When we last left our team, Richard and Jeff were locked down in self-isolation and COVID-19 was just beginning to impact Canada. A lot has happened in the past two weeks since the boys were enjoying their Coronas and Jeff was extolling the virtues of the Tushy vs. Toilet paper. On this episode after checking in with the team to see how they are holding up in self-isolation we bid farewell to the printed edition of Northern Life and discuss what that means for our already shallow pool of political reporters and local media outlets. With the increasing spread of COVID in our community and across Canada and the calls to restrict movement growing, Richard, Rachel and Jeff talk about what this means for the rights of citizens and how things could continue to unfold. And what about the government’s response to the crisis? Was 2021 a massive over reach on the part of the minority government? And will they feel the sting of that shot when the crisis has passed? The one thing that is certain is that what was once normal no longer applies, and it begs the question, does that also apply to the role of the opposition? On the next episode the team will dive into the debate around universal basic income (UBI) and how it’s implementation could have changed the shape of the financial impacts the crisis is having on Canadian workers and businesses. 

From Sudbury Politics thank you to all of the workers who are on the frontlines during this crisis. And to the ass hats who are hoarding toilet paper and completely disregarding the call to self-isolate...be better a better Sudburian and a better Canadian.