Ottawa Observations: Friday, January 24, 2020

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Friday, January 24, 2020 


Canadians held in China / China tensions

Paid Meng Wanzhou protest worth CSIS scrutiny, security experts say


The Chinese coronavirus

China's coronavirus lockdown unlike anything seen before; First cases appear in Europe
Canadian health officials remain on high alert for coronavirus; still no confirmed cases
New coronavirus tests scientists' ability to tangle with an evolutionary trickster
BC health officials prepare for possible virus spread after containing SARS
Can washing your hands save Toronto from a coronavirus outbreak?
Free masks for protection against Chinese coronavirus? Not just yet
The Wuhan virus' may not be it, but the next big pandemic is coming. Are we ready?
China may oppose Canada's UN Security Council bid: analyst
The Coronavirus is already politically fraught
Several countries confirm first or second coronavirus cases, including U.S., France, Nepal, Japan and South Korea
Vancouver International Airport readies to heighten screening for coronavirus
Coronavirus: No confirmed cases at Richmond Hospital, say disease officials


Iranian Air crash



Globe and Mail

'I have zero hope': Why PEI has Canada's worst rental housing crisis
Canada needs a lot more rental housing. A tax on empty condos is part of the solution
City of Ottawa awarded $1.6 billion light rail contract to SNC-Lavalin after officials said bid should be rejected
Who speaks for the Wet'suwet'en people? Making sense of the Coastal GasLink conflict
What to do with the CBC? Make the audience pay for it
Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault tells web giants it's better to be 'at the table than on the menu'
Conservative MPs divided on barring social conservative from leadership race
Champagne 'cautiously optimistic' about Canada's bid for UN Security Council seat



CBC

Room at the top: Is Harper's legacy a Conservative leadership vacuum
Champagne 'cautiously optimistic' about Canada's bid for UN Security Council seat
What Pierre Poilievre's exit means for the Conservative leadership race
Decision to bow out of leadership race weeks in the making: Pierre Poilievre
Conservative leadership race won't distract party in a minority government: Scheer
Trudeau appoints constitutional lawyer Marc Gold as government leader in the Senate
Flames of blame: How Climate change could upset the race to lead the Conservative Party
China, Canada among WTO members backing alternate trade dispute scheme
Special Forces soldier guilty of stealing military supplies released from military
Canada's casinos 'threatened' by Liberal stance on sports betting, proponents warn
RCMP trying to ID anyone who passed through contaminated training centre


Toronto Star

Can Peter MacKay finally answer the questions that haunt the Conservatives?
'We want a future': Meet the teens suing Canada over the Trans Mountain pipeline
Conservative leadership is no longer the prize it once was
A life coach from Nova Scotia is the latest declared candidate for the Green party leadership
Memo to Trudeau prods Liberals to look at reviving vice-regal appointments board
Trudeau's hand picked Senate rep calls for collaborative focus in upper chamber
Leadership race or not, Conservatives will hold government to account, Andrew Scheer says


Toronto Sun

MacKay makes his case for the Conservative leadership
Conservative leadership race can't forget grassroots


National Post

Why on earth would Stephen Harper want to return to politics?
Conservative field shrinks as Stephen Harper talk starts
Marc Gold, Trudeau's new man in the Senate, says he intends to remain non-partisan
What did Canadians do to deserve this government?
Alberta MP Michelle Rempel Garner doesn't rule out a run for the Conservative leadership
Three Canadian cities rank among world's 10 most family-friendly cities - but Toronto and Vancouver didn't make the cut
What if Poilivere really does value his family more than work?



Maclean's

Is this Peter MacKay's party now?


Global

Trudeau names Quebec Senator Marc Gold as new government representative in Red Chamber
Scheer says leadership race won't interfere with pressure in House of Commons




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