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    Freeland participates in a media availability to discuss Canadian sanctions on Russia, as Russia continues to invade Ukraine, in Ottawa, Mar. 1, 2022. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)

    Chrystia Freeland says there will be ‘collateral damage in Canada’ over Russia sanctions

    Politics Insider for Mar. 2: Canada bans Russian ships from entering its ports; Pierre Poilievre calls European leaders ‘weak’; Jason Kenney stops municipalities from imposing their own public health rules

    Trudeau is seen during a news conference where he announced the Emergencies Act will be invoked to deal with protests, on Feb. 14, 2022 in Ottawa (Adrian Wyld/CP)

    The Emergencies Act: What’s ‘seriously endangered’?

    Paul Wells: Five PMs have had the Emergencies Act and declined to use it. The question now is whether Trudeau has met the ‘stringent test’ laid out 34 years ago.

    Anand, Trudeau and Joly listen to Freeland speak during a media availability following a cabinet retreat, on Jan. 26, 2022 (Adrian Wyld/CP)

    No, really, we’re totally fighting for democracy

    Paul Wells: On Ukraine, the Liberal government’s actions and rhetoric are starkly out of proportion. It is government by champion self-aggrandizers.

    Ukraine's Prime Minister Denis Shmygal and Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly greet each other during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine on Jan. 17, 2022. (Ukrainian Prime Minister Press Office via AP)

    This just in: The PM has been phoning cabinet ministers

    Paul Wells: Canada faces some hard questions on the Ukraine file. The latest release from the PMO suggests this government has nothing to say about it.

    Freeland is seen via videoconference as she presents a fiscal update in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Dec. 14, 2021. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)

    Freeland pledges $30 billion in pandemic spending

    Politics Insider for Dec 15, 2021: A major fiscal update; sobering Omicron news; and Singh pivots on Bill 21

    Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland waits to appear before the House of Commons Finance committee, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

    Opposition pressing Liberals to address inflation ahead of fiscal update

    Politics Insider for Dec 13, 2021: The war over Bill 21; fiscal update predictions; and Ottawa backtracks on South African COVID tests

    Chrystia Freeland in Ottawa on Nov. 24, 2021. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

    A new Chrystia Freeland biography signals possible Liberal leadership ambitions

    Politics Insider for Nov. 25, 2021: Freeland has a new book; Erin O’Toole gives a ‘fiery’ speech; and some inflation talk

    All together now: Childcare is not a boutique women’s issue

    Shannon Proudfoot: Politicians have repeatedly referred to childcare as a mother’s problem, undercutting the essential fact that we all have skin in this game

    Chrystia Freeland and Justin Trudeau in Ottawa on Oct. 21, 2021. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

    Chrystia Freeland kills COVID-19 income supports and announces replacements

    Politics Insider for Oct. 22, 2021: Liberals plan a ‘targeted approach’; the CPC gets stuck on vaccines; Moe problems

    Chrystia Freeland in Ottawa on Oct. 6, 2021. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)

    A young Chrystia Freeland impressed Soviet Russia’s KGB

    Politics Insider for Oct. 12, 2021: The finance minister’s notable past; Premier François Legault’s power; and a Canadian Nobel prize winner

    O'Toole plays a game of bean bag toss while campaigning at a drug rehab center on Aug. 22, 2021 in New Westminster, B.C. (Ryan Remiorz/CP)

    The unexpected Erin O’Toole factor

    Stephen Maher: The Liberals may be in control, but if O’Toole keeps pitching himself as a policy nerd with a detailed plan, swing voters might buy what he is selling

    Trudeau gives Freeland the thumbs up after she delivered the federal budget in the House of Commons on April 19, 2021 (CP/Sean Kilpatrick)

    Budget 2021: The Liberal path out of the pandemic and back to work

    In the Liberals’ optimistic budget, recovery is coming. It will take extensions of key pandemic programs, plus childcare, job training, student grants and business supports.