Ottawa Observations: Friday, November 6, 2020

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Friday, November 6, 2020


Canadians held in China / China tensions

Canada urged to enact sanctions on Chinese officials for actions in Hong Kong

Religion is under assault in China. But Canada may not have the moral high ground it needs to defend it

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

COVID-19 testing numbers plunge below maximum capacity in Ontario

Alberta widens restrictions on social gatherings to curb COVID-19 spread

Trudeau says first COVID-19 vaccines will face distribution hurdles in the new year

Health officials 'cautiously optimistic' a COVID-19 vaccine will be ready by early next year

Alberta premier urges end to house parties as infections rise

BC records shocking 589 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours

Nearly 600 new cases , 11 schools with exposures, six healthcare outbreaks, and more

The 'Just Say No' approach to Youth partying won't work, say experts

COVID-19 infections in BC continue to soar, with record high 589 cases in past day

                                                                          

Globe and Mail

Health experts urge Ottawa to amend Canada Health Act to include anti-racism pillar

Canadian cannabis, psychedelics industries cheer state measures in US election

Ontario hospitals decry 'reckless' decision to reopen pubs and gyms in Peel Region

Payroll taxes, CPP rates to rise as COVID-19 pandemic cuts into revenues, profit margins

Brian Mulroney says he's confident Biden will help heal US divisions, end absence of leadership under Trump

For the US-Canada relationship, Biden's win changes everything - and nothing at all

Ontario GM workers to vote on collective agreement that will see production resume at Oshawa plant

Budget watchdog says Ottawa can spend more, but wiggle room has shrunk due to COVID-19 pandemic

For the children of military families, Remembrance Day can be painful

CBC
    

Whole Foods backs down on banning poppies at work

Trudeau says he won't comment on US election until results are 'sufficiently clear'

Commons planning new security measures as MPs report threats of violence

PBO says federal government can spend more - but its running out of room to manoeuvre

Crown seeks plea date for Corey Hurren, accused in Rideau Hall incident

Conservative MP calls for nationwide-three digit suicide hotline

Ontario premier moves to outlaw Whole Foods poppy policy

Supreme Court dismisses appeal against Maple Leaf Foods over tainted meat

Elections Canada says its system protects Canadian voters from US-style drama

Toronto Star

A damning outside report said a Toronto Catholic trustee broke the rules by linking LGBTQ issues to bestiality and pedophilia. But four trustees still backed him

Does Doug Ford know what he's about to do? New COVID re-openings show the province is ignorant - or negligent

Quebec secularism law could hurt social cohesion, expert tells court challenge

Quebec invests $15 million to improve cultural security of Indigenous patients

Probe into loan shark 'ruffled' casino bosses, money laundering inquiry hears

Whole Foods reverses poppy ban for workers following heavy criticism

Doug Ford's pandemic pledge to hire thousands of nursing-home workers criticized as short on details

Pandemic and collapsing oil prices have had a 'stark' impact on Canada's economy, fiscal watchdog says

Toronto Sun

Whole Foods gets schooled by Canadians

An Epic Whole Foods blunder

Crisis in COVID-19 communications

Canada lets resist the urge to watch down south with smugness

Ford government to debate Peel Region's Stage 2 status

National Post

Why Americans aren't more afraid of COVID and why that should worry Canadians

Albertans urged to stop hosting gatherings as new COVID cases surge with more than 1,400 in past 48 hours

Federal government has plans on how to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine and who gets it first

PEI intersection - a first of its kind in Canada - takes 11 instructional videos to explain

Maclean's

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Global

Coquitlam Legion struggling to sell poppies during COVID-19 pandemic

Final ballot counting is underway in the BC election. Here are some ridings to watch

Whole Foods will let staff wear poppies after firestorm over 'disgraceful' ban

RCMP to help make sure BC Ferries passengers don't stay in vehicles on enclosed decks'

'Alarming' spike in drug toxicity prompts warning from Abbotsford police

BCTF renewing calls for mandatory masks inside classrooms

Strong support for Burnaby Mountain gondola, TransLink says

Nunavut confirms its first case of COVID-19

BC Premier tells Whole Foods to 'give your heads a shake' over staff banned from wearing poppies

'We have to be so, so careful': B C not easing rules around long-term care visits

Miscellaneous                            

Whole Foods Market prohibits workers from wearing Remembrance Day poppies on the job

First United Church, a Downtown eastside institution, to get a huge makeover

New NDP government challenged by damning report on mistreatment of injured workers

The 'Decolonization Bootcamp' uniting cities and Indigenous reserves