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12.03.2022 / 08:45

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Are we in the undertow of an inevitably wider war?

We’re now past two weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine and there remains hope that the Russian advance can be stalled long enough for sanctions to so badly damage the invader’s economy that Russian President Vladimir Putin would be forced – one way or another – to end his war.

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COMMENTARY: Canada’s response to coronavirus variants does not inspire confidence

new phase of international flight restrictions yesterday as Canada’s largest province announced they’d recorded 36 cases of the new coronavirus variant that these restrictions are ostensibly aimed at keeping out.The B.1.617 variant, as it’s now known, is suspected of fueling the surge of COVID-19 infections in India over the last month. Given that we’ve had numerous positive cases on flights from India to Canada through the month of April, it should really come as no big surprise that we’re starting to find cases here.The question is why we waited so long to respond.In fact, much of Canada’s current third wave is being driven by variants that we also failed to keep out.

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COMMENTARY: Our overly-cautious approach to the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine needs to change

increases in the amount of Pfizer vaccines arriving in Canada next month and in June, it was disappointing to hear of the more immediate disruption in shipments of the Moderna vaccine.Ultimately, Canada will have large quantities of vaccine available — and that is undoubtedly a good thing — but we are in the throes of a very serious third wave at the moment and we need as much of a vaccine arsenal we can get.Obviously Moderna’s production issues are outside our control and we can’t just wave a magic wand and make vaccines appear. But at the very least we can do is make use of the resources we have here at the moment: specifically, the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.

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COMMENTARY: The clues pointing to Justin Trudeau’s electoral ambitions are piling up

Elections Canada considered briefing the Governor General on pandemic election rules Now it’s the minority Liberal government of Justin Trudeau that seems eager to face the voters, despite repeated scandals and missteps.And it’s the opposition parties that fear an election reckoning.“There should be no election,” Conservative leader Erin O’Toole said bluntly, while calling on Trudeau to train all his attention on fighting the COVID-19 pandemic instead.“We should be focused on vaccines, not on votes.”But I think the vaccine rollout is precisely what Trudeau is focused on, with votes looming large at the same time.Canada’s approval of a fourth COVID-19 vaccine — along with an accelerated schedule of vaccine delivery — has produced increased

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COMMENTARY: How can we not boycott the 2022 Beijing Games?

will be in Beijing in 12 months competing in the 2022 Winter Olympics.But that doesn’t mean that it’s the right thing to send them there.I get the arguments against a boycott: it’s unfair to the athletes, it’s unlikely to accomplish much (especially if Canada acts alone), it would likely worsen relations with China, and I suppose it’s even counter to the spirit of unity and togetherness that the Olympics is supposed to represent.None of those arguments, however, make me feel any less uncomfortable with the idea of our participation in this spectacle.

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COMMENTARY: Former United Nations envoy Stephen Lewis takes on Big Pharma

COVID-19 pandemic drags on, a weary world is looking to vaccines to deliver us from death, illness, economic disruption and the daily tedium of lockdowns and isolation.Now, a global competition for vaccines has begun. Some countries are doing better than others, with the “other” category including Canada, which trails other developed nations in vaccine delivery.For poorer countries, though, the vaccine picture is much bleaker, as richer countries seek to vaccinate their own citizens first.And lording over it all are big pharmaceutical companies, set to reap large profits from the vaccines they produce.For Stephen Lewis, Canada’s former ambassador to the United Nations, it’s a disturbing picture.

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COMMENTARY: Could Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine supply be key to an early election call?

Canada’s vaccine rollout faces criticism as country enters 11th month of pandemic life Consider the widening gender gap in Canadian politics.“The Liberal Party is bolstered by strong support from women,” the pollster under-stated, noting an astonishing 28-point lead for the Liberals over the Conservatives among women voters ages 35 to 54.The Liberals hold a big lead in other female age brackets too, including a 20-point lead among women voters ages 18 to 34.

