Ottawa Observations: Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Tuesday, September 29, 2020


Canadians held in China / China tensions

Ontario Legislature cancels Chinese flag-raising event following outcry

Chinese dairy investor pressed Canada to 'mitigate the risk' of new NAFTA

Why does Erin O'Toole talk about China so much?

Huawei's Meng Wanzhou is wasting court's time with doomed extradition manoeuvres, Canada lawyer says

Crown accuses Meng Wanzhou's lawyers of trying to turn extradition into a trial

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Britain expected to become first country to approve challenge trials for COVID-19 vaccine candidate

The pandemic second wave arrived right on schedule - and still caught the Ford government by surprise

The public needs to know where COVID-19 outbreaks are happening

Feds announce plan to buy 7.9 million rapid COVID tests as Health Canada defends slow response

BC reports 105 new COVID-19 cases, one death as total cases top 9,000

Church elder 'shocked' by COVID-19 outbreak at his Kelowna church

Exposure incidents at nine schools, four stores, one coffee shop, and more

BC COVID-19 infections pass 9,000 threshold, as hospitalizations highest since May

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Globe and Mail

Ottawa probing allegations Canadian tech used in Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict

Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil issues apology for systemic racism in province's justice system

Ottawa tables legislation on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Indigenous woman records slurs, taunts of Quebec hospital staff before her death

Liberals throw down challenge, make COVID-19 aid bill a confidence matter

English speakers in Quebec, meet l'autobus

Trudeau pledges an additional $400 million in humanitarian aid to fight COVID-19

Canada and Britain impose sanctions on Lukashenko, other senior Belarusian officials

Former Conservative MP Rob Anders faces tax-evasion charges

Union demands permanent hires to solve backlog in veterans' benefit applications

PBO projects $328.5-billion deficit for this year, followed by $73.8 billion deficit next year

For First Nations, regulating the casino cartel would hardly be a gamble

CBC
    

The CERB benefit is over - here's what you need to know now

COVID-19 benefit bill will be a confidence vote: Liberal House Leader

Doctors worry supplies of flu vaccine, PPE won't meet demand, survey suggests

Canadian Armenian community demands ban on military drone tech exports to Turkey

Military member with links to far-right groups says he's done nothing wrong

Hilarious House of Commons' first virtual vote

Canada, UK impose sanctions on president of Belarus and 7 others

Former Calgary MP Rob Anders faces tax evasion charges

First virtual vote in the Commons marked by delays, technical glitches, goofs by MPs

Toronto Star

Is public health releasing enough details about COVID-19 outbreaks? Some medical experts don't think so

Ontario says there are 'no caps' on COVID tests. Why, then, are some testing centres told to set limits?

Budget watchdog says Canada's deficit is 'barely' sustainable. But critics warn analysis is based on rosy assumptions

Ottawa's billions to keep businesses alive will be wasted if we don't get COVID-19 under control

Liberal government tables bill to make Sept 30 a national holiday to remember residential schools

Ontario considers shrinking social circles and tightens rules for nursing home visits in COVID-19 hot zones

Toronto Sun

Ontarions support another lockdown - government poll

Long term care visitor rules tightened as Ontario reports 554 new COVID cases

COVID triggers more spending on outdoor recreation

Is province sure cloth over youngest kids' mouths is right call?

Trudeau's spending 'barely' sustainable

The Liberal gun ban now sits in limbo

Trudeau government plans will make Canada less attractive to top talent

National Post

It's becoming impossible to tell Liberals and New Democrats apart, and the implications are unsettling

As Indigenous woman lay dying in Quebec, she recorded slurs against her by hospital staff

'He was looking to meet me': Public Health leaders face threats, harassment over COVID-19

First look at poison letter to Trump: Return address on ricin envelope leads right to Quebec apartment

Liberals plan to buy 7.9 million rapid COVID-19 tests, but approvals delay wider roll out

'You can achieve a lot' if you don't seek credit': NDP looks to thread a parliamentary needle

One step closer to the dream of an Alaska to Alberta railway

The only way out of the second wave is through it

Welcome to Unionland and the governments that support it

Playing racial favourites is not the best way to fight systemic racism

The bill keeps mounting for Canada's younger generations

CRA charges former Calgary MP Rob Anders for allegedly committing tax evasion while he was elected

Maclean's

Softwood lumber: The Canada-US trade spat that never ends

Global

Lack of capital for major project investments cited by Indigenous business panel

Vancouver property taxes are highest in Canada, report says

Vancouver's Strathcona residents rally to demand safe housing for homeless people

Once-ousted former executive director James Favel back with Winnipeg's Bear Clan Patrol

Greens kept donations meant for leadership candidate in error, party says

Liberals to face first coronavirus confidence vote in new session with coronavirus benefit bill

Saskatchewan's election campaign officially underway

Miscellaneous                            
         

Temporary shelter to open for female sex workers in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

I organized biggest climate protest in Vancouver history; now I'm running to defeat the politicians who ignored me

First shelter for Sex Workers to Open in the Downtown Eastside