Ottawa Observation: Friday, October 30, 2020

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for   Friday, October 30, 2020


Canadians held in China / China tensions

O'Toole slams outsourcing to China, calls for better conditions for workers

Border officer testifies he didn't suggest Meng Wanzhou was obligated to share passcodes

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

In Alberta and Ontario, two conservative premiers take very different approaches to COVID -19

Surge of COVID-19 cases in Alberta makes it crucial that strategies are clear, simple and unified

Ontario to announce loosened COVID-19 restrictions for hot spots next week

Canadians must reduce contacts by 25 percent to flatten 2nd wave curve, officials say

Second wave will be 'weeks and months' of limiting contacts, but Trudeau says 'blunt' lockdowns unnecessary

BC adds 272 new COVID-19 cases, grants powers for region-specific health orders

Three schools and six flights with new exposures, oil sands outbreak, and more

Fraser Health outbreaks push active COVID-19 infections in BC to all time high of 2,390

                                                                          

Globe and Mail

Foreign-affairs committee to begin probing Ottawa's approval of arms exports to Turkey

Canadian-made targeting gear used in air strikes against Armenians, evidence shows

Canada aims to accept far more immigrants in next three years

Alberta, Saudi firm in talks to build $5 billion petrochemical plant

Leftward ho! Joe Biden is sounding more Canadian than American

Federal official faces investigation over alleged anti-Semitic comments on social media

Erin O'Toole lays out Conservative economic plan focused on fighting inequality

Ottawa to spend an additional $204 million to help Indigenous communities during COVID-19 pandemic

Trudeau names former Liberal MP Rodger Cuzner as Canada's new consul general in Boston

CBC
    

Morneau says he was thinking of leaving for OECD job before WE Charity debacle

Liberal government will  miss drinking water target by years, CBC News survey shows

Conservatives must take inequality seriously, O'Toole says

RCMP says members have responded to more than 88,000 mental health calls this year

Federal government plans to bring in more than 1.2M immigrants in next 3 years

Ottawa unveils more pandemic support for Indigenous communities

Assisted-dying bill wins approval in principle over Conservative objections

Commissioner drops ethics investigation into Morneau's WE Charity trips

Why federal Conservatives should be concerned about Saskatchewan's election result

Kenney betting Albertans won't support more wildcat strikes by public sector workers

Toronto Star

Donald Trump or Joe Biden, Canada is bracing for US civil unrest 

'We'll find that happy balance': Doug Ford calls for plan to reopen hot zone businesses 'safely'

Canada plans record levels of immigration in 'roadmap' to post-COVID-19 economic recovery

Catholic trustee to push for public release of report on colleague's homophobic comments

Chrystia Freeland has identified the main obstacle to post-pandemic prosperity. Now what's she going to do about it?

Nunavut members of the legislature choose new cabinet minister

Alberta and Ottawa united on Keytsone XL pipeline, but 'political division' persists says Justin Trudeau

Queen's Park and Ottawa spar over infrastructure funding

Why Justin Trudeau won't act like his dad and declare war on COVID-19

Toronto Sun

Pandemic Pickle leaves city's restaurants over a Barrel

Restaurant heavy hitters say time to reopen

Trudeau not building secret COVID-19 internment camps

Court case could help reveal truth in long-term care deaths

Toronto's tent cities still flourishing

If Trudeau won't toss out a fiscal anchor, he may go overboard

Broadening the COVID conversation

National Post

October crisis apology is deserved, despite sovereigntist romanticizing of FLQ

Group calls for end to cozy and unacceptable relationship between senior government officials and Facebook

The face and voice of Mi'kmaq lobster fishing that is met with ire and violence

Maclean's

Trudeau won't intervene in the US presidential election (obviously)

Global

Man brutally attacked at Vancouver homeless camp 'blown away' by support

Premier Horgan suggests this weekend will be the last time British Columbians switch clocks back

BC casino didn't always fufil reporting rules for cash buy ins, inquiry hears

Several isolated Canada-US border communities exempted from COVID-19 quarantine

Sea to Sky Gondola cable was deliberately  cut again, regulator confirms

Labour dispute averted at Tsawwassen ferry terminal

North Okanagan company creates 'safe bubble' visitation room for care homes

Former Calgary MP Rob Anders accused of not reporting $750K in income for tax purposes

Miscellaneous                            

Three workers fired in aftermath of Cleveland Dam incident that resulted in one dead, one missing

Fracking shatters illusion of a clean BC

RCMP fought to avoid responsibility after Wet'suwet'en Diesel spill  

Will peak Oil kill the Federal Conservatives?