Ottawa Observations: Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for   Tuesday, August 17, 2021

 

Election Campaign 2021

Union criticizes party leaders' promises to discipline unvaccinated government workers 

Parties spar over mandatory vaccine policies on campaign's third day

Erin O'Toole isn't just fighting an election, but members of his own party 

Liberals take five point lead in poll as Canada's 2021 federal election campaign begins 

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole makes first in-person appearance on federal campaign trail

At least we know this federal election campaign isn't about deficits

Mail in voting set to soar ahead of Canada's 2021 federal election amid COVID-19 concerns

NDP would enforce federal vaccine mandate, employees who refuse COVID-19 shots would risk discipline

Conservatives' 'GST 'holiday' pitch gets mixed reviews from businesses, consumers 

Vaccinations and Afghanistan emerge as early hot topics on the campaign trail

Some Conservative insiders feared Erin O'Toole was 'screwed' on mandatory vaccinations. Others think he knows exactly what Canadians want

The word 'racism' doesn't appear anywhere in the Conservative party's campaign platform

Justin Trudeau is under fire for his failure to ban conversion therapy. Will it hurt him at the polls?

Justin Trudeau is hammering Erin O'Toole. That's not the leader he should be afraid of

For Erin O'Toole, a fight over child care is the wrong one to pick with Justin Trudeau 

The Liberals are betting big that they can win a majority. Here's how they plan to do it

NDP reworks its climate plan amid UN report, BC wildfires: Jagmeet Singh 

Trudeau's campaign stumbles out of the gate on Afghanistan and vaccines 

Election campaign malfunction: Trudeau has no plan for Afghans, mandatory vaccines 

Trudeau's broken promise of clean water for First Nations

How the Bloc Quebecois could deny Justin Trudeau his majority

As millennials fall out of love with Trudeau, Liberals need to stop bleed towards the NDP 

NDP would make companies that paid dividends, bonuses during pandemic reimburse their wage subsidy cash

Trudeau Liberals rob Huey, Dewey and Louie to pay Scrooge McDuck

Jagmeet Singh: The essence of a very good politician but attached to a party that can't win 

Trudeau's cynical vaccine mandate flip-flop shows how void of ideals he is

Introducing Erin O'Toole in the role of Santa Claus 

338Canada: What did the polls say in 2019?

Trudeau is off to a slow start

'Not our Canada': Montreal Liberal candidate campaign signs defaced with swastika 

Liberal, Conservative child-care plans 'disingenuous' one critic says, Here's why

Afghanistan

Taliban checkpoints, Canadian red tape impeding rescue efforts in Afghanistan

The Taliban control Afghanistan once again. To understand the country's future, we shouldn't forget their past

Former Canadian trainers in Afghanistan look on in sadness, disappointment as Taliban take control 

Canada will not recognize Taliban as Afghan government, Trudeau says

I am a teen stuck in Afghanistan. And I am begging Canada for help

Taliban, striking dovish tone, offer amnesty, vow to uphold women's rights under Islam

Canada has one last Afghan mission

Ottawa has 'no plans' to recognize Taliban as legitimate government of Afghanistan: Trudeau

I almost died in the Afghanistan war, and for what?

'We all started crying': How one family escaped Kabul to Canada

'Was it all in vain?": Canadians who fought in Afghanistan left reeling by rapid return of Taliban 

Trapped in Kabul, Ottawa businessman recounts city's fall

Afghan consular officials says Canada should not recognize Taliban 

Dismissal of Afghanistan mess will stain Biden presidency

Campaigning Trudeau and the Liberals failed our Afghan allies 

Is the Trudeau's Aylan Kurdi moment?

Trudeau betrays Allies: With no real plan to save Afghans, PM's only focus is campaigning

Pakistan's role in what's happening in Afghanistan 

O'Toole won't recognize Taliban government,  Trudeau says let's wait and see

Canada must not recognize the Taliban

Canada will not recognize 'terrorist' Taliban as official Afghan government: Trudeau 

Canada's Afghanistan failure 

'They need rescue': Afghan activists desperate to bring families to Canada 

'We need your solidarity': What the Taliban takeover means for Afghanistan's. women and girls

'We want peace': Afghans in Kabul face uncertainty as Taliban tighten grip

Canadians held in China / China tensions                 

Meng Wanzhou's defence wraps extradition case, arguing 'fundamental justice' demands Huawei exec's discharge 

