Ottawa Observations: Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Wednesday, January 6, 2021


Canadians held in China / China tensions

The Hong Kong canary is dead

Canada condemns arrest of pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong

The pandemic reveals how China is now the imperialist threat

Pro-democracy activists arrest in Hong Kong is 'bad example' of erosion of city's independence: Champagne

Hong Kong is dead, Long Live Hong Kong

Watching the Neighbours 

World greets turmoil in the U.S. with mix of shock, amusement

The Republican Party myst fully dump Trump

Donald Trump's supporters stormed Washington because MAGA keeps losing

Trump supporters engage in historic attacks on US democracy on a day reserved to celebrate it

Congress resumes proceedings after Trump supporters storm US Capitol

Police secure US Capitol after pro-Trump rioters cause bedlam at heart of US government

'Dark day in American history': CBC's Katie Simpson on the chaotic scene at U.S Capitol

Lawmakers, world leaders condemn chaos at the US capitol while some call for Trump's removal

Trudeau says Canadians 'deeply disturbed' by violence in Washington DC

Donald Trump's supporters brought American democracy to its knees. Here's what I saw when it happened

Justin Trudeau watched 'minute by minute' as mob stormed the US capitol

I recognized something in the crowds storming the US Capitol. I've seen it - and them before

America rises above the attempt at Mob Rule

Twitter, Facebook freeze Trump accounts after storming of US Capitol

Trump eggs on supporters, then urges calm as they storm Capitol

Election challenge derailed as some Republicans turn on Trump, chaos engulfs Capitol

From inciting a mob to sending them home, a timeline of Trump's day

Dark day in Washington as Trump-supporting mob seizes Capitol building
A coup attempt is underway in Washington

'This is a shot at our country and democracy'

The posterboys of American authoritarianism

So when do we start promoting democracy?

Bats, tats and Buffalo Horns: Trump's would-be insurgents storm the Capitol

The Republican Party has become an authoritarian party

US lawmakers resume election count after Capitol stormed by Trump supporters

West Vancouver councillor latest to admit international travel during COVID-19

Small Trump rallies break out in Canada amid chaos at US Capitol

Capitol Hill insurrection 'dark chapter' in US history, says former Canadian ambassador

Growing calls to remove Trump from office under 25th Amendment after US Capitol riot

Trudeau is 'concerned' by violence in DC, says he hopes it 'will calm down' 

Twitter, Facebook, Instagram suspend Trump's accounts after Capitol building stormed

President Donald Trump chalks up another first as Twitter red flags his tweets as a risk for inciting violence

Trump supporters cause havoc, smash windows at US Capitol on day that Biden win is expected to be certified

January 6, a Day that will Live in infamy

Canada's Pandemic Travelling politicians

Victoria mayor says council member's Africa trip during pandemic 'irresponsible'

Ontario Senator Vern White confirms he travelled overseas last month

Toronto medical leader cites family health reasons for Arizona trip during COVID-19, explains deleted tweets

Yelling at snowbird politicians, is deserved, but the bigger screwups are in Ottawa

Head of UBC school of public health apologizes for Hawaiin trip during COVID-19

BC reports 625 new cases of COVID-19, eight new deaths

Immune but infectious: Can someone vaccinated against  COVID-19 still spread the virus?

Victoria mayor says city council has no power to discipline travelling councillor Sharmarke Dubow

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Quebec toughens pandemic restrictions amid rising number of COVID-19 cases

Quebec imposes curfew as part of 4 week lockdown

Quebec long-term care residents threaten legal action to ge second vaccine dose

Provinces need to step it up on vaccines

Canada can learn a lot from Israel's vaccine roll-out

Number of positive test results jumps 46 percent in BC today compared to yesterday

COVID-19 hospitalizations in BC hit an all time high as vaccinations ramp up

Vaccines roll out at Vancouver Care Home decimated by COVID-19 deaths

BC reports 625 new cases of COVID-19, eight new

Globe and Mail

Ontario hospital CEO who travelled to Dominican Republic removed from one position, but fate at another remains unclear

Canada's go slow approach to sustainable finance risks driving global capital elsewhere

Canada pressing Michigan to avert shutdown of pipeline critical to fuel needs in Ontario and Quebec

Former Liberal MP Raj Grewal has fraud case adjourned to February

Ignore the crisis - Mike Harris deserves the Order of Ontario

Ottawa's Clean Fuel Standard should be about regulation, not criminality

CBC
  

Conservatives slam vaccine rollout plan that prioritizes some federal prisoners

New federal rule on COVID-19 tests for air passengers kicks in tonight

Long pandemic could add to extremism, decline in democracy: Defence Department report

The trillion-dollar question is how federal spending will position the economy for post-pandemic success

Some advice to Kenney's next chief of staff

Toronto Star

        

First Nations Chiefs protest Mike Harris's 'painful' appointment to Order of Ontario

COVID-19 has Ontario's 'not confident' schools can reopen safely, poll finds

Ontario considers tougher lockdown restrictions as Quebec announces COVID-19 curfew

No government help coming as Ottawa acknowledges new COVID travel restriction means some Canadians abroad might have to wait to come home

Prison guards need priority COVID-19 vaccinations, union says

Alberta premier working in politically toxic 'Sky-Palace' due to legislature Renos

'Shock treatment': Quebec to impose 8 PM province wide curfew until February 8

Donald Trump unleaded dark politics in America. Could it happen in Canada?

When it comes to the British Royal Family, Canadians prefer the Netflix version

Toronto Sun

Trudeau puts murderers before grandmas for COVID vaccine

Federal inmates should be at back of vaccination line, says LTC nurse

Inmates of Ontario prisons can wait their turn for COVID vaccinations

Kids need to be in school

Politicians have lost the moral authority to lead in a pandemic

Colour battle of lefties in America and Canada

Lockdowns: prepare to be more leashed

Benefits of Trudeau's carbon tax challenged in new report

National Post

Quebec to impose 8PM province wide curfew until February 8 to halt COVID-19 surge

Quebec's curfew the result of pandemic policy gone wrong

Are the COVID-19 rules working? Governments need to up their game

Maclean's

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Global

'You can't leave us stranded': BC man stuck in US amid new travel rules

Influenza cases down significantly across Interior Health region, province say health officials

More than a third of residents at Vancouver long-term care home have died from

COVID-19

90% Of surgeries postponed due to COVID-19 now complete, BC government says

BC union calling for enhanced PPE for health-care workers

Miscellaneous

Heritage Vancouver Society highlights uncertain fate of historic Burrard Building at St. Paul's Hospital

Normalizing uncomfortable conversations to help build better policy

Opposing Prisoner Vaccination, Erin O'Toole is unmasked

COVID-19 Holds Steady in Downtown Eastside with Vaccinations on the Way

'There has to be a better way': Police kill sword wielding man in the Downtown Eastside

Northerners, Indigenous Communities fear work camps still a pandemic threat