Politicians are used to facing difficult choices in ordinary times, but during a once-in-a-century pandemic, they have never perhaps been more challenging.

Juggling life, death, the economy, and livelihoods of millions of people during COVID is not a job anyone signed up for. How have political leaders in Canada managed to make these decisions, balancing doing the right thing with their political survival?

Derek Robinson interviews Paul Taillon, who had a front row seat into the happenings during the pandemic in Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s office.