ICYMI: Sept. 8-14
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The Rise and Fall of Canada's Social Safety Net
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is fond of calling Canada “broken,” and he’s not wrong. Health care, housing, affordability — they’re all in crisis.
Illusory Optimism at Carbon Capture Canada
The overall mood among industry boosters at this year’s Carbon Capture Canada conference in Edmonton was discernibly distinct from last year’s.
At the Progress Report, I revealed a secret agreement between Alberta Health Services and Shoppers Drug Mart for two public downtown Edmonton mental health clinics to transfer their patients’ prescriptions to Shoppers.
I did some straight reporting on a panel at the Carbon Capture Canada conference, in which former Alberta energy minister Sonya Savage dubbed proposed federal anti-greenwashing regulations as “green hushing,” for Canada’s National Observer.
I’ll be covering the Canada Strong and Free Network regional conference in Red Deer, featuring U.S.-based alt-right troll Christopher Rufo, for the Observer next weekend.
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