#Farewell to the Liberals’ easy green revolution

#Farewell to the Liberals’ easy green revolution

“#Farewell to the Liberals’ easy green revolution” Paul Wells: Liberals are coming to terms with the realization that COVID-19 didn’t cancel gravity, and that ‘building back better’ will, in fact, be hard work I’m grateful to the excellent Toronto Star columnist Heather Scoffield for noticing some fascinating comments Gerald Butts made on Monday. Butts, of…

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#Farewell to the Liberals’ easy green revolution

#Farewell to the Liberals’ easy green revolution

“#Farewell to the Liberals’ easy green revolution” Paul Wells: Liberals are coming to terms with the realization that COVID-19 didn’t cancel gravity, and that ‘building back better’ will, in fact, be hard work I’m grateful to the excellent Toronto Star columnist Heather Scoffield for noticing some fascinating comments Gerald Butts made on Monday. Butts, of…

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#What to do as a second wave of COVID looms

#What to do as a second wave of COVID looms

“#What to do as a second wave of COVID looms” The good news is Canadians are way better informed than we were six months ago on how to slow the spread of the coronavirus: practise physical distancing, wear a mask, avoid large crowds, wash your hands.  The bad news we can all now see: Canada’s…

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#What to do as a second wave of COVID looms

#What to do as a second wave of COVID looms

“#What to do as a second wave of COVID looms” Infectious disease specialist Dr. Ilan Schwartz on playing sports, the performative aspects of ‘deep-cleaning’ and whether you should steer clear of exhaling smokers The good news is Canadians are way better informed than we were six months ago on how to slow the spread of…

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#Under B.C.’s dome of smoke and ash

#Under B.C.’s dome of smoke and ash

“#Under B.C.’s dome of smoke and ash” After the months-long COVID lockdown, B.C.ers have been forced back indoors as yellow, sooty air swallows entire streetscapes In a province that relishes the outdoors, it’s hard not to feel trapped. For about a week, wildfire smoke from California, Oregon and Washington state has hung over British Columbia,…

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#Under B.C.’s dome of smoke and ash

#Under B.C.’s dome of smoke and ash

“#Under B.C.’s dome of smoke and ash” After the months-long COVID lockdown, B.C.ers have been forced back indoors as yellow, sooty air swallows entire streetscapes In a province that relishes the outdoors, it’s hard not to feel trapped. For about a week, wildfire smoke from California, Oregon and Washington state has hung over British Columbia,…

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#Why is Patty Hajdu still the minister of health?

#Why is Patty Hajdu still the minister of health?

“#Why is Patty Hajdu still the minister of health?” Andrew MacDougall: With another baffling defence of China’s dead-slow coronavirus response, Canada’s COVID-19 missteps keep coming Andrew MacDougall is a director at Trafalgar Strategy, and a former Head of Communications to Prime Minister Stephen Harper Somewhere in Communist Party HQ in Beijing, somewhere deep in the…

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#Why is Patty Hajdu still the minister of health?

#Why is Patty Hajdu still the minister of health?

“#Why is Patty Hajdu still the minister of health?” Andrew MacDougall: With another baffling defence of China’s dead-slow coronavirus response, Canada’s COVID-19 missteps keep coming Andrew MacDougall is a director at Trafalgar Strategy, and a former Head of Communications to Prime Minister Stephen Harper Somewhere in Communist Party HQ in Beijing, somewhere deep in the…

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#Consultation, engagement and other buzzwords to watch this week

#Consultation, engagement and other buzzwords to watch this week

“#Consultation, engagement and other buzzwords to watch this week” Welcome to a sneak peek of the Maclean’s Politics Insider newsletter. Sign up to get it delivered straight to your inbox. As Justin Trudeau‘s cabinet headed behind closed doors for a two-day retreat in Ottawa, the Prime Minister said his government had been “engaging” with opposition parties “on multiple levels” about…

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