Ottawa Observations: Thursday, November 26, 2020

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for Thursday, November 26, 2020


Canadians held in China / China tensions

Victims of foreign-state-sponsored harassment in Canada recount threats of rape, murder and harm to families

The hollow victory of Carrie Lam, Hong Kong's betrayer-in-chief

Maybe if we do nothing, the whole China situation will turn out for the best

Chinese Communist Party protest in Surrey turns ugly

Activists seek Huawei officials release, end of extradition

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Health Canada close to approving COVID-19 vaccine before Christmas, but rollout plan remains uncertain

Trudeau bet against vaccine nationalism. His odds aren't looking good

Alberta's Chief Medical Officer defends politicians' right to determine final COVID-19 response

Once Australia's COVID-19 hotspot,  Victoria state goes 28 days without an infection

'So real': As COVID-19 drives up hospitalizations, Saskatchewan's ICU's are nearly full

Who goes first? Anxiety over vaccine timing puts Trudeau government on the spot

Secret recordings reveal political directives, tension over Alberta's pandemic response

COVID-19 cases look to be levelling off but Ontario is still in a 'precarious' state

Rapid at home COVID testing remains a dream for Canadians

COVID testing to begin is schools in Toronto, Peel, York, Ottawa

Canadians will have to wait for a COVID-19 vaccine, and Justin Trudeau can't blame Donald Trump this time

Trudeau government dropped the ball with Canada's vaccine plan

Could vaccine debacle topple Liberal government?

Leaked recordings show divisions over COVID response in Alberta - and a tough chief medical officer

First COVID-19 vaccine could get Canadian approval next month, health officials say

Will unvaccinated Canadians finally hold their governments to account?

How the West was lost to COVI-19

BC reports record 887 new COVID-19 cases, another 13 deaths

Hospitalized teacher from shuttered, COVID stricken Surrey school speaks out

Pressure grows for Alberta and BC to join COVID Alert App as cases surge

BC 'by far the worst' on releasing COVID-18 data, expert says

Trudeau unable to answer premiers' questions on coronavirus vaccine rollout: sources

Coronavirus cases surge across Canada as vaccine still months away

UK to assess AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine as questions swirl over data

Dr. Deena Hinshaw calls leaded public health meeting recordings a 'personal betrayal'

34 BC schools with new exposures in all five health authorities

Over 800 new cases and 13 deaths, anti mask incident and more

Putting the Vaccine Buzz into perspective

New deaths from COVID-19 in BC stay at all time high

Globe and Mail

MPs reject pleas for a public inquiry into Canada's endorsement of the deadly 737 Max jet

Premier John Horgan unveils BC's 20 member cabinet

Conservative MP Eric Duncan pushes health minister to finally end the gay blood ban

Jason Kenney doesn't seem to understand what the Charter actually says

The Trans Mountain pipeline could soon be Canada's white elephant

Vancouver pushes a radical idea for the overdose epidemic: Decriminalization

National Science museum acquires billion-year old water

CBC
    

Nav Canada warns air traffic controllers that job cuts are coming as pandemic

3 million Canadians could be vaccinated in early 2021, but feds warn of 'logistical challenges'

First Nation asks Indigenous Services to launch investigation into top bureaucrat's behaviour

What to expect from the federal government's long-awaited fiscal update

Feds to keep more bureaucrats at home, overhaul property portfolio to get to 'net zero' emissions

Citizenship tests set to resume online after 8-month suspension

Professional athletes core border exemptions in the name of national interest

Probe of workplace harassment claims at Museum of History extend into 2021

Toronto Star

Owner of Adamson Barbecue faces four charges after attempting to defy lockdown for a third day

Ontario government moves to cap restaurant delivery fees in areas where indoor dining is banned

Ontario ties university and college funding to graduates' employment rates and salaries

AOC Among US: progressive firebrand to join NDP leader for online gaming sesh Friday

Toronto Sun

Shuttered Bolton business planning safe, COVID-minded lockdown defiance

Small Biz revolt shows need for Smarter COVID regulations

BBQ rebel busted

Liberal hypocrisy knows no bounds

Are government COVID responses breaching charter rights?

Patty Hajdu thinks my COVID writing is 'fake and dangerous'

Electric vehicle subsidies a crapshoot for taxpayers

National Post

The COVID that stole Christmas: How the pandemic is dismantling many of our holiday traditions

Patients not doctors should initiate conversations on assisted dying

Canadian soldier claiming $60,000 in damages from armed forces

How Canada just might convince Biden to save Keystone with a cross border carbon deal

Diplomatic rift between Tehran and Ottawa continues to grow

Maclean's

Human remains found on Vancouver Island have opened a door into a lost world

The pandemic has ramped up student's money woes

Punishment won't stop a pandemic

Global

BC's new cabinet: Rob Fleming out as education minister, Selina Robinson finance

Penticton doctor spreads message about treating alchohol use disorder with medication

RCMP arrest man accused of threatening Surrey city councillor, prime minister

British Columbia was warned about its looming hydro disaster

As number of COVID-19 cases rise in Alberta, so does tension over world junior championship

Auditor General's report shows Ford government's poor leadership amid COVID-19 crisis

Trouble brewing ahead of start to Nova Scotia fall lobster season: Indigenous leader

Miscellaneous                            

John Horgan's cabinet picks send a signal that loyalty is critically important to the premier's office

Horgan opts for Stability, keeps Veterans in Key Cabinet posts

How one school District is teaching settlers to "Walk in Two Worlds'

Canada's Big Chances to address environmental racism

City workers took his tent in a rainstorm. It happens all the time

Canadians, Americans open to allowing permanent residents to vote: poll