Ottawa Observations: Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for   Tuesday, January 5, 2021


Canadians held in China / China tensions

Canada's Pandemic Travelling politicians

Alberta's chief medical officer sympathetic with anger over MLAs travel, urges public to focus on prevention

Justin Trudeau criticizes politicians who travelled abroad

Are we all in this together? The political perils of pandemic travel

Done with the political turkeys after the holidays

Private warnings and public anger: Federal leaders come down hard on politicians who ignored Canada's COVID0-19 travel advice

CEO resigns from Ontario COVID-19 advisory groups after taking holiday trip to the Caribbean

People's Party leader and former MP Maxime Bernier travelled to Florida last fall

CEO of two Ontario Health Systems sorry for Dominican Republic trip over holidays

The thick-headed tone-deaf, obliviousness of political vacations

Text from Mexico: Alberta MLA Tanyas Yao sorry for disconnecting, says he's coming home

Slave Lake calls for its MLA, who travelled out of country multiple times, to resign

The entitled elitism of Canada's globe trotting politicians transcends the typical party lines

Public outrage over vacationing politicians is real. Leaders ignore that at their peril

Resignations of Alberta UCP 'fun in the sun' travellers feel like a resolution to do better

In the midst of pandemic sacrifices, what were travelling Alberta UCP politicians and staff thinking?

The entitlement of Canadian politicians

Victoria city councillor Sharmarke Dubow apologizes for travelling to Somalia

'Stupidity': Experts slam politicians' travel amid coronavirus pandemic

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

The second wave is a privilege pandemic, fuelled by Canadians who see COVID-19 as someone else's problem

Doctors urge high-risk pregnant, breastfeeding women to get access to virus vaccines

Ontario has hit a new high for COVID patients in the ICU - and experts say it's 'not even close to the peak'

Ontario promises vaccines for nursing homes in COVID-19 hot spots by January 21

Israel leads the world in rolling out vaccine - why can't we?

Canada probing whether delaying second COVID-19 vaccine doses could help more people

Province needs to step it up on COVID-19 vaccines

A quarter of Canadians don't want the COVID-19 vaccine. We asked the experts why

The fast spreading mutant COVID-19 strain is a '2021 nightmare: researchers'

Why aren't governments reserving second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine anymore?

BC records 428 new COVID-19 cases, 8 deaths as active cases continue to slide

BC sees favourable trend in COVID-19 cases over the Christmas holiday

Open letter from Kelowna doctors asks public to 'stick with BC's COVID plan'

Big White community cluster still growing, 25 more cases

Interior Health issues social-bubble reminder following case spike in Revelstoke

Outbreak declared at Chilliwack General Hospital

Outbreak declared  at St. Paul's Hospital

Eight more deaths in BC, but the number of new cases declines

400,000 British Columbians to get COVID-19 vaccine in first three months

BC records 428 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest total in a week

Globe and Mail

Nearly half of Canadians visited friends or family over the holidays, new poll suggests

Travel industry thrown into 'tailspin' by Ottawa's new COVID-19 testing rules

Air Canada hires influencers to promote vacation travel even as federal guidelines urge people to stay home

Trudeau says he shares frustration in pace of COVID-19 vaccinations

Nunavut NDP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq returns after leave of absence due to health issues

CBC
  

Winners of immigration lottery invited to formally apply to sponsor parents, grandparents

Trudeau says he's 'frustrated' with pace of vaccine rollout

Alberta government ranks last among provinces for public perception of pandemic response: poll

Airlines call on federal government to delay rollout of pre-departure COVID-19 tests

Rear-Admiral Craig Baines tapped to lead Canada's Navy

Information watchdog raps Privy Council Office for terminating access requests from public

Canadian Forces members in Latvia test positive for COVID-19 virus

Toronto Star

        

With COVID-19 at record levels, reopening schools is unwise, say health experts

Ontario bureaucrat fired in $11M COVID-19 fraud probe took 'tens of thousands of dollars' to India, court documents say

Canada to dramatically raise fees for deportees who return to Canada

Airline fears 'mayhem' as Canada's new COVID-19 rules for travellers loom

Navy gets new commander after admiral named defence chief

Toronto Sun

Hospitals watch COVID trends with 'trepidation and looming horror'

Trudeau's border actions should have happened a long time ago

London hospital using refrigerated trailer after morgue reaches capacity

Trudeau's carbon tax rebates coming up short

TO homicide unit tops in North American for clearing murders

The moral stain on Canada's tech sector

Trudeau playing hero: PM can't rewrite history on COVID1-19

National Post

Trudeau to discontinue paid benefit to people returning from vacation: 'No one should be vacationing abroad right now'

Trudeau 'frustrated' by slow provincial vaccine rollout, but confident it will improve

The sleeper issue that will determine the future of Canada's economic success

The Democrat: How I see Sir John A. Macdonald

Maclean's

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Global

Federal inmates to start receiving coronavirus vaccinations this week, union says

BC Ferries cancels most Thursday sailings with wind warning in effect

Miscellaneous

TransLink names Gigi Chen-Kuo as interim CEO

Independent Investigations Office of BC will investigate fatal shooting by Vancouver police office

Justin Trudeau talks fine and prison time for people who don't follow federal rules around travel

Fines loom for homeowners as Vancouver's Empty Homes Tax declaration deadline approaches

Basic BC homeowner grant set at up to $570 for Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley and Greater Victoria residents

Greater Vancouver, Fraser Valley real estate boards report 50,870 homes sold in record-setting 2020

Vancouver's SRO Hotels Drop in Value as City Eyes Purchases

Forestry watchdog calls for review of Old-Growth Logging Practices in BC's north

Safety messaging forgot most of us can't stay home

Drug trafficker tests BC's civil forfeiture regime