Ottawa Observations: Saturday-Monday, September 5-7, 2020

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Saturday-Monday, September 5-8, 2020


Canadians held in China / China tensions

'Diplomatic standoff'': Two top Australian journalists flee China over security worries

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

The curve isn't flattening, it's creeping upward

Tam urges caution as daily cases of COVI-18 rise 25 per cent in last week

Health Minister of orders review of pandemic warning system, concerns raised by scientists

Winter is coming. Canada needs to stop untraced community spread first

Rising coronavirus case counts a cause for concern, Tam says

Colder weather and holidays bring new COVID-19 concerns, Tam warns

The global race for a COVID-19 vaccine is underway. Here's Canada strategy to emerge a winner

Toronto wedding leads to 23 cases of COVID un the GTA

Health officials warn of 3 new possible COVID-19 exposures at Vancouver bars

COVID-19 vaccine task force members have declared 18 conflicts of interests so far

                                                                           

Globe and Mail

The new class divides are defined by education, gender, age and geography

How race, income and 'opportunity hoarding' will shape Canada's back-to-school season

The workplace will be a whole new world: A guide to returning to the office

Canada needs to get its stalled immigration system back on track

Canadians think First Nations issues should be prioritized, Bellegarde says

NB Tory leader Blaine Higgs drops candidate Roland Michaud after transphobic Facebook post

CBC
    

Office work could be changed forever by COVID-19. Here's why that matters

Conservative MP Rempel Garner's petition against federal firearm ban closes with more than 230,000 signatures

Worker's group marks Labour Day with push for changes in Liberals' throne speech

Conservatives request ethics probe into Telford senior adviser as PMO denies wrongdoing

More than 18,000 people have tried to visit, shop, sightsee in Canada despite border closure

Feds gave 1,600 veterans priority hiring, but could have done more: report

Narrow paths to victory for Blaine Higgs and Kevin Vickers, but PC's have the easier route

25 years after his death, Dudley George's fight for the land continues

Indigenous genocide finding hangs over Canada's Myanmar court invention

Trudeau says he doesn't want an election - but not everyone buys it

Montreal's homeless camp emerges as symbol of housing crisis while governments bicker over funds

Toronto Star

How safe is it to return to the classroom in the age of COVID-19? The Star asked experts for science-based perspective

Canada's Donald Trump? Doug Ford is proving that label doesn't fit

Justin Trudeau is betting Canadians are craving an activist agenda. He may be misreading the public mood

Bill Morneau says he would take on big tech as head of the OECD. He had a better chance when he was in government

Trudeau gets it wrong on Canada's other health crisis

Canada to extend rent-relief program into September, report says

Toronto Sun

$500M lawsuit to send message to LTC homes

Employees may sit idle a while longer

The truth about the Sick Kids report and back to school

Working together to keep our kids safe during return to school

Workers will exercise their power through pandemic

A Throne Speech approaches

Canadians support legal immigration

National Post

An homage to ordinary working people

Authorities misinterpreting COVID-19 trial data with' disastrous' results results, Canadian researchers say

On Labour Day, workers' groups push Liberals for changes to social safety net

Maclean's

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Global

Anxiety high for BC teachers as they prepare to return to school on Tuesday

BC Loblaws employees rally on Labour Day to restore COVID-19 pandemic pay

'It's just craziness out there': Tofino and Ucluelet visitors to respect COVID-19 protocols

'The elephant in the room': Anxiety and mental health as BC kids head back to school

Diversity in Alberta courts crucial for confidence in justice system: new minister

Canada's current deficit level will be 'unsustainable' within 1 to 2 years: PBO

Canada's nuclear industry rolled with COVID-19 pandemic punch, documents show

'Ambitious' Liberal spending creates an opportunity for the Conservatives

Miscellaneous                            
         

City Staff note to developer seen to suggest land lift for controversial Broadway rental tower

Profits before Patients? The corporate push into BC's Primary Care system

Canada's Top Labour leader on building a better life for workers after the pandemic

Labour had its own Baseball Team a century ago. It defied racism

Think a robot couldn't take your job? Think again

Pandemic realities eroding Canadian confidence in recovery