Ottawa Observations: Thursday, October 29, 2020

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


Canadians held in China / China tensions

Meng Wanzhou scores victory as lawyers allowed to argue US tried to trick Canada

Judge rules Meng Wanzhou can argue that US misled Canada in extradition case

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Public health advisers suggest Ontario has begun to flatten the COVID0-19 curve

Charges possible after 46 COVID-19 cases linked to wedding in Vaughn, Ontario

Death of elderly woman who attended birthday party highlighted, as BC announces 234 new cases of COVID-19

Mutant Covid-19 strain in Spanish farm workers sparked Europe's second wave: scientists

BC reports 234 new cases of COVID-19, more than 5,700 people isolating

Region specific orders a 'possibility' as COVID-19 cases surge in Fraser Valley: Henry

Health authorities address Fraser Health region, 17 schools and 9 flights with cases and more

Time Traveller's look at Canada and COVID from 2022

Fraser Health continues to be epicentre of BC COVID-19 cases

Mental Health Check: How Vancouver is coping with the pandemic

                                                                          

Globe and Mail

'Now I have to start over again': Five people who lost their jobs during the pandemic

Parsing Chrystia Freeland's speech for hints of Ottawa's fiscal direction

The labour divide: Eight charts that explain Canada's uneven job recovery

Current, former CBC employee condemn corporation's branded-content initiative

Jason Kenney faces his moment of truth

The world's democracies should prepare for a contested US election result

Canada's grocery industry needs a code of conduct

Ottawa names Ehren Cory as next Canada Infrastructure Bank CEO

Ethics Commissioner clears Bill Morneau for his travel with WE Charity

Ottawa unveils rules for $750 million emissions reduction fund

Trudeau says Canada has confidence in US election process even if result isn't immediately clear

Judicial discretion for mandatory minimum sentences for murder could save $8.3 million per year: PBO

Federal election during COVID-19 pandemic would be feasible, PHAC official says

The Minister of Finances sets course resolutely for who knows where

CBC
    

Commissioner drops ethics investigation into Morneau's WE charity trips

Mall real estate company collected 5 million images of shoppes, say privacy watchdogs

Conservative Senate leader backs Trump for re-election

Senate motion calls on Canada to recognize independent of Nagorno-Karabakh

Sales of cancer-fighting drugs soared in Canada over the past decade

Keep calm and borrow on : Chrystia Freeland and the new logic of deficits in a pandemic

Trans Mountain expansion may not be economically viable, says think tank report

UPS executive granted special ministerial exemption from Canada's COVID-19 quarantine

Liberals continue filibuster over WE affair at Commons finance committee

Annamie Paul's by-election defeat marks a crossroads for Green Party

Calls for an immediate shift to green energy ignore the realities of farming

Toronto Star

Immigration shortfalls from COVID-19 may spell short-term gain, but long-term pain for housing market

'Leaked' financial information on Charles McVety's Christian college jolts Doug Ford's government

Ethics probe partially clears Bill Morneau, finds he 'genuinely believed' he had paid the $41,000 cost of two WE Charity trips

As they wait for promised help from Justin Trudeau, 'Black businesses are dying'

Most economic and business forecasts assume there will be an effective COVID-19 vaccine. But what if there isn't?

Hundreds of students still awaiting laptops, iPads for online learning, Toronto board says

Cyberattack  targets Montreal health agency, forcing it to go off-line

Province urged to address homophobic comments by Catholic trustee

Justin Trudeau offers $750 million to oil and gas companies to slash methane emissions, but critics warn it isn't enough

Toronto Sun

Trudeau denounces terror but won't defend freedom of expression

City Council approves more money to prevent homeless deaths

Data doesn't support Dr. Williams' call to close for restaurants, gyms

Spending and debt weighing us down

True Patriot Love fundraiser honours soldiers' efforts during COVID crisis

Feds need to put money in health care of endless lockdowns

National Post

Liberals to refrain from commenting on US election until results clear, Trudeau says

Federal auditor general says her office needs extra $31M to fulfil its government watchdog mandate

We might have more sympathy for Doug Ford's COVID dilemma if he told us all the facts

Freeze wages of all federal politicians as Canadians struggle financially during pandemic, senator proposes

Liberals renew filibuster of finance committee as WE scandal continues to percolate in Parliament

Conservative legal group challenges new COVID restrictions on group gatherings in Alberta

It's time to talk about the D word in Alberta

Recent elections show incumbents have a clear advantage

Maclean's

Chrystia Freelands's big announcement wasn't so big after all

Global

Lottery Corporation witness denies deal with BC casino to underreport suspicious transactions

Yes, Prime Minister Trudeau, COVID-19 does suck. Canadians know all too well

Burned homicide victim found inside Squamish, vehicle in 2017 identified as US resident

Miscellaneous                            

What the BC NDP's win means for public education

Cadillac Fairview's use of facial recognition tech at malls, including Metro Vancouver, violated privacy laws: report

Why won't Canada back a Nuclear Weapons' ban?

Pipe Dream: Taxpayer-owned TMX is a bust, Concludes Analyst

Is Vancouver inching toward a renoviciton ban?

Pandemic proves need for NDP's Promised Accessibility Laws

BC's new legislature is still way whiter than the Province

Eight years into booming casino industry, anti-crime measures in 'infancy'