Ottawa Observations: Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for Wednesday,  July  7, 2021

 

Western Canada Heatwave/BC Wildfires

'Mass cancellations': The economic fallout fro BC's devastating wildfires

Port of Vancouver hit with trade delays after BC wildfires damage railway tracks

Cost of fighting BC wildfires already above $95 million for 2021 - before peak fire season begins

Hundreds died during BC's heat dome. Who is responsible for deaths caused by extreme heat?

'We are Lytton, we are strong': BC town issues statement outlining extent of wildfire devastation 

'Where buildings stood is simply charred earth': new video of Lytton shows devastation

BC wildfire insurance and what you need to know

BC SPCA to rescue animals stranded in Lytton fire evacuation zone on Thursday

Group of scientists concludes climate change made BC, Alberta heat wave150 more times more likely

Wildfire conditions ahead of schedule, high hazards for Okanagan, South Cariboo: July outlook

BC's Municipalities  are not economically ready to weather disaster

Canadians held in China / China tensions                 

'It's embarrassing': China's tightening grip on the intellectual property landscape in Canada

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

First-dose COVID-19 vaccinations plateau across Canada, threatening path to variant resilience

Experts argue why making vaccinations mandatory doesn't necessarily work 

McMaster team closes in on cause of rare blood clots related to AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

Canada's COVID-19 vaccination rate may be better than the Americans', but it's still too low

Half of COVID-19 patients report symptoms after 12 weeks, health agency review finds

BC doctor disciplined for 'harmful' COVID-19 misinformation claims free speech violations

City to wage a building-by-building campaign to increase vaccinations in Toronto's northwest as first dose rate slows

Sunnybrook begins dismantling its field hospital amid dwindling COVID-19 case counts

COVID-19 restrictions loosen at long-term care homes in Ontario

BC reports no new COVID-19 deaths, 59 additional cases

Active cases increase, mostly in Vancouver Coastal and Interior Health

Globe and Mail

Four candidates remain in the race to become new national chief of AFN

AFN honours children who died at residential schools ahead of vote for new chief

Kamloops residential school has woken up world to 'genocide' in Canada, Bellegarde says

Green Party temporarily lays off staff in Leader Annamie Paul's office

Sun Life will let Canadian employees choose whether to return to the office

As COVID-19 restrictions lift across Canada, businesses consider proof of vaccination policies

Liberals set August date for one-time $500 payment to seniors aged 75 and older

Trudeau skirts language symbols to appoint a new Governor-General who. expresses hope fo Indigenous reconciliation

Canada working to resettle dozens of Afghan interpreters and staff facing retaliation from Taliban

Infrastructure Bank refuses MP's request to detail executive bonuses

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sits down with Jason Kenney and Naheed Nenshi in Calgary for first time during the pandemic 

I made mistakes. But my departure wasn't the solution to the CBC's problem with racism

Why is America's history in dealing with Indigenous peoples held in a harsher light than Canada's?

CBC

Trudeau, Nenshi, announce final approval of Green Line, capping off day of politicking in Calgary

Annamie Paul loses key staffers in Green Party layoffs

Ottawa launches subsidy for new hires - but advocate warns it leaves some businesses behind

Amid celebration, some suspect Mary Simon's GG appointment is an 'election-style' effort: First Nations writer

Watch as Mary Simon challenges Pierre Elliot Trudeau in 1984

G20 set to agree on 'historic' global corporate tax rate, says French finance minister

Trudeau condemns 'appalling' assassination of Haitian president

US officials have revoked thousands of Canadian NEXUS cards

Nova Scotia's mea culpa over impaired driving more about damage control than real contrition

Toronto Star

 

Penticton goes to court over BC shelter in city

Trudeau vague on TRC's call for Crown to issue 'Royal Proclamation of Reconciliation'

The US is promising quick action on military sexual violence. What's taking Canada so long?

Ottawa plans to teach non-raciatized Canadians about systemic racism in new campaign

New 'playbooks' by Toronto board of trade, city set stage for reopening of office towers

Canada's public pension plan can't ignore human rights in investments

Evidence suggests there was no benefit to Ontario closing its schools

VIA Rail's new plan is bold but can be even better

Toronto Sun

Trudeau spins tales while on a campaign-style stop in Alberta

Details made public about near disaster in Toronto subway tunnels

Ontario's never ending restrictions have become a joke compared to other provinces 

New G-G shows bilingualism not always needed

Air Canada resuming 17 international routes

True reconciliation means Indigenous self-government

Is an election a huge risk for Trudeau - or a slam dunk?

Trudeau pal Gerald Butts also calls church burning 'understandable' 

National Post

Prenatal test used around the world stores personal data in Chinese gene bank: report

Our new Governor General is not fluent in French, and that's just fine

Manitoba premier angers Indigenous in saying monarch's statues will be rebuilt

Canada's early Christian prophets were Indigenous. Now someone's destroying their churches

Our political leaders have called a climate of anti-Muslim hate to fester in Canada 

Don't like the Monarchy? Too bad Canada made it impossible to get rid of them

The Liberals' monstrous internet-control bill is sure to be revived

Churches should not be tax exempt (but not because of residential schools)

Maclean's

Outgoing AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde on a decade of progress

Global

Court rules BC violated First Nation's treaty rights in precedent-setting case

Trudeau stays silent of possible summer election, says government is focused on its work

Public funds didn't increase oil well cleanups, study suggests

Miscellaneous            

 

Fire at United Church in Prince George under investigation as arson

BC tribunal orders landlord to pay $2,276 to tenant who was evicted with 4 hours notice

An open letter to Vancouver's mayor and city council over co-op lease renewals

Big questions about Vancouver's Big proposal for co-op living

Worker's in NDP MLA's offices vote to strike