Ottawa Observations: Thursday, January 21, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Thursday,  January 21, 2021

The Royal Farewell

Julie Payette resigns as Governor-General after probe into workplace harassment claims

A very Trudeau mistake created this governor-general fiasco

Read Governor General Julie Payette's full resignation statement

What happens when the governor-general resigns?

Payette stepping down as Governor General after blistering report on Rideau Hall work environment

Independent firm completes review into claims of 'toxic' environment at Rideau Hall

Julie Payette's bumpy tenure as Governor General

Governor General Julie Payette steps down in wake of damning report alleging workplace harassment

Julie Payette was never a good choice for Governor General and Justin Trudeau should have known it

Canadians react as Julie Payette steps down as Governor General

Governor General Julie Payette has resigned. What happens now?

The highlights - and lowlights - of Julie Payette's tenure as Governor General 

'Canada deserves stability': Julie Payette resigns as Governor General, apologizes

Governor General Julie Payette resigns over damning workplace report

Absence of a Governor General in a minority government situation 'completely untenable,' scholar says 

Who could be your next Governor General? The Great One? Prince Harry? Kim Campbell is available

Julie Payette had no business being Governor General in the first place

GG Julie Payette and Rideau Hall's top bureaurcrat resign in wake of damning workplace review

Governor General Julie Payette has our thanks for quitting a job she clearly never wanted

What happened when there's no Governor General?

Governor General Julie Payette resigning amid 'scathing' Rideau Hall workplace review

From a 'great adventure' to resignation: The rise and fall of Julie Payette

In wake of Julie Payette resignation as Canada's Governor General, bring back Adrienne Clarkson

Canadians held in China / China tensions

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine delays worsen, deliveries see more than 60 percent cut so far

New COVID-19 variant can evade immunity, research suggests

Eli Lilly claims drug prevents coronavirus infection in nursing homes

Vaccine delay left Barrie's Roberta Place home vulnerable to a COVID-19 outbreak

Canadians' outrage over vaccine delays is misguided - not to mention entitled

Canada won't receive any Pfizer shots next week - here's what you need to know about the vaccination campaign 

COVID-19 is hitting First Nations in Western Canada especially hard

'The tide has not yet turned': COVID-19 spread slows in Toronto, but could come roaring back with new variants, warn health officials

Trudeau speaks to Pfizer CEO as delays to vaccine shipments get worse

Doctor's warn vaccine delays will cost lives

Fourth Canada-bound flight with COVD impacting 'all rows': Health Canada

Why adding more and more beds still isn't fixing Ontario's COVID hospital crisis

Despite current shortages, government insists all Canadians will get COVID Vaccine by September

Huge fire erupts at the world's largest manufacturer of coronavirus vaccines

BC reports 564 new COVID-19 cases, 15 deaths as hospitalizations fall again

BC to announce next. steps in COVID-19 vaccine rollout Friday

Power outage destroys COVID-19 vaccines in remote BC First Nation clinic

COVID-19 variants could be spreading across Canada. Are labs doing enough to detect them?

15 new deaths, new case count increases, Williams Lake cluster 

Globe and Mail

Legal review shows BC can't restrict interprovincial travel, Horgan says

More than a million Canadians engaged in overnight holiday-season travel, data show

BC Schools spend federal money on cleaning instead of ventilation

The way Conservative MPs - not just their leader - ousted Derek Sloan shows the value of the Reform Act

No roll-call votes in Commons if new electronic voting app adopted

CBC
  

Kenney wants 'reprisals' for blocking Keystone  - but what are Canada's options?

At least 50,000 flight reservations have been cancelled since mandatory COVID-19 testing was introduced

Correctional services missed signs leading up to Marylène Levesque murder says report

With Keystone XL back on the shelf, oil patch pressure mounts on Trudeau and TransMountain

StatsCan undertakes hiring stress ahead of 'contact-free' census

The pandemic has pushed our health care system to the brink. I see it every day as a nurse

Hey Alberta, how is it going so far?

Toronto Star

       

After the Capitol riots, Ottawa draws lessons about social media regulation 

Canada lost the Keystone pipeline when Donald Trump lost the election. For Justin Trudeau, that's not a bad deal

Justin Trudeau said Canadians could have it all on energy and the environment. It isn't working

Durham doctor and her husband, a Toronto paramedic, are charged with failing to disclose info about a contact they had with UK visitor

Jason Kenney wants to fight the US - and if Ottawa won't help, he'll fight it, too

Pfizer's reasons for delaying deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines to Ontario are 'crap', Doug Ford says

Conservatives' advice for Justin Trudeau: More hard work, no more 'bromance' with the US president

Toronto Sun

Feds still clueless on airport COVID screening one year later

Kitchener gym files court challenge against province's Stay-At-Home closures

One year ago, an unsuspecting traveller brought the first known case of COVID-19 to Canada

Biden's energy plans will impact Canada

National Post

Alberta is owed and it's for the federal government to pay

It was supposed to be a Great Reset, Not a Great Reseat

Liberals good idea on infrastructure spending comes a few years late

Maclean's

How to engage social conservatives

Who leads among young voters? The NDP

Global

British Columbia will not impose restrictions on inter-provincial travel, premier says

Andrew Wilkinson still has not resigned as leader of the BC Liberals

City of Victoria offering relief funding for business targeted by vandals

City of Vancouver pushes for funding in order to keep the PNE afloat in 2021

BC court turfs taxi companies' bid to quash Uber, Lyft licences

Canada's movie theatre association calls out 'absurdity' of BC theatre closure

Premiers tell Trudeau they 'want to go to war' with US over Keystone XL: sources

More than 200K small businesses could close permanently amid pandemic: CFIB

Keystone XL cancelling will stifle Canada's Oil industry for years: experts

Miscellaneous

BC Premier John Horgan says province can't take action to stop interprovincial travel

VSB to vote on future land plans

After Five years, Kevin Desmond reaches his TransLink Terminus

BC Safer Supply program is too slow to start and not working, users say

Wake Up! Trump's Politics of Division and Hate are already here

Worries rise that NPA Board Could run extremist candidates in 2022

'Judy versus Capitalism ' plumbs the mind of Judy Rebick

Hotel workers turn to Courts to Fight Pandemic firings