AuthorMatt Cohen

It has been nearly one year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. It has been more than one year since Canada reported its first case of the virus: carried into Canada by an international traveler. In March of last year, Ontario declared an emergency under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act with the aim of curtailing the spread of the virus. Within the...

Last year’s seemingly-unending American presidential election is in the rear-view mirror. After months of baseless claims by the Trump campaign with respect to voting irregularities, President Joe Biden’s inauguration took place in January—in a ceremony marked by masked faces and viral mittens.  There is plenty to dissect in the aftermath of the November 3 election: the relative successes of...