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ma-REE-ka 🇳🇱 🇨🇦 | Senior political reporter for @globeandmail | 2022 Burns Fellow | mwalsh @globeandmail .com

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2 years
Protesters are again setting off fireworks in Ottawa. The honking also continues #cdnpoli
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BREAKING: Freedom Convoy leader Tamara Lich has been denied bail by an Ottawa judge. #cdnpoli
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The Bloc Québécois will force a vote on abortion rights in the House. The party says it will table a motion seeking unanimous consent that: the House reiterates that the woman's body belongs to her alone and recognizes her free choice in matters of abortion #cdnpoli
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In response to Sloan’s comments, Dr. Tam says she is a focused person and her focus is on getting Canada through the epidemic, says she works 20 hours a day, doesn’t pay attention to the noise and she is proud of the work she is doing #cdnpoli
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BREAKING: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s wife has tested positive for COVID-19 #cdnpoli
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BREAKING: Sources say Ontario is planning hefty fines, considering seizing vehicles, and looking at its options for suspending commercial licenses, in an effort to end the blockades at the Ambassador Bridge
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PM Trudeau is in the House for his speech. He begins by pointing to the last election result where "Canadians chose vaccines." Trudeau has also pointed to his mandate from the election to explain why he wont meet with the protesters or change his policy on mandates #cdnpoli
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After the press conference ended some of the Dutch journalists commented on how PM Trudeau didn’t directly answer Qs. #cdnpoli
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While working at Queen’s Park today a politician told me I should smile. Here’s how that scrum went 👇🏻 #onpoli #journalism
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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney tells a press conference that all of the premiers on the call with the PM last night were loathe to implement any new public health restrictions. Says they believe the public is already at their limit #cdnpoli
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NEWS: a letter from the Emergencies Act inquiry commission counsel says Premier Doug Ford and then Solicitor General Sylvia Jones repeatedly refused to meet with the commission for interviews or to testify. They are now being compelled to testify. #poec
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NEW: Interim Conservative Leader Candice Bergen advocated against asking protesters occupying Ottawa to go home “I don’t think we should be asking them to go home,” reads an e-mail sent by Bergen on Monday
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Trudeau: the emergency response benefit will provide $2,000/month for four months for people affected by COVID-19 #cdnpoli
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In an e-mail about Mr. Strahl’s tweet, mistakenly forwarded to The Globe, an Ottawa police officer said they had sifted through the donor list and found two “Briannes,” neither of whom lived in B.C. “The information posted is false,” the e-mail said. #cdnpoli
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James Bradshaw
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RCMP, banks and Ottawa say convoy protest donors won’t have accounts frozen after viral tweet said otherwise
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accuses Conservatives of standing with "people who wave swastikas" Trudeau's comments come a week after one Liberal MP said he was concerned by the government's divisive approach.
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The police haven’t yet released crowd estimates for the protests but COVID-19 Tracker Canada says more than 89,000 people got their shots yesterday and the rolling daily average of people sticking their arms out to get their shots is more than 260,000
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People joining the back of the “queue to get in the queue” are being told that the estimate is they’ll make it up the hill and to the cathedral by 8:30 a.m. tomorrow. “If she could do 70 years, I can do 12 hours,” said one man.
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Unvaccinated: 6.1 deaths per 100k Vaccinated: 0.5 deaths per 100k Boosted: 0.1 deaths per 100k
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Latest CDC data by vaccine status: Unvaccinated: 451 cases per 100k Vaccinated: 134 cases per 100k Boosted: 48 cases per 100k Unvaccinated: 6.1 deaths per 100k Vaccinated: 0.5 deaths per 100k Boosted: 0.1 deaths per 100k
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“Thank you for everything you guys are doing,” the tow truck driver says to an officer as he gets into his truck #cdnpoli #ottawa #convoy
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New air-travel rules coming to Canada: -second COVID-19 test needed on arrival -three-day mandatory hotel quarantine = ~$2,000 -if negative then 14-day quarantine completed at home -if positive then 14-day quarantine completed in hotel -no start date yet #cdnpoli
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The scene in downtown Ottawa just before 11 p.m. Protesters have said post 8 p.m. they won’t honk. That’s not the case anywhere I walked between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. tonight #convoy #ottawa #cdnpoli
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The press conference is over, there was an interesting line from Trudeau near the end. Rather than just calling it the fourth wave, he’s calling it “the fourth wave amongst unvaccinated people.” #cdnpoli
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Trudeau faces backlash in House over inquiry into Aga Khan trip, report ⁦ @RobertFife ⁩ and ⁦ @_joyscm #cdnpoli
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Erin O’Toole has not yet answered a direct question from reporters today. Questions so far on Troy Myers’ ouster, Cheryl Gallant’s past comments pushing misinformation, and on which issues he would allow free votes #cdnpoli
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2 years
This sort of directive should result in all reporters shouting questions. Asking questions during photo-ops is fair game and standard practice elsewhere, including at the White House:
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Reporters invited to @JustinTrudeau photo op but forbidden to ask questions, warned they'll be ejected by police if they ask anyhow.
