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Fresh Starts at the Top in Both Washington and Ottawa A day after Joseph R. Biden Jr. became president, resetting Canada’s relationship with its neighbor, Governor General Julie Payette quit as Queen Elizabeth’s representative as head of state. Jan. 22, 2021 This week saw two transfers of power in North America. One involved direct, actual power while the other was more symbolic. Image President Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have a warm relationship, in part from Mr. Biden’s eig...

Canada’s Governor General Resigns Amid Reports of a Toxic Workplace Julie Payette represented the queen as Canada’s official head of state, a high-profile but largely ceremonial role. She was accused of publicly humiliating employees. Julie Payette, Canada’s Governor General, in September last year.Credit...Patrick Doyle/Reuters Jan. 21, 2021 OTTAWA — The woman who represented Queen Elizabeth as Canada’s official head of state, a high-profile but largely ceremonial role...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the first round of COVID-19 vaccinations trickled out across the United States, many members of Congress lined up at the Capitol physician’s office to get inoculated. President-elect Joe Biden got vaccinated, too, as did Vice President Mike Pence. Both rolled up their sleeves live on television to receive their shots. For some of America’s political leaders, there are practical imperatives for getting vaccinated early: their own risk factors, ensuring continuity at t...

There’s so much COVID-19 vaccine misinformation out there online, it’s no wonder some folks are reluctant to get the shot. Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, a liberal Democrat who lost her father to the virus, tweeted that it was “disturbing to see members be 1st to get vaccine while most frontline workers, elderly and infirm in our districts, wait.” Advertisement The debate over politicians’ access to the vaccine is relatively specific to the United States. Though a handful of foreign lead...

Politicians and COVID-19 vaccines: Set an example or cut in line? For some of Americas political leaders, there are practical imperatives for getting vaccinated early: their own risk factors, ensuring continuity at the highest reaches of the US government. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- Aspen Fire Chief Rick Balentine receives a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from family planning nurse Linda Vieira at the Community Health Services building in Aspen, Colo. (Photo | AP) By PTI WASHINGTON: As the f...

“We want to ensure that everyone feels safe about this vaccine and sees some of the more prominent members of society getting it, but also ensure people don’t say ‘what about us?’” said Utibe R Essien, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. With the pandemic raging across the country, and more than 320,000 Americans already dead, some lawmakers with access to the vaccine said they were indeed planning to wait until more Americans could get their shots be...

Justin Trudeau always knew 2020 was going to be a difficult year, his first leading a minority Liberal government dependent on opposition party support for its survival. But thats turned out to be the least of the prime ministers worries as the country has lurched from one crisis to another. It started in early January with the deaths of dozens of Canadians whose plane was shot down by Iranian missiles and its ending with the country still in the grip of a deadly pandemic that has killed more ...

OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau always knew 2020 was going to be a difficult year, his first leading a minority Liberal government dependent on opposition party support for its survival. But that’s turned out to be the least of the prime minister’s worries as the country has lurched from one crisis to another.  It started in […]

The prime minister is looking back on a 2020 filled with one crisis after another. Joan Bryden, Canadian Press The Canadian Press Prime Minister Justin Trudeau exhales during a response to a question in Ottawa on Friday. OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau always knew 2020 was going to be a difficult year, his first leading a minority Liberal government dependent on opposition party support for its survival. But that’s turned out to be the least of the prime minister’s worries as the country has lur...

Trudeau reflects on difficult 2020 as country lurched from one crisis to another by JOAN BRYDEN, THE CANADIAN PRESS Posted Dec 20, 2020 8:53 am PDT Prime Minister Justin Trudeau leaves after making an announcement at the Ornamental Gardens in Ottawa on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick Summary The year started with deaths of dozens of Canadians whose plane was shot down by Iranian missiles COVID-19 swept across Canada in mid-March, forcing the country into lockdown OTT...