COVID-19 vaccine mandates for travel to be lifted
Tracing app reportedly also coming to an end; Canada-Denmark border dispute settled ; Trudeau tests positive; Canadians are feeling the debt crunch
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Vaccines
After flip-flopping, Ottawa says truckers need to get vaccinated
Politics Insider for Jan. 14: Francois Legault says he will table Quebec’s unvaxxed tax in February; Erin O’Toole speaks out against the tax; and Harper asks Tories to bail out Peter MacKay
I have questions about le unvax tax
Paul Wells: There’s at least a decent case to be made for François Legault’s plan to tax unvaccinated Quebecers. But don’t be surprised if he drops the idea.
The plexiglass barrier problem
Justin Ling: Vaccines, masks and ventilation are working. So why do governments keep doubling-down on the measures that don’t effectively stop COVID?
Conservatives have a vaccine problem
Andrew MacDougall: If Erin O’Toole can’t get his caucus to the right place on vaccines he doesn’t deserve to lead the country
How Canada’s CanSino COVID-19 vaccine deal with China collapsed
Politics Insider for Oct. 15, 2021: The made-in-Canada vaccine breakdown; cabinet talk; and a CPC suspension
Quebec delays its vaccine mandate for health-care workers
Politics Insider for Oct. 14, 2021: Quebec’s health plan hits a bump; another military investigation; unpopular premiers
U.S. to open the border to vaccinated Canadians in November
Politics Insider for Oct. 13, 2021: America relents; Chrystia Freeland’s possible moves; and Michael Wernick’s best advice
Vaccinations: No more carrot—bring out the stick
Scott Gilmore: Rewards and bribes aren’t working. It’s increasingly clear there’s only one way out of this pandemic and the approaching fourth wave.
The extraordinarily slow plan to reopen the border
Justin Ling: The public is distrustful of a reopening and the Liberals are ill-prepared. It doesn’t bode well for a return to normal anytime soon.