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Globe and Mail investigative reporter Grant Robertson has been named one of six finalists for the 2020 Michener Award for distinguished public service journalism for his examination into how the dismantling of Canada’s early warning pandemic system left the country under-informed and ill-prepared for COVID-19.
Judges of the prestigious award nominated Mr. Robertson’s project Silenced, noting his skillful reporting exposed how the Global Public Health Intelligence Network, a branch of the Public Health Agency of Canada, was undone through a series of critical government missteps, including the removal of the country’s once lightning-fast alert system.
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Once upon a time, not so long ago, the Liberal government planned a postpandemic, pre-election budget. It would land at the height of spring, and be all about the big, bright capital-F Future.
COVID-19 had other ideas. Last week was arguably the pandemic’s darkest, and worse lies ahead. It leaves Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to perform a difficult balancing act. Her eyes may be on the stars, but the country is stuck knee-deep in the mud. So how to assess her fiscal plans, which land on Monday afternoon?
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