Ottawa Observations: Thursday, April 1, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Thursday, April 1, 2021

 

Canadians held in China / China tensions

Attorney General says Meng Wanzhou extradition case has 'overwhelming' US connection

By sanctioning Michael Chong, China may have made a mistake

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Variant that forced BC ski resort shut is rapidly spreading, sending more young people to hospital

BC pharmacists say they will offer COVID-19 vaccines in order of arrival after some were turned away

Canada is primarily vaccinating people by age. That's a big mistake

BC Biotech company says, despite interim approval, provinces won't use its COVID-19 treatment

Nearly 15% of adult Canadians have received one dose of a vaccine: PHAC

Toronto's supply of COVID-19 vaccine a trickle compared to the capacity of city clinics

AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine had a rocky launch, but Canadians don't seem to mind

Five million Canadians not have at least one dose, as vaccine rollout gathers steam

Federal government pushing two million vaccines to provinces in coming days

'It is very personal': AbCellera's COVID-19 treatment is saving lives in the US. In Canada, it's sitting in storage. Now the company's CEO is speaking out

BC reports 832 new COVID-19 cases, five more deaths

'Just don't go': BC renews plea against leisure travel ahead of long weekend

Over 800 new cases; new Burnaby immunization centre

Globe and Mail

Ontario's 'emergency brake' not enough, critics say, as Doug Ford announces new four-week COVID-19 restrictions 

In Doug Ford's Ontario, COVID-19 lockdowns have become meaningless

Quebec nursing home resident's care level lowered without approval, inquest hears

Canadian pension plans keep booming

Indigenous leader says Vancouver Island hospital project turns fear to healing

Trans Mountain pipeline expansion will cost Canadians billions, SFU study shows

Slowly but surely the government is gathering the media into its ghastly embrace

The collapse of Merkel's pandemic-control machine is a warning to us all

Health and long term care workers who decline vaccination should be put on unpaid leave

What the Prime Minister didn't know, and when he didn't know it

Canada on track to pick new fighter jet next year despite challenges from COVID-19 pandemic, official says

Canadians need to form a consensus on long term immigration policy

CBC
  

Ontario imposes province wide 'emergency brake' as 3rd wave of COVID-19 hits hard

The military's sexual misconduct crisis is turning into a national security problem, says experts 

COVID-19 and NL's election results probably killed the idea of a spring  federal election

CBC/Radio Canada part of media group that will host leaders' debates in next federal election 

Former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien part of secretive project to store nuclear waste in Labrador, emails show

Here are 4 ways Biden's big climate bill touches Canada

Toronto Star

   

Ontario is being put in what Doug Ford calls a 'shutdown' Here's wha that means for Toronto

Endorsing lockdown, Tory says 'Let's have a goal to have a summer'

Ontario's schools will remain open, Education Minister Stephen Leece says

Remember the choices Doug Ford made when ICU doctors are making theirs

Justin Trudeau has big spending plans. Will they derail Canada's COVID-19 recovery?

A woman's complain about Canada's top soldier went to Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan. When he wouldn't get involved, she dropped it

Kenney stays course on COVID-19 health rules, pleads with Albertans to follow them

Leader of Newfoundland and Labrador NDP files for recount after 53 vote election loss

Toronto Sun

Ford pulls four week emergency brake for all on Ontario

Toronto's mayor optimistic 'we can beat back this virus'

CFIB favours rapid testing, tracing, more vaccines over lockdowns

Ford government apparently has no tools other than the hammer of lockdowns

National Post

After four year delay, bill to require sexual assault training for judges nears passage

Liberals shouldn't get a pass to spend Canada into oblivion post-pandemic

Ford's latest lazy lockdown plan shows he hasn't learned from the last ones

Ontario imposes four-week province wide 'shutdown' to combat spike in COVID-19 cases

Erin O'Toole's climate change conundrum

A bad month or two before a beautiful summer

Why Canada is rigged against Alberta - and any province that isn't Ontario or Quebec

Maclean's

The Biden plan and the Trudeau precedent

The joy and shock of face-to-face human contact

'We were the pandemic cohort': How medical students made life easier for doctors

Global

Emotional reunions as BC;s relaxed care home restrictions take effect

Vaccine registration now open for British Columbians born in 1949 or earlier

Canucks have games postponed through April 6 due to COVID-19 protocol

Injunction sets stage for showdown over old-growth logging on Vancouver Island

BC government mandating new training for class 1 commercial drivers

Sheryl Lightfoot, 1st Indigenous Canadian woman Canada appointed UN representative, on challenges she faces

New toll-free Patullo Bridge opening date moved to 2024 due to COVID-19 pandemic

All BC part time and full time workers will get job-protected leave for COVID-19 vaccine

BC to allow breweries, cafes to operate patios without serving food

Miscellaneous

Attorney General David Eby says province will seek partial stay on court ruling striking down major ICBC reform

City of Vancouver unable to stop upcoming anti-trans protest for taking place

BC's School mask muddle 

Sotheby's report forecasts 'waves' of foreign buyers coming for Canadian luxury homes in 2021

Vancouver city council approves motion to explore using private construction hoarding for murals and public art

Time for BC's top polluters to pay the carbon tax

Confusion and Anger as some Indigenous people are denied vaccine bookings

Semiahmoo First Nation lifts 16 year boil water advisory

Sex worker advocates launch new challenge to prostitution laws