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“I hope the conservatives can find a better monkey.” I don’t normally discuss the feedback I receive from readers, and I would never put a name beside what someone assumes to be a private conversation. But I had a short exchange this week with a truly loyal conservative voter, and it stuck in my brain. It’s important to note his initial email was extremely respectful, even complimentary, and that remained throughout. And while he wasn’t pretending to agree with everything I write, we shared common ground on the track record of the current “conservative” government – most notab...

iPolitics By Kady O'Malley. Published on Jan 6, 2021 6:01am Photo: PMO Twitter account A day after delivering his first on-camera update of Canada’s ongoing efforts to slow a second wave of COVID-19 outbreaks — during which, as the Canadian Press notes, he “voiced his own frustration” with both the “slow pace of vaccine rollout” and the growing number of politicians revealed to have travelled abroad over the holidays — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fires up his webcam for another round of virtual visits, starting with a mid-morning chat with online students at Humbe...

iPolitics By iPolitics. Published on Jan 6, 2021 5:55am Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam speaks to reporters in Ottawa in April, 2020. (Andrew Meade/iPolitics) Today’s Morning Brief is brought to you by News Media Canada. It’s time to level the digital playing field. Google and Facebook are using their monopoly to threaten and undermine local news. Other countries are taking action. It’s time for Canada to stand up to the web giants – and step up for local news. Learn more. Good Wednesday morning, —  Canada considers delaying second vaccine doses: Chief Public...

iPolitics By Kady O'Malley. Published on Dec 13, 2020 4:00pm Parliament Hill at Christmas (Matti Blume/WikiMedia Commons) Having finally managed to get MPs to sign off on his proposed changes to the laws on access to medical assistance in dying — just one day before the Commons shut down for the holidays — Justice Minister David Lametti now faces an even tighter turnaround time in the Senate. This is courtesy of both the looming end of the sitting and the court-imposed deadline to rewrite the sections that a Quebec judge concluded were unconstitutionally restrictive, both of whic...