Ottawa Observations: Friday, January 29, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Friday,  January 29, 2021

Canadians held in China / China tensions

Canada concerned as Hong Kong starts to force dual citizens to choose status

Canadians help Hong Kong lawyers stockpile immigration documents in face of unprecedented crackdown

Judge won't relax Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou's bail conditions due to flight risk

BC judge rejects Meng Wanzhou's request to ease bail conditions

Meng Wenzhou loses bid to loosen bail restrictions

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Alberta relaxes COVID-19 restrictions, despite warnings

Virus variant raise stakes in race against COVID-19

WHO team visits Wuhan hospital that had early virus patients

Moderna to cut deliveries to Canada in new blow to vaccination campaign

Canada falls to 20th in the world for vaccine doses administered

'Disturbing trend': Ottawa hospital sees rise in number of babies with severe head injuries during second wave of COVID-19

BC says all long term care residents have been offered COVID-19 vaccine, reports 514 new cases

COVID-19 vaccinations stepped up in Downtown Eastside

Dr. Bonnie Henry talks about travel risks, longterm care vaccinations

Globe and Mail

Trudeau's new travel controls are mostly symbolic

Michelle Latimer serves CBC with notice of libel, while network cancels Trickster

What are Canada's latest COVID-19 travel restrictions? Quarantine hotels and airport testing explained

Michigan approves one permit for Enbridge Line 5 tunnel crossing Great Lakes channel

Alberta's easing of COVID-19 restrictions might prove a risky political calculus for the UCP

Maybe an ex-CEO and his actress wife jumped the vaccine queue as an act of charity?

Federal government, airlines agree to halt flights to Caribbean, Mexico; mandatory hotel quarantines coming with weeks

Federal law on social media and news organizations coming this spring,  Guilbeault says

Federal deficit stood at $232 billion with four months left in fiscal year

CBC
  

Canada not exempt from social media forces that created US Capitol riot, heritage minister says

MPs question what 'best reasonable effort' means for drug companies as vaccine deliveries dwindle

Airlines suspending certain flights, Ottawa introducing quarantine hotel stays to discourage travel

Senior public servant named secretary to the governor general following Payette's resignation

Prime Minister and MPs mark 4th anniversary of Quebec City mosque shooting

Ailing aviation sector pleads for aid as Ottawa considers new travel restrictions

Facebook calls on Canadian government to set social media rules

MPs are sending a clear message that Canada must address hate groups, now government needs to act

2 Canada Post workers in Regina suspended after refusing to deliver Epoch Times

Toronto Star

       

Tory welcomes judge's ruling halting Foundry demolition by Provincial government

Hudson's Bay permanently laying off more than 600 workers across Canada

Court approves living expenses for Ontario bureaucrat who was fired after alleged $11.6M COVID-19 fraud

Ottawa is making it tougher for Canadians to travel. But is it doing enough to stop a third wave of COVID-19

'I'm an introvert' and Doug Ford 'wears his heart on his sleeve': What Justin Trudeau has learned during the pandemic

Facebook denies it tried to recruit from the federal department developing online regulations

Toronto Sun

Ford government dropped ball big-time on Seniors

OPP investigating ex-civil servant accused of defrauding government $11M in COVID-19 relief funds

COVID-19 response sucking the life out of Canada

Trudeau's airport plan a year late

Canadians are losing faith in our public servants

Why governments declare emergencies

How the anvil keeps missing Trudeau

National Post

These are the only people who should ever be considered for governor general 

Facebook warns Canada against taking Australia's 'aggressive' tack in making them pay for news content

Canadian Heritage minister, top bureaucrats deny 'cozy' relationship between department and Facebook Canada

Moderna cutting vaccine shipments by a quarter another blow to Trudeau

Disgraceful treatment of Julie Payette diminishes the governor general's office

No, Don Cherry can't be Governor General. He likes people

Trudeau's mandatory hotel quarantine too late to do much good

Maclean's

The flap over Yellowknife's flag-raising practices

Justin Trudeau applauds Justin Trudeau's handling of the Rideau Hall mess

'At every turn, Canada chooses the path of injustice toward Indigenous peoples'

Global

Pregnant Indigenous woman turned away from Kitimat hospital before stillbirth, family claims

Canada Line workers issue 72 hour strike notice

BC Lottery corp didn't block mysterious casino cash due to 'hundreds of millions' in estimated losses: inquiry

SFU researcher calls on BC government to 'do more' in fight against COVID-19

BC opens the door for small summer weddings with no international visitors

Travellers to pay 'more than $2K' for new mandator COVID-19 hotel quarantine, Trudeau says

Notley blasts Kenney for lifting health restrictions as new COVID-19 variants arrive in Alberta

First Nations leaders condemn widespread reports of racism at Royal BC Museum

Miscellaneous

BC lawyer Paul Singh appointed acting chair of the BC Human Rights Tribunal

Canada's COVID-19 travel restrictions: What you need to know

For Indigenous peoples, it's time to look within

Months before Albertans were told, Australian Miners know plans to Axe Coal Policy