Political courage could resolve Meng Wanzhou's extradition case 

Defence lawyers wrap in Vancouver extradition hearing for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou

Defence to argue Meng Wanzhou didn't cause HSBC reputational risk at hearing

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Ontario to offer third COVID-19 dose to high risk populations 

'Rare exceptions' to BC's vaccine mandate will be allowed for workers in assisted living, long-term care

Ontario issues COVID-19 vaccination policy for teachers, doctors, nurses and other public employees

Proof of vaccination or negative COVID-19 test to be required at MLSE venues

BC reports 501 new cases of COVID-19 as active infections near 5,300

'Disastrous combination': Harvard study suggests BC's wildfire smoke could cause worsened COVID-19 cases 

Ontario pauses further reopening, will start offering COVID-19 booster shots to vulnerable 

Most COVID-19 cases still in Interior Health as BC records another 501

Over 3,000 active cases in Interior Health; public exposure at fitness facility

Globe and Mail

Sun Life to require COVID-19 vaccination for employees volunteering to return to office

BHP to spend $7.5 billion on potash mine as it quits oil

Unvaccinated PC MPPs will be removed from caucus, Ford spokeswoman says

Major General Dany Fortin expected to be charged with one count of sexual assault, according to his lawyer

TDSB announces new health and safety protocols for student's return to school 

Alberta's three major universities announce COVID-19 vaccine and testing requirements for fall

Ottawa drops court quest to keep documents on scientists' firing under wraps 

Federal leaders urged not to use vaccines 'as a political toy' during election campaign 

CBC

Ex-head of Canada's vaccine rollout charged with sexual assault

Feds drop court fight to block documents on firing of National Microbiology lab scientists 

Progressive Conservatives surge to surprise majority win in Nova Scotia election

Trudeau warns of 'consequences' for public servants who duck COVID-19 shots

Mounties to see their salaries soar as first collective agreement is ratified 

Dozens of Okanagan residents cope with the news their homes have been lost to wildfire

BC teachers still calling for mandatory masks, improved ventilation when classes resume in September

BC Mayors call for more federal assistance as wildfires ravage the province

Kamloops farmer says he holds BC government accountable for White Rock Lake wildfire losses

6 more First Nation sin BC launch investigation into residential school sites

Cooler temperatures, rain help BC Firefighting effort, but relief may be short-lived

Toronto/Vancouver Star

 

More than 80 percent of TDSB students will return to in-person class in the fall

Nova Scotia Progressive Conservatives win majority government

Toronto Sun

Gaffetastic: Trudeau's spacey GG decision

Election, Afghan chaos overshadows murder of Canadian girl, 14

MLSE will require proof of vaccinations at venues this fall

Feds drop court quest to keep documents on scientists' firing under wraps 

Ford finds reasonable path of mandatory vaccine question 

National Post

Tories surge to surprise NS election victory with campaign focused on health care

Major-General Fortin to turn himself in to police as arrest warrant issued 

24 Sussex Drive is a trash palace. We should tear it down

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Global

Before and After photos show homes lost to BC's White Rock Lake wildfire 

Coquihalla Highway now open but wildfire knocks out power, burns wildlife fence 

BC wildfire officials optimistic for a 'favourable week' for crews battling huge fires 

Princeton Mayor frustrated with province after highway traffic routed through town 

BC government won't issue orders to ban travel to wildfire-affected areas 

Evacuation alert issued for Octopus Creek wildfire 

Mount Law wildfire: Evacuation order reduced to alert, one home damaged 

Okanagan Indian Band confirms structures lost to White Rock Lake wildfire

Wildfire smoke impacting flights to Kelowna

White Rock Lake wildfire now 78,190 hectares; estimated 70 properties damaged by blaze 

Mount Law Wildfire in BC Interior still estimated at 800 hectares, out of control

Mudslide closes Highway 1 from Lytton to Cache Creek

O'Toole Tories cheer Nova Scotia PC win, Trudeau Liberals look for lessons

Major General Dany Fortin expected to be charged with sexual assault 

Notice offering option for federal workers who refuse vaccines was 'erroneous': Trudeau 

Miscellaneous            

 

Male suspect shot by police during early morning altercation in downtown Vancouver 

BC Liberal leadership candidate Kevin Falcon rips into Premier John Horgan for takin holiday during wildfire crisis 

A massive landslide sends a wake up to BC's Mining sector 

Coastal GasLink spills more contaminants in Wet'suwet'en Territory