Ottawa Observations: Friday, October 16, 2020

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Friday, October 16, 2020


Canadians held in China / China tensions

Trudeau says Canada won't be deterred by China's veiled Hong Kong threat

US national security adviser says China is perpetrating 'something close' to a genocide in Xinjiang

It's time to kick the Confucius Institute out of Canada

Erin O'Toole wants China's ambassador to Canada to publicly apologize to Canadians, or be kicked out

China's basic dictatorship threatens Canadian in Hong Kong

A serious Canada: Standing up to China - what price are we willing to pay?

How Montreal professor built a parallel career in China, highlighting debate over Beijings recruiting

Beijing's man in Ottawa ratchets up his rhetoric

Chinese Communist Party agreement with BC needs federal 'cues': Wilkinson

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Ontario expands COVID-19 partial lockdown to another Toronto-area region

Manitoba to impose new pandemic restrictions in Winnipeg as COVID-19 cases mount

COVID-19 outbreaks declared in two hospitals in Edmonton zone; case numbers also on the rise in Calgary

Doctors warn Europe is at a turning point as COVID-19 cases surge across continent

Five Ontario regions passed a threshold for COVID-19 transmission. But only one faces new public health restrictions

BC reports 155 new cases of COVID-19 and one new death

Interior health investigating COVID-19 cluster at coffee shop in Merritt

Four more school exposures, and questions about school issues, case count accuracy and more

Number of BC COVID-19 patients in ICU reaches highest level since April

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Globe and Mail

Is Joe Biden a better friend to corporate Canada? It's complicated

Future of Keystone XL hinges on US presidential race

BC's economy turned upside down, with recovery success outside its main cities

Turkey accuses Canada of violating NATO alliance 'spirit' by suspending military exports

The hidden cost of Ottawa's new benefit for the self-employed

Why carbon tariffs could be coming to Canada soon

Liberals want special committee to study all pandemic spending, not just WE controversy

Emergency meeting spurs calls to address systemic racism in health care and effects on Indigenous patients

Conservatives move to bring proposal for special committee on WE scandal to House

Belarus's exiled opposition leader holds Canada in her heart, Champagne says

CBC
    

Health care system was designed to subject Indigenous people to systemic racism: Hajdu

Trudeau defends federal response as threats escalate over Mi'kmaw fishery in Nova Scotia

Trudeau says the federal government wants fixes, not control, of long-term care system

Government calls on private sector to come up with compostable, recyclable pandemic gear

Canadians applying for new pandemic benefit report confusion, frustration

Trudeau talks Nagorno-Karabakh war with Armenian, Turkish leaders, calls for dialogue

RCMP pension plan discriminates against women, says Supreme Court

WestJet's retreat from Atlantic Canada pushes the federal government into a corner

Bank of Canada phasing out 3 programs set up in early days of COVID-19 to provide emergency liquidity

Foreign Minister Champagne meets Belarus's exiled opposition leader in Lithuania

Toronto Star

Canadian Forces continue crackdown on extremists with the Navy and Air Force issuing orders agains 'hateful conduct'

Questioning Kamala Harris's race. Promoting a 9/11 conspiracy. Toronto byelections rocked by Liberal and Conservative candidates' resurfaced tweets

Doug Ford orders York Region to ban indoor dining and close gyms and movie theatres

OLG bets on former banker to lead it back to prosperity

Premier Doug Ford's government fundraising off of their 'support for small businesses' days after forced COVID-19 closures

Toronto Sun

Modular supportive housing project coming to smalltown Ontario

A year after settling streetcar lawsuit Toronto's eyeing Bombardier again

York Region joining Toronto, Peel and Ottawa in modified Stage 2

Lax snow removal contract enforcement cost city $31M: Auditor

Hospitals are Ontario's last line of defence in pandemic

Pointing out the positives

National Post

Beware of scam emails asking Companies to register for bogus federal contracts, government warns

Nobody should tolerate the Liberals' hideous tricks to hid WE documents

No gyms no indoor dining: Ontario pushes York Region back into Stage 2

Conservatives push for vote on WE scandal as Liberals delay committee motions

We can finally admit that plastic recycling has been a sham all along

Liberal battle to prevent disclosure of more WE documents relies on pots of coffee and irrelevant speeches

The October crisis cemented democracy in Quebec

Maclean's

Jonathan Wilkinson on Canada's big new climate change plan

Global

BC police watchdog confirms teen shot at Surrey RCMP before fatally shooting himself

Man stabbed inside tent in Strathcona Park but was only found 8 hours later: police

'My husband won't be brought back': Families of Penticton murder victims react to sentencing

Snowfall warning issued for Trans-Canada highway in BC's southern interior

Trudeau calls for calm in lobster fishery dispute: 'We need to find a solution'

Miscellaneous                            

The homelessness crisis is not 'complicated'

Indigenous peoples want action, not more talk from Politicians

Canada Post resumes delivery to some downtown eastside buildings