Ottawa Observations: Thursday, August 27, 2020

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Thursday, August 27, 2020


Canadians held in China / China tensions

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The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

BC release map showing regions with highest concentrations of COVID-19 cases

Nearly nine in 10 Canadians say Canada has done well in COVID-19 response, study shows

WHO team probing origin of COVID-19 coronavirus avoids Wuhan, where first cases were detected

BC reports 68 new coronavirus cases and one new death

China blamed for Canada's multimillion-dollar coronavirus vaccine deal collapse

Dr. Bonnie Henry on back-to-school concerns, inflammatory syndrome in children, and more

Number of people being actively monitored for COVID-19 in BC at all-time high

                                                                           

Globe and Mail

Alberta anticipates record deficit of $24.2 billion in fiscal update

Macklem urges central banks to better engage with public; says pandemic heightened interest in monetary policy

Freeland, Macklem must steer Canada toward a new monetary policy model

Leslyn Lewis weighs where she'll run in next federal election

Fitch issues warning over Canadian federal spending, government debt

If Trudeau really wants a fall election, he'll probably have to call it himself

Another Conservative leader wins by pandering to special interests

Conservatives ask speaking agency to release records of WE Charity payments to Trudeau family

Elections Canada bracing for increase in mail-in ballots if vote held amid COVID-19 pandemic

Champagne pushes for economic, political reforms during meeting with Lebanese President in Beirut

Bill Blair vows to revive panel on abolition of solitary confinement after terms lapse

Memo to Erin O'Toole: There is no national unity crisis

CBC
    

Commons law clerk says government went too far in redacting WE Charity documents

Liberals should leave Derek Sloan's fate to voters, says Leslyn Lewis

Federal election during pandemic could turn to 2-day weekend voting: Elections Canada

Blair tells prison officials to turn over data to expert panel overseeing solitary confinement reforms

From 'seamen' to 'sailor': Royal Canadian Navy adopts gender-neutral titles

Pandemic has brought Canadians together, pushed Americans apart, poll suggests

Almost a year after arrest in alleged RCMP spay case, lawyer says he's waiting for 'substantial' disclosure

Canada ready to join Lebanon blast probe if it's credible and transparent, Champagne says

Alberta on track to historic $24.2B deficit thanks to pandemic, oil price slump

Defunding the police isn't the answer, there's a fundamental imbalance that must be fixed

Toronto Star

Families who opt to have their kids learn from home are eligible for a one-time payment. Some parents say it doesn't go far

Canada's hunt for a vaccine set back months after China refuses to ship samples for clinical trials

Could Canada pull off a fall election during the pandemic? Yes, but it wouldn't be pretty

Want to fight climate change? For now, Ottawa is probably not the place to do it

Skip the parties until COVID-19 is gone, Doug Ford asks post-secondary students

Erin O'Toole's win fails to resolve issues plaguing Conservatives

Toronto Sun

Ontario's Top Doc says send 'em to school

Ontario to replace, retrofit aging jails

Kids heading back to school must learn infection protection skills

Trudeau rules like a King sneering at Parliament

The new normal - facts versus fear

Auditor questioning Environment Ministry's contract award practices

National Post

It's finances are 'incredibly sobering' but don't write Alberta off yet

Champagne talks with China but no action on detained Canadians Kovrig and Spavor

Trudeau's 'brutal' attempt to use COVID to push his green agenda

Thousands of Quebec students return to school in shadow of COVID-19

Up to 22 billion in COVID aid may have gone to high income Canadians: Fraser Institute

Maclean's

Alberta's shattered budgeting

Doug Ford won't stop giving Justin Trudeau a break

Global

BC moves towards overhaul of how health professionals are regulated

Global credit rating agency issues new warning over Canada's coronavirus spending, debt

Blaine Higgs admits New Brunswick opted out of Federal bailout funding for transit

US embassy says it 'deeply values' Canadian sacrifices after Trump adviser attack

Canada's other health-care crisis: the epidemic of fatal drug overdoses

Miscellaneous                            
         

Canadian newspaper company posts sharp increase in net income, thanks in part to federal wage subsidy

Is it safe to go back to school?

So-called playboy priest's abuse in Kamloops in 1970's results in court award of more than $800,000

Cannabis offers a path away from Opioids, BC Studies find

Evicted in a Pandemic

The Positive Power of Emergencies

'Build Back Better' - but for the Rich, or the Rest?

BC to overhaul 20 health regulators into six big colleges

Record setting year for birth tourism in BC prior to pandemic

What's good for the goose (students) is not good for the gander (politicians)

Canadians' views on residential schools 'significantly different' than when they were students