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Some of the protesters outside the Liberal cabinet retreat in Hamilton today. PM Trudeau is here with his senior team to map out their plans for the parliamentary sitting starting next week. #cdnpoli
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CBC president Catherine Tait accuses Conservatives of inciting attacks on CBC, saying, “There’s a lot of CBC bashing going on – somewhat stoked by the Leader of the Opposition.” “I think they feel that CBC is a mouthpiece for the Liberal government.”
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A remarkable statement from Canada's Ambassador to the UN. Bob Rae suggests the protests against vaccine mandates are a "pretext for a well financed and well armed assault."
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The greatest mistake is thinking this is about vaccines: mandates are a pretext for a well financed and well armed assault.
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Greg Rickford called me to apologize for his comment and I accepted his apology. #onpoli #cdnpoli #journalism
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Quebec Premier Francois Legault says the province will start charging people who refuse a COVID-19 vaccination an additional fee for health care. He says the exact amount hasn’t yet been decided. He says the charge wont apply to people with valid medical exemptions #cdnpoli
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PM Trudeau announces a significant development: Pfizer is delivering an extra 1.5 million shots this month. And two million more than expected over April and May. #cdnpoli
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces a significant milestone: the country now has enough COVID-19 vaccines to vaccinated everyone eligible. The achievement comes more than two months ahead of the end of September deadline the government set for itself #cdnpoli
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SCOOP: The first job posting for OPP commissioner had requirements that made applying to the job impossible for Ford family friend Ron Taverner. Two days later those requirements were changed.
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RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki told reporters on Monday she's "not sure" why she sent OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique a text suggesting the government would retroactively ask for support for the Emergencies Act
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Trudeau is announcing that if re-elected his government would introduce 10 paid federal sick days. The change would be made through the Canada Labour Code and government would not pay for it #cdnpoli
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RCMP Commissioner accused of interfering in Nova Scotia mass-shooting investigation to help Liberal government’s gun-control agenda Supt. Darren Campbell said he was reprimanded at length by the Commissioner, who had “promised” PMO info would be released.
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A dose of hope. By early June Canada expects to have enough COVID-19 vaccine for all first shots, by the end of June it expects enough doses to also cover more than 50% of second shots. Writing and number-crunching with @kellygrant1 & @j_agius
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One step closer to Dolly 💪🏻
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Interim Conservative Leader Candice Bergen has dropped Eric Duncan, the party's first openly gay MP, from the senior caucus leadership team, and has not given him a shadow cabinet post. #cdnpoli
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NDP, Bloc question Andrew Scheer employing his wife’s sister, who hired his wife. “If he’s hiring an extended family member and that family member is hiring his wife, it gives the appearance of a quid pro quo and I think he needs to explain himself."
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Canadian military looking at blocking real-time tracking of flights, including the PM’s plane, reports ⁦ @stevenchase ⁩ Flight tracking revealed Trudeau’s trip to Tofino last September on the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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2 years
The Prime Minister keeps referring to the emergency declaration as “geographically targeted.” The government order shows that it’s targeted to the extent that it applies to all of Canada: “a public order emergency exists throughout Canada.” #cdnpoli
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4 months
Major news that has disrupted the PM's cabinet retreat. Journalists were expecting several scrums on other issues, all were just postponed.
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Ewa Krajewska 🇺🇦
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We were successful on behalf of the CCLA. The Federal Court found that the decision to declare the Emergencies Act was ultra vires and unreasonable and that the measures violated the Charter.
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5 years
It's not an interview when the person asking the questions relies on your party for their employment. #onpoli
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One of the most revealing developments at the Emergencies Act inquiry came last yesterday. The federal government used a broader definition of a national-security threat than what’s outlined in the Emergencies Act when it invoked the sweeping powers.
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At gov't operations committee NDP MP Matthew Green asks Dr. Tam if she ever advised the gov't that the national stockpile was underfunded or not properly mandated to stock PPE, Health Min Hajdu interjects before Dr. Tam answers, says cabinet discussions are confidential. #cdnpoli
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NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says brown face and black face make a "mockery" of the people who have that lived experience. Singh asks: "who is the real Mr. Trudeau?" ... the one behind closed doors or the one we see in public #cdnpoli #elxn43
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Ottawa sits under three states of emergency (municipal, federal, and provincial). At a city council meeting tonight @cmckenney tells Mayor @JimWatsonOttawa “I have lost all confidence in you as a Mayor.” He responds “thank you,” and calls the next councillor to speak.
