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The employment insurance section of the Government of Canada website is shown on a laptop in Toronto on April 4, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jesse Johnston

Pattie Lovett-Reid: We need you to go back to work, if you can

We need you to go back to work......if you can, CTV News' Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid writes in her column on CTVNews.ca.

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Pattie Lovett-Reid: The pandemic is forcing families to have the money chat with their children

Now is the time to have the conversation with your children about money, says CTV News' Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid.

Canadian soldier Patrick Cloutier and First Nations activist Brad Laroque standing face to face in Oka, Que., on Sept. 1, 1990 (The Canadian Press/Shaney Komulainen)

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Regional Chief Ghislain Picard: Oka Crisis still serves as a reference because nothing has changed

The Regional Chief of the Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador sends an open letter to Quebec Premier Francois Legault asking to acknowledge the memory of the Oka Crisis of 1990 and learn from the historic example. 8

Senior citizens make their way down a street in Peterborough, Ont. in this 2012 file photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Pattie Lovett-Reid: Why not all seniors are cheering government aid

Not all seniors are cheering when it comes to government aid. CTV News' Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid explains why. 6

Loonies are displayed on a map of North America in this file photo from Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. (Paul Chiasson / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Pattie Lovett-Reid: It's not all bad news, here's some of the good

All the bad news can get to be a bit too much. If I'm feeling it I know others are feeling it as well. So, I felt it's time to share some of the good news that can come out of a bad news scenario given the global pandemic has impacted so many Canadians, writes CTV News' Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid. 6

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Don Martin: A report card on leadership in a time when leadership is needed the most

So how are the leaders doing when this country needs leadership more than ever? Well, after consulting with some favorite oracles of political insight, Don Martin has sized up key leaders and graded them accordingly in his weekly column for CTVNews.ca.

Rodney Levi and Chantel Moore are pictured in this composite image. The Indigenous man and woman were both shot and killed by police officers in separate incidents in New Brunswick in June 2020. (Facebook)

Opinion: No more reports, no more commissions - we want immediate action

No more feet dragging from the federal government on First Nations justice. We keep dying, and you keep talking. We are done with talking. Now is the time to act.

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Activist calls for concrete change, more diversity

Balarama Holness of Montreal in Action explains what concrete action is needed to fight systemic racism move Montreal city hall forward.

Air Date: June 15, 2020

Pattie Lovett-Reid: Misguided uses of CERB payments

Let's not forget government aid was made available due to an unprecedented pandemic with many facing financial challenges, CTV News' Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid writes in her column on CTVNews.ca. The money was never intended to support unsustainable lifestyle choices. Sadly those who choose to spend their financial aid recklessly will have no one to blame but themselves as they continue to struggle to make ends meet. 1

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seen during a news conference outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Thursday, June 25, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Don Martin: After Trudeau's toughest talk, the Canada-China meltdown goes radioactive

Somehow overnight Prime Minister Justin Trudeau decided to give up on China, endure the diplomatic deep freeze and face the inevitable economic backlash by soundly rejecting the Meng-for-Michaels proposal, writes Don Martin in his weekly column for CTVNews.ca. 26

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A case for defunding the police

Concordia professor Nathalie Batraville makes her case for why defunding the police is the only way to end violence amid anti-Black racism.

Air Date: June 12, 2020

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during the special committee on the COVID-19 pandemic in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 10, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Don Martin: MPs should boost pandemic productivity by physical distancing from House

The nonsense on painful Commons display Wednesday proved MPs being physically distanced from Ottawa is a vote for pandemic productivity more than grounds for a salary slash, writes Don Martin in his weekly column for CTVNews.ca. 13

Protesters throw a statue of slave trader Edward Colston into Bristol harbour, during a Black Lives Matter protest rally, in Bristol, England, Sunday June 7, 2020, in response to the recent killing of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis, USA, that has led to protests in many countries and across the US. (Ben Birchall/PA via AP)

Paul Workman: Our museum of the damned and the drowned is filling up

London is now reviewing every statue, every plaque, the names of public buildings and streets—and any with connections to slavery could be removed or changed. Sadiq Khan, the city’s first Muslim mayor, says it’s time to confront a very uncomfortable truth, writes CTV National News' London Bureau Chief Paul Workman. 'That our nation and city owes a large part of its wealth to its role in the slave trade.' 1

Pattie Lovett-Reid: Early CERB applicants are about to see their financial lifeline come to an end

The government is warning it is about to get very tough with CERB 'double dippers' and the fines could be fierce and swift if a fraud has been conducted, CTV News' Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid explains in her column for CTVNews.ca. 14

A woman attends a demonstration calling for justice for George Floyd in Montreal, Sunday, May 31, 2020. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes)

Opinion: For Black people, pain often hidden is now in plain sight

Following George Floyd’s brutal death at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer last week, difficult, often painful conversations about racism are taking place again, as they often have in recent years in the wake of successive police killings of Black people.

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Duceppe: Infrastructure delays are too long

Political analyst Gilles Duceppe says Premier Francois Legault is doing the right thing to push through infrastructure projects quickly.

Air Date: June 9, 2020

People enjoy the nature during a beautiful day in the Vallon de Nant Natural Reserve, above Les Plans-sur-Bex, Canton Vaud, Switzerland, Saturday, May 30, 2020. (Anthony Anex/Keystone via AP)

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Opinion: Let us reconcile cities with nature

As we celebrate World Environment Day, many of us isolated at home, the COVID-19 pandemic provides a sobering opportunity to reflect on our relationship with nature.

Is the pandemic a good time to purchase a home for a first-time buyer? (Photo by PhotoMIX Ltd. from Pexels)

Pattie Lovett-Reid: Why CMHC is tightening lending standards

Concern has been expressed by CMHC that we could see a correction in home prices between 9% and 18% over the next 12 months. This concern has led to the tightening of the rules for offering mortgage insurance effective July 1, explains CTV News' Chief Financial Commentator Pattie Lovett-Reid. 2

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heads into the House of Commons at West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Don Martin: The 21 seconds of silence that said everything about Canada's reaction to Trump

Watching Justin Trudeau’s daily COVID-19 briefings lately is to believe the time has come to shelve the ritual as being well beyond its best-before date. Then came Tuesday's 21 seconds of silence, writes Don Martin in his weekly column for CTVNews.ca. 15

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