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COMMENTARY: Ottawa’s management of COVID-19 vaccine file leaves much to be desired

falling behind numerous other countries when it comes to overall percentage of the population that’s been vaccinated, we’ve seen disruptions in the delivery of the two vaccines that have been approved for use here, and we’re hearing all sorts of protectionist rumblings that could further disrupt — or block — vaccine shipments.At the same time, though, there is some potential development that might help improve Canada’s situation: Health Canada is said to be close to a decision on whether to approve AstraZeneca’s vaccine and this past week has delivered some encouraging news with regard to the vaccines developed by two other companies with whom Canada has signed purchase agreements (Novavax and Johnson & Johnson).How this all plays out

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Roy Green: We don’t deserve dogs, but we are blessed to have them

Keystone XL cancelling will stifle Canada’s oil industry for years: experts A neighbour slowly walks a magnificent Golden Retriever down my street. It’s not de rigeur and certainly not COVID-recommended, but doors — apparently coincidentally — open and humans find reason to tread to the sidewalk as this wonderful creature with its friendly eyes, graceful demeanor and purposefully wagging tail performs as mobile de-stressor.De-stressing is critical.According to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, some 181,000 small business owners nationally are “seriously considering permanently closing, putting more than 2.4 million jobs at risk, a release dated Jan.

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COMMENTARY: Coronavirus vaccines and the mismatch between Canada’s expectations and reality

COVID-19 are a reality, we move on to answering the next big question: when can we expect to receive them?And there’s an emerging mismatch between what Canadians are expecting and what our federal and provincial governments appear ready to deliver.Nearly three-quarters of Canadians now say they would get vaccinated against COVID-19 without hesitation, according to an Ipsos poll. That’s up 20 points since November.

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COMMENTARY: A winter or spring election is the last thing Canada needs right now

federal election sometime in 2021 is probably a relatively safe one. Nailing down how many weeks or months this current Liberal minority has left is a much more difficult guessing game.Yes, there are factors here beyond the Liberals’ control but they remain in the driver’ seat in many respects when it comes to election timing.

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COMMENTARY: Canada’s vaccination efforts need more urgency, less finger-pointing

coronavirus vaccines is the most important responsibility those governments have had in our lifetimes.And while Canadians should have realistic expectations and some degree of patience, we are very much entitled to state loudly and clearly: “Do not screw this up.”Perhaps it’s inevitable that some level of “screw up” is going to be baked in to any government endeavor, especially those of the large and complex variety. Incompetence is not inevitable, however, and we should not be satisfied with “good enough.”When the stakes are this high, the bar should be set high, too — and at this point, sadly, “good enough” would be an improvement.

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Scott Thompson: Why is my dog eating light bulbs off the Christmas tree — and why now?

COVID-19, I could not believe the response I received when talking of our year-and-a-half-old Tucker.No, he’s not my boy. Tucker is our dog.

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COMMENTARY: Professional athletes should wait their turn for vaccines, just like everyone else

COVID-19 vaccines for their players, the biggest shock wasn’t that a professional sports league would even consider such brazen queue-jumping.In the case of the NHL, the bigger shock was the possibility that professional hockey might try pulling such a stunt again. Flash back to 2009, when the H1N1 flu strain was spreading around the world.While vulnerable seniors waited to get an H1N1 flu shot, news broke that the Calgary Flames had somehow secured their own private vaccination clinic for team players and staff.Red-faced Alberta health officials admitted 150 Calgary Flames hockey players, family members and staff received the scarce vaccine, while requests for H1N1 flu-shot clinics at nursing homes had been turned down.

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Scott Thompson: Is it too much to expect some COVID-19 clarity from Canada’s leaders?

COVID-19 vaccination.What an emotional month this has been for Canadians courtesy of the prime minister, who first stated a couple of weeks ago that Canadians would not be getting vaccinated with the rest of the advanced world since we do not produce vaccines anymore.

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COMMENTARY: Justin Trudeau got his COVID-19 vaccine Xmas gift, but the Grinch still looms

COVID-19 vaccine before Christmas is about the best present Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could have hoped for this holiday season.Trudeau had been getting roasted like a yuletide turkey by the opposition over the Liberal government’s vague plans to get the vaccine into the arms of Canadians.For that, Trudeau and company had only themselves to blame.The political damage for the Liberals started piling up when Trudeau said Canada had no capacity to produce our own vaccines and other countries that did would vaccinate their own citizens first.Then, as other countries unveiled fast-tracked vaccine schedules, the Trudeau government could only offer some fuzzy guesswork on when vaccines would arrive in Canada.

