Ottawa Observation: Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Wednesday, December 2, 2020


Canadians held in China / China tensions

Holding Canada's two Michael's is part of China's larger strategy

China's COVID lesson for all of us is to fix the boring stuff now

Canada asks court to toss affidavit in extradition case for Huawei's Meng Wanzhou

Crown in Meng Wanzhou case fights to exclude former Obama officials criticism of Trump

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Canada faces narrowing window to deploy COVID-19 vaccines against infection spread

Inside Acuitas Therapeutics, the Vancouver company providing a crucial piece of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine

Tory MP-sponsored petition casting doubt on COVID-19 vaccine safety pushes false information, experts say

BC hockey team spread COVID-19 after tournament in Alberta

Alberta strikes team to roll out COVID-19 vaccine in three phases starting in early January

Alberta asks federal government, Red Cross for field hospitals as COVID spreads

Vaccine priority list must be refined to  match available doses: Tam

Alberta's new COVID-19 message: They died because of their risk factors

Old-timers hockey team spread COVID to dozens of people in BC community after playing games in Alberta

Alberta requests field hospitals from Ottawa and Red Cross as rising COVID cases strain capacity

Canada's greatest assets in overcoming COVID-19

Community buy-in critical to Nova Scotia's 'magnificent' handling of pandemic

Anita Anand talks up Ottawa's pandemic purchasing plans

BC reports 12 deaths, 834 new cases of  COVID-19

'Dozens' infected with COVID-19 after BC oldtimers hockey team travels to Alberta

'Healthy' BC family posts ad requesting exposure to COVID-19

Canada's review of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine will be completed soon, health minister says

39 schools add new exposure dates in all five health regions

Over 800 new cases, and Dr. Bonnie Henry on sports, travel, schools and more

BC hits record high COVID-19 hospitalizations for 15th straight update

Globe and Mail

Oil downtown prompts Newfoundland to question its reliance on fossil fuels

Dr. Furery's prescription: How Newfoundland and Labrador's Premier pictures its postpandemic comeback

Come by Chance refinery workers brace for layoffs with facility's future uncertain

Doug Ford rebuffs call to reopen retail shops at 25 percent capacity in Toronto, Peel region

Military helicopter, plane dispatched to rescue Mountie, suspect in ravine

When it was time to admit to a broken promise, Justin Trudeau delegated the job

When will Ottawa start reducing stimulus spending?

Chrystia Freeland vetting at least five candidates for new Finance Canada deputy

Days after economic update, Liberals introduce bill for new COVID-19 spending

Bill to implement UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on the way

Ottawa will miss target to end all long-term dinking water advisories  in First Nations

When can Ottawa start reeling in the fiscal firehose? Ask COVID-19

Canada's fiscal update may be feminist in its approach, but it's not so intersectional

CBC
   

Grounded 737 Max could take first step toward being cleared to fly this week, say crash victims' families

Indigenous Services Minister acknowledges Liberals won't meet promised drinking water target

The pandemic was already polarizing - now vaccines have become partisan as well

Federal government lifts the veil on House of Commons renovations

Stuck in a hotel during a Christmas pandemic, Neskantaga members wait for water crisis to end

Toronto Star

Second Ontario government computer specialist fired in wake of alleged $11M COVID-19 fraud

Original Adamson Barbecue location has operated without a business licence for more than four years

Anti-vaxxers find their champion in a Conservative MP

'Ontario is at a breaking point:' COVID-19 impacts being felt beyond the lockdown areas of Toronto and Peel

Debate over assisted dying bill extended as clock ticks down on court deadline

RCMP must take 'drastic actions' to restore confidence: former Supreme Court Justice

Liberal government admits it won't keep promise of clean water for First Nations by March

What's going on with Ontario's auditor general? People are asking

Justin Trudeau learns a hard lesson: Don't make promises you can't keep

Toronto Sun

Paid leave for federal civil servants cost $1.1B during pandemic: report

Ford shoots down idea of opening all retailers with strict conditions

Denied heart medication, grandfather enters third day of CBSA detention at Toronto Airport

Chain president says he worries for small shop owner, wants everyone open

Working from home? You may be eligible for $400 tax credit

CBC TV ad revenues continue historic collapse falling 19% in 6 months

Paid leave for federal civil servants cost $1.1B during pandemic: report

The mall where Christmas came to die

Big names in retail call on Ford to open stores to keep public safe

Trump trumps Trudeau in reducing greenhouse gasess

The pushback against unfair rules continues

National Post

We're flying blind during COVID-19 air passengers need to be pro-active

Trudeau suggests Canada-US border restrictions to last a long time

Canada desperately needs a justice overhaul. The mosque-massacre sentence proves it

A 237 page fiscal update,  But still no budget?

An energy transformation may be on the way, but fossil fuels will get us there

Fiscal update show a government totally divorced from reality

The biggest news in Biology had nothing to do with the COVID-19 vaccine

Federal changes put Canadian film funding decisions in hands of a few bureaucrats, leading producers say

Maclean's

It's time for Canadian universities to go grade less

Global

RCMP unit commander warned BC government that organized crime would run casinos 'with impunity'

Hundreds of vehicles join BC car rally in solidarity with Punjabi farmers

BC Premier encourages people to stay home for upcoming holidays

'A huge juggling act': BC parents struggle daily with COVID-19 and daycare

BC education minister reviewing options to remove controversial Chilliwack school trustee

'Human experimentation': Tory MP sponsors e-petition disputing assured coronavirus vaccine safety

Feds plan to provide Canadians with tools to fight coronavirus vaccine misinformation

"Mean-spirited:" Christmas tree tension erupts between city, former Newfoundland Premier

Indigenous Services Minister says Trudeau government won't end boil-water advisories by March 2021

Miscellaneous                            

How child apprehensions cause Moms to relapse, and Overdose

Why does it take so long to hold an inquest after Police Kill?

RoboCop Goes to Sea

Horgan: Holiday celebrations must be kept to 'absolute minimum'

Land/corporate ownership registries need to verify ID: anti-money laundering experts

Opioid crisis deaths filling Victoria's hospital crypts

Beware of rising authoritarians indulged by Trump: former justice minister