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Reporter with The Canadian Press

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Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole speaks during a news conference responding to the federal government’s COVID-19 response on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. File photo by The Canadian Press/Justin Tang

O'Toole opposes Quebec's tax against the un-vaxxed

O'Toole, who encourages vaccinations but opposes vaccine mandates, called Quebec's proposal unfair, predicting that it won't persuade those who are hesitant to get a shot to finally roll up their sleeves.

Provinces desperate for rapid tests but feds slow to provide

Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says Canada is in crisis when it comes to COVID-19 PCR testing capacity, as Ottawa struggles to make good on its promise to deliver 140 million rapid tests to provinces by the end of the month.

A nurse prepares a COVID-19 vaccine shot before the opening of a mass vaccination clinic in Mississauga, Ont., on Friday, Dec. 24, 2021. File photo by The Canadian Press/Chris Young

Quebec's vax tax will widen the inequity gap

Advocates working with Black and Indigenous communities say a proposal to make unvaccinated adults pay a financial penalty risks further entrenching inequities in Canada's pandemic response, and adding another burden to those who are marginalized.

Canada should accommodate the unvaxxed during Omicron wave: O'Toole

Canadians unwilling to be vaccinated against COVID-19 should be accommodated through measures like rapid testing, Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole said on Thursday, January 6, 2022, as health experts warned the lightning-fast spread of the Omicron variant threatens to overwhelm hospitals.

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AFN Regional Chief Cindy Woodhouse picks up a pair of children’s moccasins she had placed on her desk at the conclusion of a news conference, on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022 in Ottawa. File photo by The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

Indigenous child welfare settlement of $40 billion announced by Ottawa

Ottawa announced on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, it had secured agreements in principle to compensate First Nations children harmed by its underfunding of child welfare, revealing for the first time early details about what the historic arrangement will cover.

A child's dress is seen on a cross outside a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C., on Sunday, June 13, 2021. File photo by The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward

Discovery of unmarked graves sparked nationwide reconciliation conversation

Murray Sinclair, like so many other Indigenous leaders, says the discovery by First Nations of hundreds of unmarked graves at former residential school sites has led to more people learning, and accepting, what survivors of these institutions experienced.

Stephanie Taylor

O'Toole opposes Quebec's tax against the un-vaxxed

Provinces desperate for rapid tests but feds slow to provide

Quebec's vax tax will widen the inequity gap

Canada should accommodate the unvaxxed during Omicron wave: O'Toole

Indigenous child welfare settlement of $40 billion announced by Ottawa

Discovery of unmarked graves sparked nationwide reconciliation conversation

O'Toole bucks dissent and ends year as Tory leader

Liberal, NDP MPs must stay put over the holidays, Tories can travel abroad

First Nations children to receive federal compensation

Erin O'Toole insists Bill 21 is a Quebec issue but some Tory MPs differ