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COMMENTARY: We need our political leaders to denounce anti-vaccine nonsense

coronavirus vaccines will be. All the political spin will be a moot point either way once we have firm dates and once we have vaccines rolled out — and sleeves rolled up — across the country.The opposition Conservatives have raised concerns about whether the government has acted swiftly enough in ensuring that Canada will be near the front of the line.

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Scott Thompson: In a post-coronavirus world, our priorities need to change

COVID-19 vaccination rollout by early December, while it will not be in Canadian arms until the new year, sometime between January and March.Also included with the U.S. are the U.K., Germany, Brazil and Mexico, to name a few.The PM’s answer to Canadians? We don’t make vaccines anymore, we have to buy them from other countries.And those countries will naturally supply their own needs first, before filling Canadian orders.

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COMMENTARY: What’s the deal with ‘The Great Reset’?

COVID-19 pandemic.It even has its own name, logo, website, annual summit meetings and a virtual series of online “dialogues” to push the goals of the movement.It’s called “The Great Reset,” an idea advanced by Klaus Schwab, founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.According to the organization’s website, The Great Reset has among its goals no less than a rapid post-pandemic overhaul of economic systems, business models and societies.

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COMMENTARY: It’s not too late for a creative and aggressive testing and tracing strategy

COVID-19 cases.It’s frustrating, too, because it feels like we’ve backed ourselves into this corner where we have very limited and unpalatable options.That cases are surging as we enter the latter stages of autumn really ought not have been a surprise; we were warned that such a scenario was very likely, if not all but guaranteed. What is surprising, especially in hindsight, is that we didn’t use the opportunity of the flattened curve to better prepare for this very challenge.

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Scott Thompson: You can’t hold yesterday’s expectations in a COVID-19 world

COVID-19 “me” world, but it is proving more and more difficult as this global pandemic drags on.Fake it until you make it does not apply anymore. Everyone wants results.

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COMMENTARY: How this once high-flying Canadian travel exec is riding out COVID-19 turbulence

coronavirus pandemic hit in the spring, Bruce Poon Tip was flying high.The Canadian travel entrepreneur was jetting around the globe, keeping tabs on an adventure travel empire that had exploded in popularity.After a 30-year run in the travel business, Poon Tip’s G Adventures experienced exponential growth in 2019, riding a wave of global interest in adventure vacations.

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COMMENTARY: Canadians should embrace the poppy — for the right reasons

usurped) is that we as a country care very deeply about this symbol and what it represents.Perhaps, then, we could avoid at least some of the outrage and controversy if we acknowledge that the poppy and Remembrance Day itself are not in imminent peril. Quite the opposite, in fact.As it turned out, the Great Poppy Controversy of 2020 was over almost as soon as it began.

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COMMENTARY: In one of Canada’s most beautiful cities, an ugly underside vexes politicians

COVID-19 pandemic.Just last Friday night, paramedics were called out to an emergency at a suburban home.When they arrived, they were met by a shocking scene. Five people were unconscious, supposedly from a natural gas leak.But first responders quickly determined that no gas was leaking.

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Scott Thompson: At times like these, a walk can be the best medicine — dog or no dog

COVID-19 paralyzed the world.It was something the family had discussed at great length over the years and we decided the time was right for us. Ontario considers changes to safety protocols at gyms due to Hamilton COVID-19 outbreak During the pandemic, the dog has been a great source of comfort for the whole family, kids included, especially when cabin fever ramps up the tension and anxiety.Sometimes we don’t realize the toll a global pandemic can have on oneself and one’s family, even if we’re fortunate enough to stay employed and in some sort of routine.In some cases, the pandemic has brought family together.

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COMMENTARY: Trudeau’s single-use plastics ban is ill-timed and ill-conceived

pressed by the Conservatives about reports this week that he had previously met with an individual now accused of running an illegal casino operation, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused the opposition of chasing unhelpful distractions.As Trudeau declared in the House during question period Wednesday, “the Conservatives are focused on trying to score political points at a time where Canadians expect people to come together and work for them in this COVID crisis … so regardless of what the Conservatives want to focus on, we will stay focused on Canadians in this pandemic.”Trudeau is not wrong about what ought to be the government’s primary focus at the moment.It was more than a little awkward, however, to make such a statement on the very

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Scott Thompson: You already know what a coronavirus Thanksgiving will be. We had it in Easter

Canadians need to find safe alternatives for Thanksgiving amid coronavirus, experts say Do we really need governments to define what that is and to clarify those numbers? And how do you do that when every family situation is different?It is as if our very privileged generation does not have the ability to digest the information and make the best decision for our families.It is as if we want someone to cover us with a security blanket plan for everything and reassure us it’s all going to be okay.Unfortunately, during the COVID-19 pandemic, no one has the complete answers to the questions continually asked.

