Ottawa Observations: Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Wednesday, June 9, 2021

 

Canadians held in China / China tensions                 

Biden says he wants to 'confront' China. Is Trudeau willing to along?

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Moderna to exceed revised delivery target of COVID-19 vaccines for Canada

How Canadians turned a bronze medal COVDID-19 vaccine supply into a gold medal vaccination rate

After weeks of uncertainty, Moderna say 7 million vaccine doses will arrive this month

Moderna to ship 7M doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Canada from US in June

BC's COVID-19 curve continues to trend downward with 148 new cases, three deaths

BC CDC reports sustained decline in cases; deaths remain a concern

Globe and Mail

Keystone XL pipeline project scrapped in blow to Canada's energy plan

BC suspends old-growth logging in Fairy Creek at request of Indigenous communities 

Travel rules to ease for fully vaccinated Canadians in July, while Ottawa works out vaccine passport standards

Manitoba launches vaccine lottery to offer incentives to get a shot, offering $2 million in prizes

Why do so many Chinese international students in Canada end up back home?

Ford to invoke notwithstanding clause to override Superior Court ruling on election advertising 

Air Products plans $1.3B hydrogen plant in Alberta as oil and gas industry seeks net-zero emissions

Flight ban leaves travellers from India Pakistan in limbo

Trudeau is stuck performing in quarantine theatre

Is Canada ready for more rigid rules on disclosing emissions?

Former residential school day scholars, children reach proposed settlement agreement with Ottawa

Nearly three quarters of Canadians have reservations about Quebec's push to amend Constitution, survey shows

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh urges Liberals to act on online hate following London attack

Liberals to get help from NDP to get net-zero bill to Senate faster 

NDP calls on Ottawa to recognize residential schools as genocide

Alberta's equalization vote is nonsense, but it might prove to be useful nonsense

American extremism is infiltrating Canada - and there's no easy fix

Even after Kamloops, the Catholic Church opts for obfuscation

Quebec's Bill 96 has its merits, notwithstanding one big flaw

CBC

After another attack targeting Muslims, critics demand promised online hate legislation 

Fully vaccinated Canadians, permanent residents can soon skip hotel stay: Hajdu

Keystone XL is dead, and Albertans are on the hook for $1.3B

Settlement reached on residential school day scholars class-action lawsuit

Canada Revenue Agency's targeting of Muslim charities amounts to discrimination, says civil liberties group

US vaccines may be able to make up for India's export controls: World Bank President

The Liberals' net-zero 'accountability' legislation is on thin ice

NDP seeking MP's unanimous consent to label residential school experience as genocide

Speakers denounce anti-Muslim hate vigil for family killed in attack

Residential school survivor sues federal government, accuses minster of traumatizing him

Supervised drug consumption site seemed to good to be true. It turned out it was

Toronto Star

 

Ottawa Redblacks suspend player over allegations of involvement in aggravated assault in which homophobic slurs were used

Keystone XL pipeline project cancelled by TC Energy after over a decade of delays

Doug Ford to invoke Constitution's 'notwithstanding' clause after judge rejects election finance reforms

Doug Ford will invoke the notwithstanding clause for the first time in Ontario History. Here's what that means

Ontario NDP plots a path to defeat Doug Ford in 2022

Report says Canada needs to bolster plane certification, rely less on US regulators

Defence chief warned last year vetting of Iraqi troops lacked 'sufficient depth'

Fully vaccinated Canadians could be free of quarantine after travel by July, Ottawa says

COVID, commerce, climate, conflict: PM Trudeau enters G7 summit like no other

Toronto Sun

Ottawa Redblacks suspend player accused in homophobic attack

Ford invokes notwithstanding clause on election finance law

Muslims not safe in Canada? Nonsense

If Ryerson changes its name, there shall be fire

Time allocation on Bill-C 10 is shameful

National Post

Ontario MLAs to be recalled so Ford government can invoke notwithstanding clause over campaign finance ruling

Accusing Conservatives of obstructing their climate bill, Liberals hint they'll limit committee debate

'Stay home and still get paid': Jobs go unfilled as frustrated employers blame COVID payouts

London attack was motivated by hate, but let's not use hate as a political weapon

No, Jagmeet, Canada is not a racist country. It's one of the most tolerant places on earth

MPs back crowd pleasing motion that won't help solve First Nations crisis

Residential school graves should be a call to action. Instead, we get bickering and infighting

Liberals announce more COVID vaccine shipments, eased hotel quarantine restrictions

Maclean's

Global

BC deferring old-growth forestry in Fairy Creek and the Central Walbran for 2 years

Interior Health's top doctor declines comment as he is released from custody on alleged child sex crimes

Arrest of Interior Health's top doctor  on sex charges won't impact COVID-19 response: minister 

Fully vaccinated Canadian travellers can skip hotel quarantine come July: feds

BC woman says her mother put her up for adoption to avoid Kamloops Residential School

BC Liberal Michael Lee joins party leadership race 

Oil from vessel that sank in 1968 on Vancouver Island to be removed: Fisheries Department

BC Muslims say thoughts and prayers are not enough in wake of London attack

Rising fire threat in southern BC due to dry conditions: wildfire service outlook

Strong majority support a national day of remembrance for residential school victims: survey

Miscellaneous            

 

Canadian survey exposes extent of anti-Asian attitudes and discriminatory experiences during COVID-19 pandemic

BC cabinet order defers old-growth logging in Fairy Creek and Walbran in response to Indigenous declaration

BC Interior chief medical officer arrested for alleged sex crimes against child in Alberta

BC Liberals take aim at Attorney  General David Eby while debating motion on anti-Asian racism

'Monumental steps' on Protecting Old Growth says Horgan. Critics aren't convinced

Canada's Glaring Islamophobia problem

Surgery is more dangerous for Indigenous People. It needn't be

It's time to use zoning to benefit those who need it most

Canada has Child-Care problems - But We can solve them

Nurses are in crisis , and  banging pots isn't going to fix it