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Experts say navigating a pandemic humanized Ontarios premier. Shawn Jeffords, Canadian Press  | Updated December 26, 2020 THE CANADIAN PRESS Ontario Premier Doug Ford holds a press conference at Queens Park during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Dec. 21, 2020. TORONTO — Doug Ford wants people to hold on just a little longer. Ontario’s populist premier speaks softly into the camera at a recent news conference, his tone subdued, almost pleading. He says he knows people have “COVID f...

Christopher Reynolds NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick December 19, 2020 - 3:00 AM OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh is being squeezed. Crowded on one side by spend-happy Liberals, on another by socially conscious Greens and, most recently, by Conservatives homing in on working-class voters, the NDP leader has his elbows up to hold ground for the traditional party of labo...

Singh strives to carve out space for NDP as Tories, Liberals target his turf by Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press Posted Dec 19, 2020 6:00 am EDT Last Updated Dec 19, 2020 at 6:12 am EDT OTTAWA — Jagmeet Singh is being squeezed. Crowded on one side by spend-happy Liberals, on another by socially conscious Greens and, most recently, by Conservatives homing in on working-class voters, the NDP leader has his elbows up to hold ground for the traditional party of labour. At first glance, th...