Ottawa Observations: Monday, February 24, 2020

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


Canadians held in China / China tensions

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The Chinese coronavirus

Canada steps up screening efforts as coronavirus inches toward a pandemic
TSX drops, Dow sheds more than 1,000 points as spike in coronavirus cases slam markets
Northern Italy shut down as coronavirus death toll climbs
Canada prepares pandemic response plan as coronavirus cases continue to climb
Dow Industrials close 1,000 points lower as coronavirus cases mount
A made in Canada solution to the coronavirus outbreak?
COVID-19 in Canada: Seventh case confirmed in BC and fourth case in Ontario
Coronavirus linked to 1,031 point fall in Dow Jones Industrial Average


Coastal GasLink protests

Police clear Tyendinaga Mohawk's camp, ending blockade that paralyzed rail traffic
CN Rail resumes freight-train service after OPP detain protesters, dismantle blockade
Why protest matters for the Wet'suwet'en resistance
OPP arrest 10 demonstrators at Tyendinaga blockade site, charges pending
Wet'suwet'en rally moving through downtown Ottawa
OPP arrest protesters while removing blockades on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory
Go Transit Lakeshore West line closed for Tuesday morning rush hour between Aldershot and Hamilton
OPP's removal of Tyendinaga barricade 'changes the dynamic' in Wet'suwet'wen crisis, mediator says
Solidarity blockades snarl trains in Hamilton, traffic in Caledonia
Trudeau government must close the gap between its rhetoric and action
Liberals still 'open for dialogue' with Indigenous protesters as police dismantle blockades
Protesters defy injunction at Port of Vancouver, youth lock themselves to legislature in Victoria
Police clear rail blockades of West Coast Express, CN tracks near New Hazelton
A RCMP arrest Gitxsan people on CN Rail track, police monitor actions at legislature and in East Vancouver
Blockades set up in East Vancouver and Maple Ridge in response to raid on Tyendinaga Mohawk's camp


Teck Cancellation fall out

Ottawa's climate-energy policy conflict sinks Teck's Frontier oil-sands project
Teck Resources pullback a wake-up call for Canada on climate, energy
Bickering over the Teck Resources decision will only push us further off course
Teck CEO says miner is facing 'perfect storm' after pulling plug on Frontier
Teck withdrawal warns that Canada's natural resources policy is stuck in a cyclical conflict
Trudeau's 'weak leadership' drove Teck mine away, Andrew Scheer says
Why can't Canada do Business? Blockade Gate: Teck Resources pulls out of project
Shelving of proposed Frontier mine shows Canada is in need of a political reckoning
The Teck decision is the culmination of Trudeau's anti-oil agenda
'Disappointment, fear and anger:' Indigenous communities blindsided by Teck's decision to pull Frontier project
'Urban-green-left zealots' are hurting future of Indigenous people, Jason Kenney says
Cancelled Teck Frontier means even First Nations' support can't get projects built
On the Teck Frontier Mine: Stumbling in the shifting sands
Police clear rail blockades of West Coast Express, CN tracks near New Hazelton
Teck pulling out of oilsands project 'another straw on the camel's back' for Alberta economy: think tank
Kenney says Trudeau government sank Teck mine with deadline change, but Ottawa says 'not true'
Teck Resources has abandoned its Frontier mine plan. Here are the factors being blamed
Shares down after Teck Resources withdraws application for Frontier oilsands project
Teck's Oilsands Mine: The Case kept getting worse and worse



Globe and Mail

Ottawa proposes tweaks rather than sweeping changes to assisted-dying law
NDP table legislation to create universal pharmacare program, seek Liberal backing


CBC

Liberals table legislation to expand access to assisted dying
Federal carbon pricing law unconstitutional, Alberta Court of Appeal rules
Dozens of People's Party riding associations deregistered


Toronto Star

Alberta pushes to kill Liberal plan to enshrine UN declaration on Indigenous rights
The climate debate is tearing Canada apart, and that's a failure of leadership
With Indigenous tensions rising, Doug Ford's rhetoric overreaches
Police removal of Tyendinaga Mohawk is a thumbnail in the violent mosaic of Canadian colonization
Alberta to bring in stiff penalties against 'riots' on railways amid Wet'suwet'en protests
Trudeau revisists blackface embarrassment during Black History Month
Jason Kenney's Quebec gambit? Alberta premier calls for autonomy side-steps separatist sentiment


Toronto Sun

Trudeau's policies are cutting Canada's economic throat
The Paris accord is playing a big role in Canada's troubles - it's time to withdraw it
Investors need reassurances about doing business in Canada


National Post

Canada's future is going down the drain amid destructive federal provincial feud
'That is part of my story now': Trudeau talks about blackface scandal at Black History Month event
Alberta appeal court sides with province, rules federal carbon tax is unconstitutional in 4-1 decision
Andrew Scheer barks at CBC article claiming Paw Patrol pushes capitalist, individualist agenda
Jason Kenney gears up for Alberta throne speech, after a victory from the courts and a blow from Teck


Maclean's

Jason Kenney still holds a commanding lead in Alberta
The real betrayal of Albertans? Lifer politicians who won't tell them the truth


Global

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Miscellaneous
     
The Painful Hypocrisy of Jason Kenney
LNG Canada registered nine in-house provincial lobbyists on same day Unistot'en matriarchs were arrested