Ottawa Observations: Monday, November 16, 2020

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


Canadians held in China / China tensions

Key witness involved in Meng Wanzhou's arrest declines to testify in extradition case

Canada will not bar entry to HongKongers arrested for taking part in 'peaceful protests,' Immigration Minister says

Commons to vote this week on motion urging decision on Huawei 5G, Beijing's interference

Canadians consider Beijing to be larger threat than Moscow, poll finds

Meng Wanzhou back in court as observers ponder influence of Biden presidency

Beijing blasts Bob Rae after ambassador calls for UN to investigate genocide claims

Wikipedia was source of security concern questions for Meng: Border officer

Any UN investigation of China for genocide will be a farce

'Am I right?' Canadians - not Uighurs - persecuted people, China corrects UN envoy Bob Rae

US extradition fight for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou back in BC court with evidence hearings

Meng Wanzhou back in court as observers ponder influence of Biden presidency

Meng Wanzhou's lawyers claim key RCMP witness refusing to testify at extradition treaty

Huawei executive Meng's layer concerned about ex-Mounties refusal to testify

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Alberta's contact tracing app used to track COVID-19 exposures just 19 times

Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine is 94.5% effective

Do we need a strict second lockdown to beat the virus?

Vancouver Island's top doctor says break in travel needed to curb coronavirus spread

If Canadians put their neighbours first, we can bend the curve

'A very dire situation' Brampton's northeast corner tops list of GTA neighbourhoods with alarming rates of COVID-19 cases

COVID-19 vaccines pose new transportation challenges. Canadian innovators are stepping up

Is the #COVIDzero target the bull's-eye we need, or will it be all for naught?

Alberta facing 'exponential growth' of COVID-19 cases: top doctor

Canada surpasses 300,000 COVID cases, more than 100,000 in past month

Ontario doing well on COVID despite what some 'experts' say 

The unknown world after getting a COVID-19 vaccine

Cops bust illegal birthday party in Etobicoke storage unit

Explaining government responses to COVID-19

'COVID zero' is not going to happen in Canada. Stop pretending otherwise

Why the second wave of COVID is so much worse than the first

BC continues to break records with 1,959 new COVID-19 cases over three days, nine new deaths

BC considering extending winter school break to deal with COVID-19 spread

'A shadow of what I was': COVID-19 long-haulers' shed light on brain-related symptoms

Three COVID-19 outbreaks declared at long-term care homes in BC's Southern Interior

COVID-19 detected at 4 more BC residential care homes in Fraser Health

The COVID-19 pandemic is threatening an HIV resurgence

Dr. Bonnie Henry: Masks and COVID-19 - one of the important layers to protect yourself, your community

New cases in BC over 600 per day; 27 schools with new exposures;   11 new healthcare outbreaks and more

Some places are beating COVID-19. How all of Canada can, too

Nine deaths, nearly 2,000 COVID cases in BC since Friday

Globe and Mail

From Quebec, a climate plan serves as a wake-up call to other provinces

Quebec to ban sale of gas-powered cars, SUV's by 2035 as part of $6.7 billion climate plan

NDP, Bloc raise concerns about Andrew Scheer employing his wife's sister

Passport Canada deletes tweet encouraging Canadians to apply for passports before winter vacations

Transat executives take a hit from reduced value of sale to Air Canada

Rethink mink: Denmark's COVID-19 outbreak linked to fur farms should worry Canadians

Erin O'Toole urged to explain past support for 'anti-union' bills

Trudeau says a 'crackdown' on journalism puts democracy in danger

Former finance minister Bill Morneau takes fellowship at Yale University

CBC
    

Military mission to COVID-hit long term care homes cost taxpayers about $53 million

Green Party leader calls on Trudeau to curb COVID-19 confusion and appoint a national task force

Liberals agree to release some WE Charity documents

Bill to overhaul Canada's privacy laws coming soon

Atikamekw leaders want Quebec, Ottawa to tack systemic racism with Joyce's Principle

Toronto Star

Toronto Public Health officials barred from publicly revealing their advice to Doug Ford's provincial government

Impending new COVID-19 restrictions for Toronto retailers threaten to push more businesses over the edge

Three times more racialized renters live in overcrowded housing in Toronto than non-racialized renters - and the starkest gap is among those born in Canada, study says

Residential-school survivors call on Ottawa and provinces for monuments

Canada hasn't hit a climate target since 1992. Can Justin Trudeau break the streak?

Ontario's PC government has changed its tune on hiking our debt. Don't expect the same on raising taxes

Toronto Sun

Trudeau has eyes set on a great reset for Canada

Trudeau sees pandemic as an opportunity

'We'll always have other Christmases,': Ford says

Cost of Parliament Hill reno increases more than 150M

Trudeau's using pandemic to advance his agenda

National Post

Liberals relent on handing over WE documents to east Parliamentary committee gridlock

Senate ready to fully resume its work, with new deal to hold virutal and hybrid committee meetings

Why does the CBC care what Mary Trump has to say?

Trudeau's character must be called into question

Putin is playing chess agains the West - and he's winning

A big push for privacy at the border

An American import we don't want: The Liberals are politicizing how judges are picked

Maclean's

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Global

Burnaby Hospital Emergency Department re-opens to walk-in patients following fire

5 ICBC locations moving to in person appointments only

Chilliwack school trustee known for anti-LGBTQ2 comments, gets community hero award

Canadian MPs unanimously call for visit from Biden, Harris after COVID-19

More WE Charity records could be revealed as Liberals agree to legal review

Miscellaneous                            

'You have Zero privacy' says an Internal RCMP presentation. Inside the Force's Web Spying program

A postpartum surgery would change her life. MSP won't cover it

BC Businesses' COVID-19 emergency plans often unavailable to public

Pollution, climate change weigh on most British Columbian's minds: poll