Ottawa Observations: Tuesday, December 29, 2020

 

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


Canadians held in China / China tensions

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The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Ontario's COVID-19 task force head asks Health Canada to 'look into' single-dose Moderna vaccine

BC Health officials urge people to avoid New Year's gatherings

Retired General Rick Hillier asks Health Canada to look at whether one dose of Moderna vaccine would be enough

Side-effects, tests and results:  Medical professionals break-down the Pfizer vaccine. Here's what they know and don't know

Ontario hits record-high COVID-19 cases as pre-Christmas shopping blamed

Ontario, Alberta aim to speed up vaccinations as Moderna vaccine starts arriving

Ontario starts to pick up its slow pace on vaccines

Ontario to start COVID-19 vaccinations in long-term care within days: Hillier

Long wait times for OVID vaccine

Wuhan might have had nearly 10 times more COVID infections than reported

WHO chief scientist not confident vaccines prevent transmission

New COVID cases surge in China ahead of busiest holiday season

BC records 74 COVID-19 deaths over five days along with 2, 206 new cases

Interior Health prepares for Moderna vaccine rollout

Dr. Bonnie Henry says lower new case counts may be due to less people testing over holidays

Quebec confirms its first case of UK variant while US confirms its first case

BC sees 2,206 new COVID-19 cases over 5 day Christmas break

Globe and Mail

Struggling sectors still waiting for promised relief from federal government

The economy is set to charge ahead in 2021, but not before more pain

How Canadian consumers can be an economic engine driving Canada toward economy

Ontario Finance Minister Rod Phillips takes out-of-country vacation despite COVID-19 travel warnings

Why is Jason Kenny scapegoating CERB for drug overdoses?

What the Mounties' botched handling of the Nova Scotia shooting tells us

Alberta's equalization referendum may come back to haunt the province

The RCMP's broken culture demands and educational reboot

The Canadian is coming back - here's why everyone should take the train

Canada faces mounting mental-health concerns that need to be addressed in 2021, Bains says

Federalism allows 'bumblebee' Canada to stay aloft relatively well through a challenging year

What ever happened to Canadians' famous pursuit of balance?

CBC
  

What if? How politics in 2020 might have looked if the pandemic had never happened

Ontario finance minister says he's returning home as news of Caribbean vacation sparks anger

Despite Premier's calls for Quebecers to stay home, Liberal MNA Pierre Arcand vacations in Barbados

Elaine McCoy, longtime Alberta senator and former cabinet minister, has died

National daycare system will need more money to lower fees, expand spaces, Hussen says

Addressing mental-health issues linked to pandemic a key task in 2021, Bains says

Poll finds lowest levels of satisfaction for Prairie premiers' handling of pandemic

Governor General's New Year's message pays tribute to front-line workers

The signs of a long-term recovery are taking hold in Calgary

Toronto Star

              

Ontario's tourism and hospitality industry to lose out on almost $2 billion in revenue over New Year's: survey

It's time to put our most vulnerable generation at Tendercare at the front of the line

Bargaining with COVID-19 to find a path through the pain

Has the Ford government cancelled 2021 for Ontario's most vulnerable?

Finance Minister Rod Phillips says he 'deeply regrets' holiday trip to St. Barts after Premier Ford blasts him and orders his immediate return

'Mayhem and confusion' at the CRA: agents are instructed to rush through retroactive CERB applications, employee tells the Star

Quebec asks feds for more airport testing as province finds case of COVID-19 variant

2020 left some Alberta MPs a little buffaloed 

Toronto Sun

Amid COVID lockdown, Ontario finance minister enjoys sunny St. Barts getaway

Lockdown makes no sense without rapid COVID testing at Pearson

Woodstock Ontario woman charged under Reopening Ontario Act for church service

Billions of masks will end up in the world's oceans this year

Health care workers deserve a break too

'Learning pods' and why we should fund students - not systems

Challenging education's 'cyber-utopia

Court speaks on Palestinian 'Pay for Slay' and Ottawa must take heed

National Post

How a diminished Department of Finance brings into question Canada's fiscal future

Canada is turning asylum seekers away at the border, then changing its mind

Sir John A. Macdonald's legacy is a took for education (not a standard for wokeness)

Why you might want to hurry back to the office - before it's gone

Michelle Latimer saga shows that DNA can make or break your career

Maclean's

The national unity question that most of Canada is ignoring

This awful year may have reset our ability to appreciate happiness

Global

14 year old killed in targeted Surrey shooting, investigators say

Condolences pour in following death of Canadian Senator Elaine McCoy

Provinces urge feds to ramp up rapid testing at airports amid new COVID-19 variant

Will 2020's political polling Blursday continue in 2021?

Miscellaneous

Two search and rescue missions near Pemberton: one injured man rescued, two snowmakers die in avalanche

Closed by COVID-19, Surrey pub that launched Central CityBrewers in 2003 now for sale at $98,000

Historical blindness and the legacy of Canada's Indian residential schools

International student enrolment didn't plummet after all

What I learned by reading hundreds of COVID-19 research studies