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Scott Thompson: Why the long wait for fast coronavirus testing? The answer may not be so simple

COVID-19 testing to relieve long lineups, a federal announcement was made proclaiming the fast test had been approved.Where there is a will, there’s a way, said Conservative leader Erin O’Toole about the announcement during Wednesday’s question period.

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Scott Thompson: How can we handle spiking COVID-19 numbers when we can’t enforce protocols?

COVID-19 on many levels.We remember the first few weeks of the pandemic, the confusion and early mixed messaging — not because officials were not trying, but simply had no idea what they were dealing with in the new coronavirus.But let’s be clear. I don’t know anyone who hasn’t heard the protocol or had it drummed into their head over the last several weeks.Keep your social distance, wear a mask, wash your hands, and keep your bubbles small.

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COMMENTARY: Dumb or brilliant? John Horgan takes a big gamble with B.C. election call

COVID-19 pandemic hit and the province’s bare-knuckle political battles morphed into a campfire singalong.All of a sudden, all three of B.C.’s major political parties — the NDP, Liberals and Greens — joined hands and started singing from the same songsheet.John Horgan’s governing New Democrats had already been playing nice with the Greens. The two parties signed a power-sharing agreement in 2017, vaulting Horgan into the premier’s office.The NDP-Green deal gave Horgan a chance to govern with a minority, sending the bitter Liberals into opposition after 16 years in power.

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COMMENTARY: After vapid throne speech and address, it’s hard to see why prorogation was necessary

prorogue Parliament.Now that we’ve finally seen and heard the much-hyped throne speech — not to mention Trudeau’s own address to Canadians — it only serves to confirm the suspicion that this was all little more than political theatre.That the prime minister’s ostensibly urgent national address on Wednesday night turned out to be a pointless waste of time is perhaps a fitting end to what has been a bizarre five weeks.

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Scott Thompson: Justin Trudeau wants an election now, he just doesn’t want to call it

COVID-19 numbers in Ontario were below 100 new cases a day.However, Trudeau’s pandemic popularity seemed to be eclipsed by another never-ending scandal — this time involving his family and the WE Charity. He quickly needed to change the channel if the Liberals were going to parlay his momentum into a win.However, with the predicted second wave and increases in COVID-19 numbers across the country, the PM has quickly needed to change his plans.Instead of the grandiose, green “build back better” promised plan that would revolutionize the country, he has quickly recoiled backwards to what is the single most important issue in the world today: COVID-19.

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COMMENTARY: John Horgan’s risky snap provincial election in B.C. will be watched closely

COVID-19 pandemic.Also like his federal counterpart, Horgan is governing with a minority mandate in the B.C. legislature.But while Trudeau has stated publicly that he’s not interested in an election this fall, Horgan has been conspicuously evasive on the topic of an election in British Columbia.

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COMMENTARY: Prime Minister Trudeau plays his hand in game of election poker

COVID-19 pandemic.“As we’ve been struggling with this pandemic, we’ve also seen, laid visible, many different weaknesses within Canadian society, gaps in our social safety net, people who are falling through the cracks,” Trudeau said.“More than ever, we need an economy that benefits all Canadians.” Most Canadians comfortable with an election amid coronavirus — what would it look like? It sets up a throne speech expected to contain lofty, ambitious and expensive goals like a possible new national drug plan, child-care programs and expanded social programs.Then it will be time for MPs to vote.

