Theresa Tam

Clockwise from top left: Aurora Brown (Courtesy of CBC), Annamie Paul (Courtesy of the Green Party of Canada), Alicia Elliott (Cole Burston/CP), David Suzuki (Courtesy of CBC), Priyanka (Courtesy of Jackie Brown/Crave), Kayla Grey (Courtesy of Kayla Grey), Notorious Cree (Courtesy of Norman Wong and Notorios Cree), Theresa Tam (Adrian Wyld/CP)

Famous Canadians on beliefs they held that were upended by 2020

Maclean’s asked notable Canadians what this crazy, awful year proved wrong

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An outbreak warning from a decade ago

John Geddes: The 2010 film ’Outbreak’—featuring Theresa Tam—focused on epidemics in Montreal, showing that little of what’s happening now is novel

Trudeau arrives on Parliament Hill to attend a sitting of the Special Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic (Dave Chan/AFP/Getty Images)

A bit of Trudeau coverage we can all appreciate

Image of the Week: The PM takes the word of Canada’s top public health official to heart—and puts it into action

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How prepared was Canada?

Paul Wells: Last year, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer wrote a paper on how to plan for a major outbreak. It didn’t imagine anything as menacing as this coronavirus.