#WE is leaving. The Liberals’ troubles are not.

#WE is leaving. The Liberals’ troubles are not.

“#WE is leaving. The Liberals’ troubles are not.” While the WE Charity is shutting its Canadian operations, expect committees to resume and tough questions to continue back in Ottawa After months of political controversy around the defunct Canada Summer Student Grants program, WE Charity announced this week it would shutter its Canadian operations. Citing the pandemic’s…

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#The WE scandal’s latest fallout

#The WE scandal’s latest fallout

“#The WE scandal’s latest fallout” Politics Insider for Sept. 10: The rise and fall of WE Charity, Erin O’Toole hosts his first caucus meeting and a Canadian judge in B.C. has a problem with mice Welcome to a sneak peek of the Maclean’s Politics Insider newsletter. Sign up to get it delivered straight to your inbox. A flurry of tweets…

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#The rise and fall of WE

#The rise and fall of WE

“#The rise and fall of WE” This article appears in print in the October 2020 issue of Maclean’s magazine with the headline, “From WE to they.” On Sept. 9, 2020, WE Charity confirmed it will be shutting down its Canadian operations and the Kielburgers will step down. An adolescent boy in a blue T-shirt, hosting…

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#Erin O’Toole overhauls the Tory shadow cabinet

#Erin O’Toole overhauls the Tory shadow cabinet

“#Erin O’Toole overhauls the Tory shadow cabinet” Politics Insider for Sept. 9: Erin O’Toole’s shadow cabinet revealed, the feds extend rent relief (a week late) for a final month, and Doug Ford is taking French lessons Welcome to a sneak peek of the Maclean’s Politics Insider newsletter. Sign up to get it delivered straight to your inbox. Two weeks ago,…

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#Canada inks more vaccine deals. Will it be enough?

#Canada inks more vaccine deals. Will it be enough?

“#Canada inks more vaccine deals. Will it be enough?” Politics Insider for Sept. 1: Johnson & Johnson and Novavax are the latest pharma companies to promise doses to Canada, a rent relief program hangs in limbo and here’s how Erin O’Toole won the Tory crown Welcome to a sneak peek of the Maclean’s Politics Insider newsletter. Sign up to…

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#Erin O’Toole’s victory in 15 key charts

#Erin O’Toole’s victory in 15 key charts

“#Erin O’Toole’s victory in 15 key charts” Conservative leadership candidates won in unexpected places and fell flat in others. And when Leslyn Lewis dropped off the ballot, the upstart candidate’s voters played a decisive role in crowning O’Toole Most party leadership conventions follow one of two paths. The most boring contests end with a frontrunner…

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#Another farce on Bill Blair’s watch

#Another farce on Bill Blair’s watch

“#Another farce on Bill Blair’s watch” Paul Wells: How badly do things have to go for a government-appointed panel to shut down because it got no usable data and no help from the minister? I’ve got my journalistic obsessions, Lord knows. But the notion that Bill Blair, the minister of public safety and emergency preparedness,…

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