Ottawa Observations: Thursday, August 26, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Thursday, August 26, 2021

 

Election Campaign 2021

Why aren't we talking about Indigenous communities during Canada's election campaign?

Don't campaign for Erin O'Toole, Doug Ford's office tells ministers

Flags on Federal buildings, at half-mast since spring, should be raised: O'Toole

Liberals' proposed cut to federal mortgage insurance rates won't make housing more affordable, experts say

Legault lays out Quebec's demands, criticizes 'centralist' Liberal and NDP campaigns

Liberal housing pledge: What makes no sense, what makes good sense and what Canadians really need

Green Leader Annamie Paul points online threats, calls for accountability

Liberals promise to hike Guaranteed Income Supplement for low-income seniors if elected

Afghanistan, pandemic cast a shadow over Liberal campaign efforts

Catastrophe unfolding in Afghanistan poses electoral risk for Liberals

Flags lowered after reports of residential school graves should be raised now, O'Toole says

Conservatives announce support for gig workers as NDP tables housing market

Trudeau promises to boost federal income supplement for low-income seniors

White men make up a third of Canada's population but a majority MPs - here's why

The cancellation of the Vote on Campus program is an extraordinary mistake

Big ridings: but few close seats: the federal election in BC's North and Interior

'Justin Trudeau does not do shakeups': Liberal still rattled candidates to hold the course as campaign trail  bumpy

Canadians like Jagmeet Singh. Can the NDP turn that into votes?

In this federal election campaign, what's relevant is largely dull and what's interesting is largely irrelevant 

Another temporary pay rise doesn't show care home workers they're valued

Sometimes when Liberals are nervous, they have good reason to be

Gaffes and Scandals" Trudeau's beach bummer

Justin Trudeau lacks the common touch ... and common sense

Federal leaders ignoring disability issues

Trudeau's selfish cakewalk turns into election dogfight

Canada's financials are now unsustainable - who cares?

Singh comments on Canada deem him unsuitable as leader

Liberal platform contains promise to tax home sales

Election health-care spending promises won't help Ontario much

Jagmeet Singh's tax-the-rich mania ignores Canada's already progressive taxation

Something sounds off

Doug Ford is out to pasture - at least until Election Day

Hey voters, do not fear the Saskatchewan MRI

'Nothing good to say about the policy': Experts slam Trudeau's bank tax promise 

Conservatives request probe into freeze on COVID-19 briefings during election

Singh highlights housing pledges alongside Indigenous candidates in Winnipeg

Support BC Federal NDP candidates to put pressure on John Horgan's climate-crisis betrayal

Federal election requires serious shift on climate, Justice and Health

Should voters have the right to know if candidates live in their riding?

Polls, Gaffes and Erin O'Toole's reinvention  

Afghanistan

At least 73 dead, including 13 US service members in two explosions outside Kabul's airport 

'Shelter in place': Canada ends Kabul rescue flights, texts those left behind to stay indoors

We said we would help them, Now, Canada has abandoned the Afghans who helped us

Biden vows to complete Afghanistan evacuation despite deadly Kabul bombing 

The average American's lack of care for Afghanistan illuminates an inherently dangerous view

Canadian woman stuck in Afghanistan worries she will die as military ends operation 

Ottawa bungled the Afghan rescue operation, and Afghans relying on Canada will die because of it

Erin O'Toole's sunny ways have caught Justin Trudeau off guard

Canada's airlift mission from Kabul ends, leaving many behind

Former Afghan Air Force pilots plead with Canada for rescue after daring escape

Focusing on Maryam Monsef's comments on the Taliban is a distraction from what Canada should care about: protecting Afghan lives

The mission in Afghanistan may be over, but the fight isn't, Canadian Hazara teen says. "I refuse to let them silence us any longer"

9/11 is where it started - but where does it end, if at all?

Canadian Special Forces are trained in managing risks - but so far, it's Afghans taking all the risks

Taliban takeover puts Afghan journalists in grave danger

Afghanistan is burning - where is Canada?

Dozens of civilians, at least 13 US troops killed in bloodbath at Kabul airport

Retired Kandahar Commanders continue push to save translators

Where is the Canada that honoured our commitments in war?