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In 2005 Andrew Scheer raised concerns about the dual-citizenship of former governor-general Michaëlle Jean before she gave up her French citizenship to assume Canada’s highest post. #cdnpoli #elxn43
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Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer holds dual Canadian-U.S. citizenship - The Globe and Mail #elxn43 #cdnpoli
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BREAKING: PM Justin Trudeau says cabinet made the final decision on awarding WE Charity the contract to administer the student volunteer grants and despite his family’s ties to the charity, he did not recuse himself from that decision. #cdnpoli
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O’Toole is asked why there are more mentions of puppies in his platform than racism or systemic racism (of which there is no answer). O’Toole says his diverse slate of candidates will help a Conservative government tackle racism #cdnpoli
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PM Justin Trudeau arrives for his daily press conference. He starts by addressing people struggling with bill payments #cdnpoli
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In post debate scrums, Jagmeet Singh says he won’t answer questions from the Rebel. Other leaders answered Qs. Justin Trudeau though used his response to criticize the website #Elxn44
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Update from earlier tweets. The Public Safety Minister ended up in a brief scrum with reporters after first trying to only issue a statement without taking questions. He said he would return to answer more questions later today. He did not.
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Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, speaking with journalists on Parliament Hill this morning, faced intense questioning on revelations concerning his staff’s knowledge of Paul Bernardo's transfer to a medium-security prison. #cdnpoli
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BREAKING: The Trudeau government will remove GST from new rental construction effective today, according to a senior government source. The move will be part of a suite of measures the government will unveil today to address affordability. More here:
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“I support you guys 100%,” one OPP officer tells people apparently heading to Ottawa to join the protest. “Us, OPP, we’re a little bit different than a municipality police, we’re not gonna go start taking jerrycans and stuff.”
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Coalition Against More Surveillance
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This is OPP pretty much cheering these people on as they get to ‘Ottawa’. “Wait till you get there 😏” “I get what you guys are doing” “I support you guys 100%” Cops are not here to keep people safe. /2
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After we had already hit the number of questions Trudeau’s office allows, I asked the PM if he could clarify when he first knew there were allegations against Vance. He didn’t answer the question.
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PM Trudeau says he spoke with Moderna's CEO this morning. He says the protectionist measures floated by the EU wont impact Canada's vaccine shipments. "It was very, very clear that the Canadians contracts that had been signed and the delivery schedule laid out will be respected."
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NEW: Ottawa health officials are now asking for events of all sizes to be cancelled. Previously they advised only events of 250 people or more should be cancelled.
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Canada left out as U.S., U.K., Australia strike deal to counter China, reports ⁦ @AdrianMorrow #cdnpoli
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NEW: PM Justin Trudeau says the next Moderna shipment is arriving earlier than expected. One million doses will land in Canada tomorrow and be distributed by the end of this week. They were initially expected next week #cdnpoli
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Pierre Poilievre has recruited 311,958 Conservative Party members. A breakdown obtained by The Globe shows the members are across the country: - 118,996 in Ontario - 25,453 in Quebec - 50,709 in British Columbia #cdnpoli
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There is a very, very long line to see Justin Trudeau at his climate change rally. People I talk to say they support the PM and are unfazed by the resignation of Jane Philpott or the SNC-Lavalin scandal #cdnpoli
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Jody Wilson-Raybould tells ⁦ @RobertFife that⁩ Trudeau should let RCMP probe possible obstruction of justice in SNC-Lavalin affair #cdnpoli
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The party continues outside the Prime Minister’s Office on Wellington Street #cdnpoli
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Why wont you release metrics so Canadians know when the rules will ease again, asks @davidakin . Health Min @PattyHajdu says that's "exactly" what they are doing. Except they are not. They are referencing metrics that they are using like vaccination rates, but wont disclose them
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On Sunday, Ontario said it had administered 11,241 shots of the 90,000 COVID-19 doses it has received. Data gathered by @imgrund shows Ontario has the lowest vaccination rate among the provinces.
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Two days after the government announced enhanced measures at the border to control COVID-19, which travellers say have not been implemented, Minister David Lametti says "it is beginning to happen." No minister explained why the measures aren't in place already #cdnpoli
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#BREAKING Federal Ministers just spoke with reporters about a major announcement coming on Monday regarding Canada's response to the #coronavirus #covid19 - here it is. #cdnpoli
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The families of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig are in Ottawa today to mark 1,000 days that the two have been arbitrarily imprisoned in China #cdnpoli
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Statement from Interim Conservative Leader Candice Bergen on abortion rights and the draft U.S. court decision: “Access to abortion was not restricted under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and the Conservative Party will not introduce legislation or reopen the abortion debate.”
