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Brown sits in his chair as an Independent MPP as he listens to Provincial Finance Minister Charles Sousa deliver the Ontario Provincial Government 2018 Budget, Queens Park, Toronto, March 28, 2018. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press)

Patrick Brown and Jean Charest call a truce

Politics Insider for Mar. 10: A possible partnership in the CPC race; more aid for Ukraine; and trouble for Jason Kenney

Lewis speaks during the CPC English debate in Toronto, June 18, 2020. (Tijana Martin/The Canadian Press)

Leslyn Lewis announces a run for the Conservative leadership

Politics Insider for March 9: Another CPC hopeful joins the fray; a major warning from NATO; Ontario to end mask mandates

Charest arrives with his wife Michele Dionne for an event with potential caucus supporters, in Ottawa, March 2, 2022. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)

Jean Charest will reportedly run for the Conservative leadership

Politics Insider for March 8: Pierre Poilievre will be given a run for his money; Justin Trudeau defends Canada’s low defence expenses; Canada reassesses Russian petroleum

Former Quebec premier Jean Charest speaks to reporters as he arrives with his wife Michele Dionne for an event with potential caucus supporters as he considers a run for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada, in Ottawa, March 2, 2022. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)

The Conservatives will pick a new leader in September

Politics Insider for Mar. 3: Jean Charest hobnobs with Tories as he mulls over a leadership run; the United Nations General Assembly officially ‘deplores’ Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; Petro Poroshenko asks the UN to enforce a no-fly zone over Ukraine

Freeland participates in a media availability to discuss Canadian sanctions on Russia, as Russia continues to invade Ukraine, in Ottawa, Mar. 1, 2022. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)

Chrystia Freeland says there will be ’collateral damage in Canada’ over Russia sanctions

Politics Insider for Mar. 2: Canada bans Russian ships from entering its ports; Pierre Poilievre calls European leaders ’weak’; Jason Kenney stops municipalities from imposing their own public health rules

A Ukrainian serviceman fires an NLAW anti-tank weapon during an exercise in the Joint Forces Operation, eastern Ukraine, Feb. 15, 2022. (Vadim Ghirda/AP)

Canada is sending more weapons to Ukraine

Politics Insider for Mar. 1: Conservatives press Trudeau to take a firmer stance on Ukraine; Chrystia Freeland delivers an impassioned speech; Jean Charest angles for the Tory leadership

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, Defence Minister Anita Anand and Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly look on as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference, Feb. 24, 2022 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)

Thousands of Canadian troops on standby to be deployed to Ukraine if necessary

Politics Insider for Feb. 25: Canada poises to deploy to Europe if needed; Chrystia Freeland announces more sanctions on Russia; Patrick Brown reportedly eyes the federal Conservative leadership

Military helicopters, apparently Russian, fly over the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb. 24, 2022. (Ukrainian Police Department Press Service via AP)

Russia launches an attack on Ukraine

Politics Insider for Feb. 24: Kyiv braces for invasion; the world condemns Vladimir Putin; the Conservative leadership race begins to take shape

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is joined by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland, left, Minister of National Defence Anita Anand, as he speaks during a media availability on the situation in Ukraine, in Ottawa, Feb. 22, 2022. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)

Canada slaps a ’first round’ of sanctions on Russia

Politics Insider for Feb. 23: War in Ukraine looms larger than ever; Jean Charest courts the Conservative leadership; confusion around what Emergencies Act means for donors

Police face off with a protester against COVID-19 mandates, Feb. 18, 2022 in Ottawa. (Robert Bumsted/Associated Press)

Ottawa police move in on the protestors

Politics Insider for Feb. 18: The protests collapse; the House of Commons erupts; tensions rise even further in Ukraine

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