Ottawa Observations: Wednesday, September 2, 2020

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Wednesday, September 2, 2020


Canadians held in China / China tensions

Keep Chinese security company's gear out of Canadian embassies

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

The recipe for a COVID-19 vaccine? Science with a healthy dose a nationalism

Economists question Ottawa's refusal to release COVID-19 vaccine cost estimates

Wear a mask while having sex, Dr. Theresa Tam suggests

Cheap, widely available steroids significantly reduce the risk of death for severely ill COVID-19 patients

Saliva tests could be the key to crushing this pandemic

Toronto's medical officer of health urges caution as COVID-19 cases spike

Rising concern about COVID-19's second wave

'We need to give this a bit of time': Little used contact tracing app not a flop, Tam says

BC reports 104 new COVID-19 cases, active cases set new record

COVID-19 outbreak confirmed at Surrey Memorial Hospital

Over 100 new cases, Surrey hospital outbreak, and potential exposure at Vancouver gym

BC has highest number of COVID-19 hospitalizations since May

                                                                           

Globe and Mail

O'Toole promotes Manitoba's Candice Bergen as Conservative deputy leader

Quebec City Karaoke bar COVID-19 outbreak linked to cases in three schools

Trudeau calls Julie Payette an 'excellent governor-general, says he has not plans to replace her

Eight people to be on final ballot as Green leadership race enters home stretch

Trudeau says focus is on safe supply, not decriminalization as overdose deaths spike

Alberta might have one last oil boom? Will it make the same mistakes?

CBC
    

Former BC Premier Gordon Campbell, federal government face civil suit over sexual harassment allegations

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole downplays talk of a fall election

Federal regulations require most railways to install voice, video recorders by late 2022

Trudeau defends Payette, says he is not considering replacing GG 'right now'

Decriminalization of drugs 'not a silver bullet' for overdose crisis, prime minister says

Green Party leadership race hits home stretch

A 'deafening silence': Canada still struggles with the Second World War's legacy, says historian

Trudeau conducts virtual regional outreach as pandemic shuts down travel

Toronto Star

COVID-19, a possible Trump second term - should Canadian snowbirds sell their Florida vacation homes or ride out the storm?

Families of people shot by Peel police confront mayors of Mississauga, Brampton at tense, emotional meeting

Toronto board is moving 700 high school teachers online as teens opt for at-home learning

Doug Ford promises raises for 'overworked' and 'underpaid' nursing-home heroes, but the workers' unions warn talk is cheap

'If Canada returns me there, I'm a dead man': Ex-bodyguard to North Korean dictator loses asylum bid, faces deportation to South Korea

In a democracy, we shouldn't topple unpopular statues

Here's how Ottawa wants to use the lessons learned from COVID-19 to kick-start Canada's economy

Candice Bergen named deputy Conservative leader, as Erin O'Toole assembles a team to take on Justin Trudeau

Ontario marks second-highest tally of COVID-19 cases since July

Toronto Sun

Union demands for School border on ridiculous 

No Macdonald, No Canada

How to respond to emergencies 

Politicians ignoring the truth about rising gun violence

Average Canadian family spends nearly $39Gs per year on taxes

Another lockdown? It needs to be avoided

What about gang violence?

National Post

Times are tough for Sir John A Macdonald impersonator

Why the WE spree won't go quietly the way of other Liberal mishandlings

Hysterical passengers ignoring instructions led to many of the injuries in Toronto plane collision: investigation

New Conservative leader O'Toole says party 'ready' for possible election as confidence vote looms

Maclean's

What college students in Canada can expect during COVID

Black Nova Scotians face one less barrier when making claims to their own land

Global

Majority of Surrey residents oppose mayor's plan to replace RCMP: poll

Justin Trudeau sending his kids back to school as COVID-19 concerns linger

Vancouver mayor floats 'bubble zone' to keep anti-LGBTQ2 preachers out of downtown

No break on tuition as BC's Post secondary students gear up for virtual semester

BC Teachers' Federation pushing for clearer mask policy, more remote learning options

Feds won't bail out BC's coronavirus beleaguered PNE, suggests Trudeau

Despite record drug deaths amid coronavirus, Trudeau still won't support decriminalization

Former MP Fin Donnelly hoping to jump to provincial politics as BC NDP candidate

Miscellaneous                            
         

Top anti-prostitution cop was abusing sex workers

6 hot issues for BC workers in the lead-up to Labour Day

Enough with John A Macdonald. Where are the Indigenous monuments?

Out of Tragedy, One Indigenous Nation Built a New Mental Health Model

Winning the Right to Teach in BC Meant Battling Racism, say two candidates

WE Scandal offers MPs a chance to Fight Government Secrecy

Former chief Justice Lance Finch dead at 82

BC government breaking law in extending information request times: privacy commissioner