Ottawa Observations: Saturday/Sunday, February 29-March 1, 2020

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Saturday/Sunday, February 29 - March 1, 2020 


Canadians held in China / China tensions

Better late than never: The Trudeau government is finally getting the right advice on China



The Chinese coronavirus (COVID-19)

In China, patients with other illnesses squeezed out by coronavirus
Authorities announce second coronavirus death in U.S.
Ontario reports four new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus
France closes the Louvre as virus spreads to new fronts
Quebec couple who got coronavirus on cruise ship to come home, daughter says
What's next for Canada if the WHO calls COVID-19 a pandemic?
Four new COVID-19 cases in GTA, bringing Ontario total to 15
There's noting like the threat of a deadly pandemic to make us appreciate big government
What's an essential service? Coronavirus poses tough questions for Ottawa - and no easy answers
Wuhan to Toronto, coronavirus hits home
Health officials reveal 4 new cases of COVID-19 Sunday in GTA
In our time of COVID-19 start lessons in preparedness from the Cold War
Declaring coronavirus outbreak a pandemic would have 'pros and cons', says expert
Second man dies of COVID-19 in Washington state: health officials
4 new cases of COVID-19 in Ontario bring Canada's total to 24
Canada advises avoiding non-essential travel to Iran due to COVID-19 health risk
BC announces eighth COVID-19 case on same day as first US novel coronavirus fatality recorded in Seattle area
Second COVID-19 death confirmed in Washington state
8th case confirmed in BC in Vancouver Coastal Health region


Coastal GasLink protests

'Milestone' proposed deal between Wet'suwet'en Nation, Ottawa, B.C. would recognize hereditary system
Amid divide over Coastal GasLink, a call for Wet'suwet'en leaders 'to come back together'
Measuring consent: Could a referendum process determine Indigenous support for resource projects?
Wet'suwet'en chiefs, ministers reach tentative arrangement over land title but debate over pipeline continues
Ministers optimistic as talks with Wet'suwet'en chiefs continue for third day
'It's not over yet': Wet'suwet'en chiefs reach proposed agreement with ministers in  pipeline dispute
Wet'suwet'en chiefs, ministers reach draft arrangement in pipeline dispute
Wet'suwet'en pipeline supporters say their message is not being heard
How Justin Trudeau's patience with rail blockade protests came to an end
Lawyer behind historic BC land rights case calls new Wet'suwet'en arrangement 'powerful'
Wet'suwet'en chiefs hint at possible resolution on rights and title with gov't ministers
Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs reach proposed agreement with provincial and federal government


Globe and Mail

Jim Prentice tried to warn Alberta. Now it's finally time to look in the mirror
The USMCA cultural poison pill: Why the broadcast panel report could lead to millions in tariff retaliation
How Trudeau could still save his climate agenda
Centrist and right-wing, both and neither: Peter MacKay checks all of the above in Tory leadership race
Richard Decarie rejected from Tory leadership race


CBC

Trudeau's crisis calendar is overflowing - could climate change get pushed to the margins?
Senate bureaucrats sign contracts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars without approval from Senators
Buffalo Declaration a 'clear display of ignorance,' says Alberta treaty nation
Creation of wrongful conviction review board edging closer to reality
Will net-zero be the silver bullet that slays the monster that is climate change vs. the energy history?
Conservative Party bars controversial candidate Richard Décarie from leadership race
Ukraine pledges help for airline compensation for Iran plane crash victims
Looming lawsuits, threats of job losses and other takeaways from the CRTC hearings on cell service


Toronto Star

Reconciliation is more urgent than ever but politics is getting in the way
On Indigenous rights, kicking the can down the road has a high cost


Toronto Sun

The carbon tax it's still not necessary


National Post

Conservative Party blocks controversial candidate Richard Décarie from running for leadership


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Global

Teck Frontier cancellation should be 'wake up call' for Canada: Freeland
Saskatchewan MP introduces bill to ban sex-selective abortions


Miscellaneous
     
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