Ottawa Observations: Saturday/Sunday, May 9 & 10, 2020

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for   Saturday/Sunday, May 9 & 10, 2020 


Canadians held in China / China tensions

Immigrant couple who 'sought a better life' in Canada now jailed in China for defecting with state secrets
Canada backs US led campaign for Taiwan to get observer status at WHO over China's objections
One of the few certainties of COVID-19 crisis is that things are going to change with China
O'Toole vows to put 'caveats' on One China policy, urges 'reckoning' over coronavirus



The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

As Quebec schools open, researchers tackle a big unknown: What role do children play in the spread of COVID-19
Ontario must expand testing and tracking ahead of reopening: experts
Another Cargill plant closing after COVID-19 outbreak
Kearl Lake coronavirus outbreak now linked to over 100 cases in four provinces
Park pictures are back as Ottawa officials reverse yet another COVID-19 rule
Making History: How a pandemic took the world by surprise
British PM"s road map for easing coronavirus lockdown under fire
Men have higher levels of enzyme key to COVID-19 infection, study finds
Canada must improve COVID-19 data collection for Indigenous communities, minister says
Ottawa says it won'y pay for defective masks as feds move to cut ties with Montreal supplier
'Sacrificed in the name of COVID patients': Tens of thousands affected by surgery cancellations
Canada posts one of its smallest daily increases in coronavirus deaths on Sunday
Quebec projections show coronavirus deaths could soar if confinement lifted in Montreal
Dr. Bonnie Henry urges British Columbians to honour their mothers by keeping them safe during pandemic
Recoveries from COVID-19 climb to 71.2%
Trudeau promises money to fight the COVID-19 pandemic

                                                                                                                                       
Globe and Mail

Canadian banks issue record number of covered bonds to access liquidity in March, April
A grim reality for some workers is that 'temporary' layoffs could be permanent





CBC

Canadian military postpones North Korea sanctions deployment due to COVID-19
Partial remains of 2nd Canadian military helicopter crash victim identified
Pressure mounts on federal government to help fix, build long-term care homes as pandemic takes deadly toll
The pandemic and the future of low-paid 'essential' work
Political donations dropped to new low in March as COVid-19 spread
Some Canadian companies need a bailout; what will they have to promise to get one?
Violence against Indigenous women during COVID-19 sparks calls for MMIWG plan
Dual Canadian-US citizens qualify for Trump's COVID-19 emergency payments
Deficit reduction will have to wait for the economic recovery, federal officials say
Latest gun control effort isn't merely a failure. It corrodes trust among Canadian




Toronto Star

Doug Ford's retail reopening is gambling on Torontonians. So how will pent-up residents react?
'Disaster waiting to happen': Inside the biggest prison coronavirus outbreak in Canada
Unlike previous pandemics, there's so much information to keep the public informed - and mis-informed
Hope for snow or 'send them home'? Cottage country's year-round residents look to a long weekend with the pandemic
Long term care home where 66 have died on COVID-19 now investigating possible privacy breach
Province announces funding to help keep shuttered day cares afloat
How hard will it be to reopen Ontario's economy? Look no further than its next door neighbour, Quebec
Justin Trudeau doesn't need a majority government right now. Neither does Canada



Toronto Sun

How Toronto plans on rebooting tourism
Feds need to support provinces in reopening plans
The CBC, CCP and COVID 19
Sweden and the concept of trade-offs
Our leaders fretted about racism more than COVID-19
Ontario's municipalities need urgent help to avoid local tax hikes
Trudeau's briefings highlight a problem with journalism in Canada
There is no magical energy transformation for Canada
Canada's beef industry is more than just about hamburgers
If 'oil is dead' so is our economy


National Post

Legal groups eye suing government to roll back COVID-19 restrictions
School in the age of COVID-19: Quebec to reopen amid rigid distancing rules
Canadians who work on two cruise ships are finally allowed to step foot in US ports
Fort McMurray homeowners clean up as insurance questions linger after flooding
Canadian military postpones, curtails numerous overseas missions due to COVID-19




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Global

Canada-US border should stay shut but provincial ones shouldn't harden: experts
Obama says Trump's handling of coronavirus has been a 'disaster' in private call: reports
New research underway to screen for stress, burnout in Nova Scotia health-care workers
Hasty reopening could send Canadians 'back into confinement', Trudeau says
Metro Vancouver celebrates a physically distant Mother's Day amid COVID-19
BC school trustee blasted for transgender coronavirus conspiracy theory attacking Dr. Theresa Tam
Metro Vancouver summer weather brings concerns over social distance scofflaws
New homeless camp springs up on port land next to Vancouver's CRAB Park


Miscellaneous

Chilliwack trustee Barry Neufeld's notorious post about Dr.Theresa Tam disappears off his Facebook page
Malignant McCarthyism is more dangerous than coronavirus