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Joel Lightbound was dropped from the Prime Minister's list of Parliamentary Secretaries after the last election and was relegated to the back benches #cdnpoli
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Bill Curry
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Liberal MP will oppose mandatory vaccination policies at a 10:15 news conference, LaPresse reports:
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Day 20 in the federal campaign and Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole will not yet say what he will do with the child care funding deals that were signed with provinces before the election was called #cdnpoli
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BREAKING: Sources say Teck Resources Ltd. is pulling its application for the Frontier oil sands mine. The federal cabinet was set to rule on the proposed mine on Tuesday. #ableg #cdnpoli
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Heads up to people in quarantine: Dr. Tam says starting today or tomorrow security contractors will start door knocking. -The first people getting these checks are in Toronto and Montreal. -These door-knockers will be spreading out across 35 cities #cdnpoli
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The PM in February: “I first learned of allegations against Gen. Vance in Global News reporting” The PM today: “In 2018 my office was aware of the minister’s direction to the ombudsman” #cdnpoli
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Trudeau previously said: “I first learned of allegations against Gen. Vance in Global News reporting."
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O’Toole is pressed four times to explain what he would have done on Afghanistan if he had been Prime Minister. He says he would have a plan but does not explain what it is, and gives no specifics. He says he would act and lead but doesn’t say what he would do or how #cdnpoli
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Former finance minister Bill Morneau criticizes Liberals’ economic policies “I’m much more worried about our economic prospects today, in 2022, than I was seven years ago,” Morneau said. #cdnpoli
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I’m on the road with the Liberals for the first week of the campaign. Journalists joining the campaign have to be fully vaccinated and will take a rapid test every day before getting on the bus and 😷 are mandatory. #cdnpoli
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As first reported by, ⁦ @ChrisGNardi ⁩: The spouse of PM Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff had a meeting on the Liberal government’s rent-relief program. The company that he works for was awarded a $84-million contract to administer it #cdnpoli
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The U.S. is providing vaccines to Manitoba truck drivers free of charge.
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Mackenzie Gray
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Manitoba and North Dakota have struck a deal to have Manitoban truckers vaccinated when they cross the border to ND. Pallister says 4K truckers will be fully vaccinated within 8 weeks. The vaccines are provided by the Americans, free of charge #cdnpoli
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Trudeau on Bergen Q: she is telling people tonight that Canada has never been so divided, I disagree. We've seen Canadians stepping up for each other. Canadians have high vax rates not because they love needles but because they trust science and want to be there for neighbours
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On a day when restaurants, gyms, and cafes across Ontario are allowed to again welcome customers inside, the protests in Ottawa are keeping most businesses downtown shuttered #cdnpoli
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The Liberal Party on Saturday said Raj Saini was approved as a candidate on the basis of a House of Commons review. The former staffer says she wasn’t involved in the review and neither the party nor Justin Trudeau has explained why that happened #cdnpoli
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Justin Trudeau’s book was republished by a Chinese state-owned company after he became PM Former foreign policy and security advisers to the PM say they were not consulted on the arrangement, and would have advised Trudeau to reject the deal
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Six hours after I asked the Liberals what they would do about the privatized MRI system in Saskatchewan that Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole has praised, the party said if re-elected, Liberals would clawback cash send to Sask. full comment here 👇🏻 #cdnpoli
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I’m in Estonia as part of the Globe’s team covering Russia’s war in Ukraine. I’ll be reporting on the view from the Baltic states, a region protected by NATO membership. One diplomatic official said they’re not scared but want to be prepared.
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Air Canada, WestJet, Pearson airport are urging the federal government to drop its arrival testing rule for vaccinated air travellers, as some of the country’s leading health experts also question the policy #cdnpoli
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Trudeau is asked if the carbon tax will go up next week as planned. He doesn’t directly answer but notes that most households get more back through the rebate. Note we asked the environment department the same question yesterday and got a similar non-answer #cdnpoli
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Also important info: Canada plans to start immunizing the general population in April #cdnpoli
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Federal watchdog flooded with record complaints about access to information, reports ⁦ @tom_cardoso ⁩ “A number of institutions are not meeting their legislative obligations, while some appear to consider them as optional.” #cdnpoli
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Lich is banned from communicating with other convoy organizers Pat King, Chris Barber, Benjamin Dichter, and Daniel Bulford, except in the presence of counsel for the purpose of legal proceedings. #cdnpoli #convoy #ottawa
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Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson: “if I can be so bold as to offer one bit of advice to those still in the closet: Don’t feel pressured or rushed to come out, but don’t wait 40 years either.” #cdnpoli #onpoli
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Marieke Walsh
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Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole dodges questions on the last day of the campaign #elxn44
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Ian Bailey
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.⁦ @erinotoole ⁩ just walked out the back door of a campaign office in #Markham , and got into an #RCMP vehicle and left, ignoring shouted media questions. Unlike ⁦ @JustinTrudeau ⁩ &⁦ @theJagmeetSingh ⁩ , the #CPC leader has not today taken media questions . #cdnpoli
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