#338Canada: In a Quebec first, Legault takes a hit

#338Canada: In a Quebec first, Legault takes a hit

“#338Canada: In a Quebec first, Legault takes a hit” Philippe J. Fournier: A new Mainstreet poll suggests the ‘pandemic honeymoon’ between the CAQ and Quebec voters may have finally reached a limit A new poll from Mainstreet Research suggests that the CAQ has slipped in voting intentions in Quebec since the holidays. While François Legault’s…

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#I have questions about le unvax tax

#I have questions about le unvax tax

“#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. I admit I was kind of intrigued when François Legault, the Quebec premier who’s never short of new ideas, announced…

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#The cruel, ridiculous reality of ‘virtual learning’

#The cruel, ridiculous reality of ‘virtual learning’

“#The cruel, ridiculous reality of ‘virtual learning’” Here is what has particularly chewed me up during this latest round of school closures in Ontario, the province that has deprived its children of education and normalcy more than any other in Canada, and more than virtually any other jurisdiction in the world: it feels like we…

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#Canada announces new travel restrictions as the world braces for Omicron

#Canada announces new travel restrictions as the world braces for Omicron

“#Canada announces new travel restrictions as the world braces for Omicron” Politics Insider for Dec. 1, 2021: Omicron sparks new restrictions; new vaccine questions; and a political challenge Omicron measures: Canada announced Tuesday that air travellers from all countries except the United States will need to take COVID-19 tests when arriving in Canada, CBC reports, as the world…

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#An ode to my work-from-home dining table

#An ode to my work-from-home dining table

“#An ode to my work-from-home dining table” Pandemic life happened here: work calls by day, home-cooked meals by night, a baby’s first delightful laugh. And now it’s hard to imagine having to leave. (Photograph by Carmen Cheung) Every morning at 8:30, I’d put on a sweatshirt and yoga pants, brush my hair and slather on…

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#The pandemic is breaking parents

#The pandemic is breaking parents

“#The pandemic is breaking parents” Like anyone, I can list off for you the pandemic moments that have broken me, as a parent of young kids. The first, I suppose, was having a newborn, a five-year-old and a two-year-old suddenly stuck at home in my full-time care in the spring of 2020, when the first…

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