Shame on Monsef for calling Taliban 'our brothers'

Military mission ends amid chaos

Canadian woman stuck in Afghanistan fears for her life as military ends evacuation efforts

'Their blood will be on your hands': Chaos in Kabul hits Trudeau's campaign

It is clear where the Liberal leader's priorities lie, and it is not with those stuck in Afghanistan

Two suicide bombings at Kabul airport leave 12 US troop members, scores of Afghan nationals dead

'We wished we could have stayed longer': Canada's last military flight leaves Kabul, days before August 31 deadline

Trudeau Liberals have not clue on foreign policy - 'our brothers' gaffe just the latest fall

Never to be trusted again - Dissecting Joe Biden's Afghan debacle

A mountain cascade of Canadian failures in Afghanistan

Canada's evacuations from Kabul are over. Here's where the focus will shift next

An Afghan-Canadian Father is desperate to see his kids

Canadians held in China / China tensions                 

Chinese ambassador to Canada denounces Meng Wanzhou's 'arbitrary detention' as 1,000 day mark nears

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Alberta hospital admissions rise as COVID-19 cases spike amid fourth wave

Canada's biggest long-term care operators to enforce mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy

Contracting COVID-19 increases risk of rare blood clots more than getting vaccine, study shows

More Ontario universities strengthen campus COVID-19 vaccination policies 

An angry public is forcing timid governments to get tough with COVID-19 vaccine resisters

Conservatives call for investigation into halt of COVID briefings

This BC man chose not to get vaccinated. He ended up in a coma

New cases plateau in the Interior, as BC records 724 new cases of COVID-19, 2 more deaths

Appointments for jabs have skyrocketed. Is BC proving that vaccine passports are the answer

BC reports two deaths, 724 new cases of COVID-19

When it comes to empathy for the unvaccinated, many of us aren't feeling it

Major BC Universities to require COVID-19 vaccine disclosure, implement rapid testing for unvaccinated 

BC records 724 new COVID-19 cases, two deaths as hospitalizations continue to rise

Some BC businesses vow to defy province's vaccine passport system

Over 700 new cases; active and hospitalized cases increase  

Globe and Mail

Ryerson University decides to change name amid reckoning on Indigenous residential schools

As an Indigenous professor, Egerton Ryerson's name haunts me

Britain drops COVID-19 quarantine requirement for Canadian travellers as of Monday

Cybersecurity experts say Quebec COVID-19 vaccine passport is safe, a model for the country 

I'm one of the service workers who left the restaurant industry during the pandemic. Serve yourself 

CBC

Canadian travellers to United Kingdom not required to quarantine starting Monday

Kenney, O'Toole and the battle for Alberta Conservatism 

Video of Mountie ordering journalist to 'be silent' at Fair Creek protest raises press freedom concerns

Tiny homes get big boost in housing starved Kelowna

Volunteer-led team of veterans sifts through ashes of fire-ravaged homes in Lytton

BC's mask and vaccine card mandates come at short notice for wedding hopefuls and planners

Number of wildfires in BC falls below 250, cooler temperatures in forecast

Toronto/Vancouver Star

 

Toronto is the second safest city in the world. But who is it 'safe' for?

Toronto Sun

Canada to be added to UK's 'green' travel list

Remembering Alberta's 'Famous Five' as they really were

Contrary to myth, public education is flush with cash, says report

National Post

Man sentenced to life for killing Toronto woman with hammer in terrorism case

Housing affordability  means boomer property values need to drop

Maclean's

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Global

Frustrated White Rock Lake wildfire evacuees gather at ESS centre looking for answers

Unvaccinated BC man seeking medical help claims walk-in clinic turned him away

Riding the rails into Canada ends poorly for stowaway found in Fernie

Two key wildfires 'been held' officials optimistic more evacuation orders could lift

'Murder hornet' nest near Canada-US border destroyed, Washington State official say

Poll finds growing support in BC for 'vaccine passports'

'It's real in my books': Lytton left to rebuild after devastating fire amid climate crisis

About 30,000 Health Care workers in public system not vaccinated against COVID-19: Quebec health minister

Miscellaneous            

 

It's official, Canada's Ryerson University will be renamed 

Federal Privacy Commissioner Quietly closed investigation of RBC

Can Universities Mandate Vaccination for Classroom return?

David Suzuki on the Battle at Fairy Creek