Ottawa Observations: Monday, August 10, 2020

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Monday , August 10, 2020 


Canadians held in China / China tensions

Canada condemns arrest of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai as erosion of press freedom

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Toronto's pandemic response status upgraded to 'green'

Slight increase as Ontario records 115 COVID-19 cases

Company awarded 380M in contracts but fails to provide masks

Asking the right questions about COVID-19 statistics

BC records 131 new COVID-19 cases over three days, as active cases surge past 400

People under 40 make up half of coronavirus cases in BC's Interior Health region

Another COVID-19 warning posted for US flight to BC

Increasing case numbers threaten to undo all the work from the past few months

No deaths from COVID-19 in BC for last 10 days

WE have a problem Boss

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Globe and Mail

Finance Minister Bill Morneau's job could be in jeopardy after clashes with Prime Minister, sources say

Understaffing turned senior's homes into COVID-19 danger zones, health workers say. What can be done to fix that?

Masks to remain optional for BC students, despite public health guidelines

Clear back-to-school guidelines are needed to ease parental angst

Faced with permanent closing, Canada's camps appeal to governments for COVID-19 aid package.

Ottawa loosens EI requirements as part of CERB transition

Former NDP cabinet minister says officers who followed, photographed her should be fired

A wealth tax won't work to fix the coming debt crisis: we need a consumption tax like the GST

If we're cancelling historical villains, why not Norman Bethune?

Amid governor-general controversy, let's reform viceregal appointments

CBC

Police launch hate crime investigation after man yells obscenities at Catherine McKenna's office

Transport Canada says if you can't wear a mask for medical reasons, prove it - or don't fly

Gutted by COVID-19, travel and tourism industry pleads for aid from Ottawa

Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney advising PM on COVID-19 economic response

Gaps in interprovincial contact tracing increase COVID-19 risks while flying, critics say

Proposed $200M private orthopedic surgical facility would be largest in Alberta's history

Toronto Star

Black people far more likely to be arrested, charged, shot and killed by Toronto Police, Ontario Human Rights Commission finds

Trudeau government announces additional humanitarian aid to Lebanon

Which companies are benefiting from Ottawa's multi-billion-dollar wage subsidy program? The government won't say - yet

Justin Trudeau's team-management skills keep getting him into trouble

Toronto Sun

Trudeau takes his Gatsbyesque life and RCMP to Georgian Bay

Long term care homes hit hard by COVID still rife with issues

Policing report exposes flawed logic of race-crime statistics

Payette's Troubles are Trudeau's troubles too

GG must show royal jelly

Fall class sizes critical, opposition leaders say

Are today's leftists truly Marxists?

The madness of borders and flying

National Post

US court slap Saudi Crown Prince with summons over Canadian hit squad case

Friends don't slap tariffs on friends

PMO and Morneau's office won't say if Katie Telford's husband communicated with them since joining private mortgage company

Where's Mark Carney? With no suitable vacancy in Ottawa, he'll be serving the country as advisor on economic recovery

Maclean's

The Trudeau government's foreign policy is perfect - for the 1990's

Conservative Party can lead on anti-racism policy - a blue print

Global

BC hotel workers start hunger strike to create awareness around industry layoffs

Vancouver bar manager says he turned away party bus with dozens onboard

BC police officer deletes cellphone video after pointing gun at bystander
Masks to play 'significant role' in BC schools this fall, says education minister
BC Transit supervisors should enforce mandatory masks, Kelowna union says



Miscellaneous                            
        

Vancouver Park Board reopening fitness centres and arenas while city allows alcohol consumption at four plazas

More Canadians now walk or bike to work than take public transit due to COVID-19 fears

The virus has frozen a generation's hopes

A Domestic Safe Supply of Injectable Heroin would save lives

School is Four Weeks Away. But Parent's and Teachers Still Have Questions

Internet site blocking battle invokes Canadians' information rights

Surrey, Delta commercial truck parking projects move forward

Homeless people moved out of Vancouver community centres

Canadians might want to brush up on dental hygiene, poll suggests