COVID-19's Influence on Canadian Politics

Every Saturday, we revisit a story from the archives. This originally aired on September 24, 2021. None of the dates, titles, or other references from that time have been changed.

A lot of Canadians are frustrated with the 600-million-dollar pandemic election that took place earlier this week, and resulted in an almost identical parliament. But the five weeks of electioneering did raise a lot of issues and highlight some trends that could define Canada’s future.

In this episode:

• Fatima Syed (@fatimabsyed), Journalist

Episode credits:

The original production team was Priyanka Tilve with Ney Alvarez, Ruby Zaman, Alexandra Locke, Negin Owliaei, Dina Kesbeh, Amy Walters, Tom Fenton, Stacey Samuel and our host, Malika Bilal. 

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan.  Our video editors are Hisham Abu Salah and Mohannad Al-Melhem. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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