Ottawa Observations: Monday, February 22, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Monday, February 22, 2021

Canadians held in China / China tensions

Parliament declares  China is conducting a genocide against its Muslim Minorities

China's new demands for 'national unity' take the state deeper into Xinjiang homes

Parliament's genocide declaration puts Trudeau in tough spot on China

Ottawa says it didn't know of Chinese police link to Beijing visa centre years ago

MP's vote to label China's persecution of Uighurs a genocide

Why the genocide question about China is hard for the Trudeau government to answer

Conservatives win all-party support of Uighur genocide vote in House of Commons

So much for Trudeau's commitment to human rights

Motion on genocide in China was subversive, but maybe not astute diplomacy

Commons vote on genocide in China likely to draw rebuke from Beijing: expert

Vote passes recognizing China's treatment of Uighurs as genocide

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

AstraZeneca vaccine review is in the 'final stages,' Health Canada says 

Wondering how and when to book your COVID vaccine? You family doctor has the same questions, please don't call them yet

Health Canada in 'final stages' of approval process for AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine

British Columbia reports 1, 428 new COVID-19 cases, eight more deaths in three days

Variant in schools means it's time for all students in BC to wear masks, union

Canada was too slow and risk-averse in funding domestic vaccine candidates, MPs told

BC officials say there is no evidence of transmission of COVID-19 variants in schools

BC records more than 1,400 cases of COVID-19 over three days, and 8 deaths

New variants mean more vaccination needed for herd immunity: Health Canada

Over 400 cases per day, 28 new variant cases, food processing plant outbreak ...

COVID-19 healthcare outbreaks declared at Vancouver and Kelowna hospitals

After seven Metro Vancouver schools confirmed with COVID-19 variants, Fraser Health makes immediate changes

I was on WHO's China Team investigating COVID's origin. Here's What we learned

Globe and Mail

Developer's $1-million donation to Vancouver police charity raises alarm

Alberta cabinet minister reacts to government silence on Edmonton torch parade

A year after Wet'suwet'en crisis First Nations' questions about self-governance have only grown louder in a pandemic

Alberta appeals federal environmental law

Retired Supreme Court justice laments progress on addressing military misconduct amid calls for external oversight

Sex trafficking is a game where the 'Romeo pimps' always win, and that has to end

Canada has been without a US ambassador for too long

CBC
  

Defence committee summons former military watchdog in Vance investigation

RCMP says most reports of child porn on Midgeek's platforms don't meet legal threshold for charges

Trudeau, Biden to present roadmap for rebuilding Canada-US relations after Tuesday meeting

Virtual passport app presents real data risk, experts warn

It's time to reconsider Alberta's weak mayors

Toronto Star

   

Delays, frustrations as travellers re-entering Canada try to navigate mandatory hotel quarantines

Justin Trudeau and Joe Biden will have their first official summit on Tuesday. Here's what's on the agenda

Canada's largest public sector pension recently invested millions in two US private prisons giants - less than two years after CPP got out of the sector

It's happening in plain sight': Shining a light on the horrors of human trafficking

We've finally got it right with airports. Let's not botch the COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Justin Trudeau can't afford another mistake in choosing a Governor General

Ontario's vaccine rollout confusion is a deliberate political tactic

Commons committee censures firearms association over inflammatory comments

Provincial government denies report that it sold Dominion Foundry site

'Trojan horse:' Alberta to argue that federal assessment law unconstitutional

Canada Post worksite hit by major virus outbreak excluded from provincial inspections

Toronto Sun

Trudeau's vaccine effort has been a failure

Ranks with Chairgirl: Mayor decries downtown bottle-tossers

Voters support Ford during pandemic while Horwath flounders

Ford government rags the puck on essential visitors law

Toronto's getting out more, and Tory doesn't like it

Pearson bracing for potential 'chaos' as new hotel rules implemented

Forget the Great Reset. We need competent government

The need for changes to critical care in the post-COVID era

It's the private sector that's sacrificing everything

Canada preps for face-off with Facebook and Google over money

No COVID recovery without safer workplaces

National Post

Jason Kenney condemns  hate groups linked to anti-lockdown rally in Edmonton on Saturday

Sexual misconduct allegations against General Vance show need for independent investigative body, committee told

International air passengers grumble as they're forced into quarantine hotels on new rules's first day

Trudeau's vaccine failure laughed off the court as NBA dunks again and again

Cottagers, snowbirds and public health

Secret recording shows Iran's leaders are responsible for downed aircraft. Will Trudeau act now?

Maclean's

Trudeau and Big Pharma: Not a love story

Is it possible to mix-and-match COVID-19 vaccines?

The tragic story of a Canadian vaccine trailblazer

Canada must get serious about targeting Putin's circle with Magnitsky sanctions

Global

'It's inconvenient and very expensive': 5 Vancouver hotels approved for government quarantine

UBC scientist develops new compostable coffee pod the aims to keep java fresher

Military probe into Vance allegations expands to 'unprecedented' levels

Indigenous Services Canada accused of dysfunction by Montreal-area woman

Parliamentary committee condemns 'dangerous' language of firearms group

Commercial fishers seek intervener status in lawsuit over Indigenous fishing rights

Trudeau government grilled over construction firms hired for First Nations infrastructure projects

Miscellaneous

Demolition of North Vancouver underpass on Highway 1 underway from February 22 to 26

City of Vancouver and SFU host a forum on the future of Vancouver's economy of February 25

Urban farmers have been leaving Vancouver for Greener pastures

Loss of Sockeye Diversity Threatens Skeena Salmon, Study Finds

Bad water sickens First Nations. But government doesn't track the toll

What will Canada do to fix its Senior Cure Fail?