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Scott Thompson: Just because an election is possible doesn’t mean we want one

Canada must implement ‘distance voting’ for MPs in wake of coronavirus, Trudeau says That could be because even in the short time since he prorogued government, COVID-19 cases in Canada have ticked upwards slowly, closing the sunny-ways window of opportunity to call an election while poll numbers are traditionally high for a leader during a crisis.With that window closing, Trudeau is playing with fire in triggering an election at this time, especially when Canadians are focused on back to school and a rise in new cases.However, it’s hard not to believe that was his intention even just a few weeks ago: distracting from the WE Charity scandal, thereby throwing opposition parties into a situation they were not ready for.If Trudeau doesn’t

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COMMENTARY: Ferry foul-up is just Ottawa’s latest coronavirus blunder in British Columbia

COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia.There was his late-to-the-party decision to seal Canada’s borders to non-essential travel, made worse by his original exemption for the United States.It seems absurd now that Trudeau wanted to keep the Canada-U.S. border open while blocking arrivals from the rest of the world.It took B.C.

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Scott Thompson: Will U.S. voters forgive Donald Trump’s flip-flops on pandemic, mask use?

COVID-19 a hoax and denouncing mask use since the beginning of the pandemic, Trump — months later — has finally admitted the seriousness of the coronavirus outbreak and is now endorsing wearing a mask.

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COMMENTARY: Don’t get smug about the U.S. — coronavirus could come back to bite Canada, too

COVID-19 ignorance raging south of the border.Mocked and derided on social media as “COVIDiots” and “mask-holes,” the anti-face-mask, virus-denying, conspiracy-fueled American mob is a source of condescending Canadian amusement.But if you think we’re immune from cockamamie COVID kookiness, think again.

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COMMENTARY: Canada and the U.S. are neighbours but miles apart when it comes to COVID-19

COVID19 pandemic has shone a light on the core strengths of Canada’s health-care system while at the same time laying bare the serious shortcomings of the American system.In this country, we have started to flatten the curve. Ontario and Quebec are not quite as far along as other provinces, but their spread rate of the virus has slowed considerably.If we stick to adhering to public health protocols – keeping our physical distance, wearing a mask in many situations, not congregating in large crowds – there is every reason to think the curve will continue to flatten while the pandemic continues.

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COMMENTARY: Does the federal budget snapshot point to Trudeau calling an election?

Feds lay out preview of federal deficit, spending amid coronavirus Here’s another way to look at it. Justin Trudeau’s federal government used to budget for around $330 billion in program spending.

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COMMENTARY: Does CERB money play a part in driving Canada’s drug overdose crisis?

COVID-19 pandemic hit, quickly triggering new monthly spikes in overdose deaths.What is driving the carnage? Experts point to the brutal impacts of the pandemic itself. Public orders to socially distance and self-isolate drove many addicts indoors, where they were using alone.Using risky street drugs alone — laced with deadly fentanyl — is particularly hazardous for anyone who overdoses with no one nearby to call for help.The border lockdown has also disrupted the supply chain of street-level narcotics.

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Scott Thompson: With act of coronavirus defiance, Ontario mayors fail test of leadership

COVID-19 pandemic recovery while the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area and Niagara were left out.I understand the concerns of their constituents and the businesses in their communities; everyone is going through the same thing.But by staging a haircut protest photo-op because your town is part of a hot zone, like the majority of citizens in Ontario, is defying leadership and asking for anarchy.How are citizens supposed to react to such actions? Are they supposed to do the same thing?[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Should other mayors in Ontario follow suit and ignore the advice of their public health officials, too? Where does that go?Just a month ago, some mayors were telling tax-paying cottage owners

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COMMENTARY: As crisis grips Canada, expect yesterday’s crazy to become tomorrow’s innovation

It’s one of the more famous quotes to come out of the Barack Obama era in the United States, but it wasn’t said by the former president himself.

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COMMENTARY: Ignoring social distancing? Get ready for a second coronavirus wave, CMA head warns

One of Canada’s top doctors got a neighbourhood-level view of how not to fight the COVID-19 pandemic last weekend.

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COMMENTARY: As classrooms reopen, British Columbia faces a worrisome return to school

Kids in British Columbia are getting set to head back to school, but only on a voluntary, part-time basis.

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COMMENTARY: Balancing in-person and virtual sessions of Parliament makes the most sense for now

Amid hopeful signs of progress in the battle to contain COVID-19, it’s clear that we are still a long way from a return to normal when it comes to Parliament and the work of Canada’s elected politicians.

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COMMENTARY: Could ‘hockey-crazy’ British Columbia and its premier get the NHL back on ice?

Sports-starved Canadians from coast to coast are longing for the return of televised hockey as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0