women behind. Now they’re fending for themselves.

Educated in a Canadian-funded school, they became Afghanistan’s best and brightest young women. Today they live in fear, abandoned to the Taliban.

Interim Quebec Director of Public Health Dr. Luc Boileau responds to a question during a news conference in Montreal, Jan. 11, 2022. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)

Should we tax the unvaccinated?

Politics Insider for Jan. 13: The debate over Quebec’s tax on the unvaxxed; the backlash over Ontario’s handling of school openings; and a former Supreme Court justice’s controversial role in Hong Kong

Legault responds to a question during a news conference in Montreal, Jan. 11, 2022. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)

Quebec cracks down on the unvaccinated

Politics Insider for Jan. 12: Erin O’Toole is out of step; lockdowns fall out of favour; and MPs are being warned about Chinese meddling

Quebec Director of Public Health Horacio Arruda at a news conference in Montreal, Jan. 5, 2022. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)

Quebec’s public health director resigns

Politics Insider for Jan. 11: COVID cases continue to peak in Canada; the realities of long COVID; and Ontario will re-open schools

Sign indicating the emergency entrance at the CHUM hospital in Montreal, Que., Jan. 7, 2022. (Mario Beauregard/Canadian Press)

Canada doesn’t have the hospital capacity it needs

Politics Insider for Jan. 10: How the U.S. health care system stacks up to Canada’s; Canada is updating its approaches to China and Russia; and Quebec’s liquor store vaccination policy seems to be working

Launching a hypersonic weapon in Russia (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service/AP/CP)

Canada’s hesitancy on military defence is leaving us vulnerable

Paul Wells: NORAD says the threats are higher than they’ve been in decades and action is needed now. Good luck getting Canada on board.

Freeland is seen via videoconference as she presents a fiscal update in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Dec. 14, 2021. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)

Freeland pledges $30 billion in pandemic spending

Politics Insider for Dec 15, 2021: A major fiscal update; sobering Omicron news; and Singh pivots on Bill 21

Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Marc Miller, rises during Question Period, Dec. 13, 2021 in Ottawa. (Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press)

Federal government pledges $40 billion for First Nations child welfare

Politics Insider for Dec 14, 2021: Funds for Indigenous child welfare; Anand apologizes for military sexual misconduct; and Trudeau’s out of the Bill 21 fight for now

People walk with their luggage to travel to the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Public Health didn’t keep track of travellers in quarantine hotels

Politics Insider for Dec 10, 2021: Public health flubs; Canada is taking the back seat in Ukraine; and Marc Miller takes a stand against Bill 21

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