Ottawa Observations: Thursday, April 22, 2021

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

 

Canadians held in China / China tensions                         

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Canada suspends flights from India, Pakistan due to COVID-19 variant concerns

Relief in BC as Ottawa says it will suspend flights from India, Pakistan

Why AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine gives some people 'vaccine hangovers'

Ontario hospitals transfer patients to long term care to free up beds for COVID patients

Canada's supply of vaccines set to ramp up in coming weeks, despite cut in supply from India

COVID-19 variants are making people sicker so much faster that some are dying at home, coroner says

Canada bans flights from India and Pakistan as COVID-19 surges across region

The 'double mutant' variant: What we know and don't know about the COVID-19 strain found in BC, Alberta and Quebec

Downsview clinic lineup goes from nought to 600 in two hours after tweet about unused vaccines

Indian researchers identify new strain of mutated B.1.617

Trudeau finally bans passenger flights from COVID hot spots

'It's tragic right now': Ontario hospitals in 'crisis mode' as ICUs top 800 COVID patients

Canada suspends passenger flights from India, Pakistan

India suspends vaccine exports as cases skyrocket, stalling Canadian deliveries

Canada halts passenger flights from India, Pakistan - effective at midnight

A new variant arrives in Canada as flights from India and Pakistan are suspended

Four COVID-19 deaths, 1006 new cases in BC as number in hospital tops 500

BC cancels 1,750 schdeduled surgeries in Lower Mainland as COVID-19 hospitalizations surge

Canada banning flights from India, Pakistan for 30 days as COVID-19 cases soar

'We support it': BC health officials say stopping India flights will help curb our third-wave

AstraZeneca vaccine supply dries up in BC Interior

BC booking priority  COVID-19 shots for people in high-transmission neighbourhoods

COVID-19 variant first detected in India found in Canada. What we know so far

Canada bans flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days

More than 500 hospitalized cases; non urgent surgeries suspended

COVID surge forces BC Hospitals to cancel surgeries

Globe and Mail

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's apologies mean nothing

Major tells committee Jonathan Vance ordered her to lie about their relationship

Canada's new emissions targets are a big reach, even if they look relatively modest

Canada announces goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by up to 45 percent by 2030

What Toronto's ailing ravines show about the unhealthy future of Canada's urban wildernesses

Freeland says Canada's housing supply needs a boost to make prices affordable

Doug Ford apologizes for some missteps, pledges paid sick leave for Ontario workers affected by COVID-19

Canada boasts of strong borders while allowing flights from COVID-19 hotspots to land daily

The left's view of debt is having its day

International assistance was seriously short-changed in federal budget, aid groups say

In Quebec, an act of injustice receives no accountability

CBC

Retired general Johnathan Vance thought he was 'untouchable' Major Kellie Brennan tells MPs

Canada bans flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days

House of Commons passes bill that would legalize single-game betting

Trudeau pledges to slash greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by 2030

Doug Ford's popularity plummets as pandemic takes its toll

US Climate Summit: Canada needs new and better policies, not another round of target bingo

Journal de Montréal accused of fuelling prejudice against Indian community with front page

Bank of Canada offers fresh hints that interest rates will rise next year as economy surges

Canada's past climate promises have been a flop. Could that change at this summit?

Carbon cutting strategy should take a couple of pages from the campaign against smoking

Toronto Star

 

'We made a mistake': Emotional Premier Doug Ford apologizes for controversial COVID-19 restrictions

Think you're in a postal code targeted for the COVID vaccine? Some GTA health units are  prioritizing the hottest of the hot, for now

Scenes from the "Hunger Games' of trying to get a vaccine in a COVID-19 hot spot

Ontario is finally considering paid sick days. As doctors, these are the details we want to see in the plan

Complainant in case of ex-chief of the defence staff General Johnathan Vance said he told her he was 'untouchable'

Doug Ford, 'sorry' doesn't cut it and tears don't count

Doug Ford should dry his eyes and do some good - like opening outdoor amenities to help those in Toronto's COVID-19 hot spots

Doug Ford may have done his 'absolute best.'

but it wasn't good enough

The Federal government wants to make peace with Big Pharma. That's why it is scrapping plans for pharmacare

Ontario is finally considering paid sick days. As doctors, these are the details we want to see in the plan

Our Earth requires more than a day of attention

Toronto Sun

Trudeaus latest climate pledge has a distinct odour

Flogging a work horse when it's down

Sick days argument about politics, not science

Toronto's top cop vows it's health and safety enforcement not a police state

The problem with the Paris Climate Deal

Want to save Ontario? Bring back Ford Nation

'I'm sorry': Emotional Ford apologizes for controversial COVID measures, pledges paid sick leave program

National Post

Most of Ford's mistakes were made trying to follow his science advisers' advice

Apology shows Ford is a changed man and deserves a chance to lead

By not doing more to keep variants out of Canada, Justin Trudeau is sleepwalking into the next disaster

Ottawa was too slow to suspend flights from India, but it should stop interprovincial flights now

Once again, Canadian border restrictions come only after the damage has been done

Only white people can be racist: Inside Global Affairs anti-racism course materials

Canada's aging critical infrastructure concern, say cybersecurity experts

Ford government's approval rating falls to just 35 per cent amid growing frustration: poll

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Global

Former minister tells inquiry money laundering on BC radar, but so were guns, gangs

Six audible and visual alarms to be installed near site of North Vancouver dam, river tragedy

'I felt helpless': Patient concerned about Kelowna General Hospital staff masking habits

Okangan. business bans people vaccinated against COVID-19 from entering

BC paramedics respond to highest-ever number of overdose calls in a single day

No immediate plans for cancelled surgeries in BC Interior despite 98% hospital capacity 

British Columbia's 'war in the woods' is flaring up again

Major. Kellie Brennan tells MPs Vance said he was 'untouchable' fathered 2 of her kids

Canada has upped its emissions reductions target. How do we achieve it?

Ottawa, Mi'kmaq community on collision course over plan for second lobster season

Montreal newspaper blasted for front page photo of Trudeau in India

As Canada's federal and provincial budgets swell, sales-tax increases may follow

Trudeau increases Canada's 2030 emissions target to 40 - 45%

Miscellaneous            

 

Six warning alarms to be installed below Cleveland Dam after sudden water release that killed two

Big Oils climate cop out

Councillor Christine Boyle gets real about the climate emergency

We Moved swiftly on the pandemic, Why not the overdose crisis?

Lack of paid sick leave in BC's Budget is a missed opportunity