Ottawa Observations: Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Tuesday, August 31, 2021

 

Election Campaign 2021

Justin Trudeau stands by Liberal candidate facing allegations of inappropriate behaviour

Conservative leader Erin O'Toole says he respects Ryerson University's decision to change its name

Jagmeet Singh targets 'big-money' house flippers with pitch to hike taxable amount of capital gains

Racism, transphobia big problems in Green Party, internal report says

Campaign hatred is a frightening sign of our COVID times

Both Trudeau, O'Toole have been showing no signs of fiscal restraint this election campaign

Erin O'Toole promises to balance budget 'without cuts'

Jagmeet Singh taking on national campaign, opponents in Burnaby South riding

Priorities for next government should include recovery of burial sites and climate leadership, AFN says

Liberals promise to spend $4.5 billion on new mental health transfer to provinces

Liberal candidate allowed to run for re-election despite last claims of inappropriate behaviour

Erin O'Toole says he'll balance the federal budget 'without cuts'

Liberals to release platform on Wednesday amid tightening polls and looming debate

Trudeau calls out 'anti-vaxxers' for putting kids at risk as campaign event is disrupted by protesters 

After praising Quebec's egalitarianism, Bloc leader halts questions to female candidate

AFN chief cites reconciliation, climate change and economic growth among election priorities 

More women than ever running this election 

First Nations leaders endorse Liberal candidate while at an NDP event

How Conservatives came around to supporting a carbon tax - and whether it's here to stay

Twitter's slap-down of Liberal video reveals growing role of social media giants in election

Erin O'Toole slams Liberals as new statistics reveal a shaky economy

Liberal candidate denies allegations of inappropriate behaviour toward female staffers

'He is a bad, bad man': On the campaign trail with Justin Trudeau, I saw an ugly new vision of Canada 

Liberal efforts to create wedges may have backfired, new campaign poll suggests

Singh to target 'big money' house-flippers by hiking taxable amount of capital gains

Economists say NDP plan to hike tax on heavy emitters would cost Canadian jobs

'I have a target on my back': Liberal candidates say they're encountering anti-Trudeau vitriol in their ridings

Trudeau and O'Toole have a big problem. This economy doesn't match their fiscal plans or hopes for our prosperity

Trudeau seems intent to not run on his own successful track record

Rise in hate crimes should be a major issue in this election campaign 

Trudeau Liberals' campaign keeps on stumbling

Trudeau stands by candidate accused of sexual misconduct

Gaffes and Scandals: Green Party rifts revealed

O'Toole is looking Primer Ministerial -- Trudeau, not so much

Polling spells trouble for Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau 

Here are the may failures behind the Liberal decline

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh visits small BC town in bid to unseat Green incumbent 

Can Trudeau rebound from his circus show of an election?

A programming note from Quebec that this election will not be a rerun

Conservatives put Trudeau on defensive as new figures show recent contraction in economy

How O'Toole changed the Conservative playbook to go after the blue collar vote 

Liberals allow Ontario MP to run for re-election despite multiple harassment allegations 

O'Toole is capitalizing on anger over Trudeau's unnecessary election

Laugh all you want, but Erin O'Toole's pets plan is actually serious policy 

Trudeau's bank tax could backfire and make buying a home even more expensive

Trudeau is a one-man lighthouse of virtue-signalling for faults not his own

Erin O'Toole, socialist crusader

Wait, you're endorsing whom?

Les reviews are in for O'Toole, and there are some questions

Trudeau expected to release Liberal election platform on Wednesday: sources

Trudeau condemns anti-vax protesters, accuses them of endangering others 

Conservatives target Trudeau on economy after StatsCan reports 1.1% contraction

Manitoba chiefs endorse Liberal candidate at press conference with NDP's Singh 

O'Toole pledges to balance budget, ramp up economy 'without cuts' within 10 years

As O'Toole wants flag raised, AFN Chief says half-mast 'honours' children amid unmarked graves

The parties on Climate Change 

Afghanistan

US President Joe Biden defends Afghanistan evacuation, vows to end nation-building

Americans unite when attacked on home soil, but Biden feels the criticism that comes with a far-away war

Canada must do more to help Afghans we left behind

Canada urges 1,250 Canadians in Afghanistan to hide until it can negotiate their safe exit

The challenges the Taliban face in governing Afghanistan

Canada says it knows of hundreds of citizens and permanent residents left in Afghanistan

To avoid another Afghanistan, Canada must leave NATO

Defiant Biden rejects criticism of Afghan exit, points at Afghan military, Trump role

We still have people trapped in Kabul 

1,250 Canadians are stuck in Afghanistan, Ottawa has no good plan to rescue them 

Canada to resettle 5,000 Afghan refugees evacuated by United States 

Here's a look at the US weaponry and military equipment left in the hands of the Taliban

The last trip out of Afghanistan: "There is no way back. Taliban are outside"

'I was not going to extend this forever war': Biden rejects criticism of US-Afghan exit 

Canadians held in China / China tensions                 

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The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Ontario races to refine COVID-19 vaccine passport policy

The ivermectin mess: People are embracing a dangerous livestock drug, while rejecting vaccines

Ontario reports 525 new COVID-19 cases, five more deaths including three historic

Third COVID-19 shots must be offered to immunocompromised Canadians

US warning about travel to Canada mainly for benefit of unvaccinated, CDC head says

Once again on vaccines, it's deny and delay from the Ford government 

Ontario reports 525 new cases of COVID-19

Our COVID choices come with consequences 

BC is in a 'pandemic of the unvaccinated', latest modelling numbers show

BC reports 655 new COVID-19 infections as active cases top 6,000 

Data confirms unvaccinated  at most risk

More COVID cases, more people in hospital

Globe and Mail

Most major accounting firms in Canada to require vaccination for workers in offices

Canadians face sticker shock at grocery stores as drought takes toll on crops

US regulator deals blow to CN"s US $29.8-billion bid to take over Kansas City Southern 

A blunt oil sands answer to Trudeau's recurring pipeline question

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston and 18 ministers - including 7 women -sworn into office

CBC

Canadians demand to know why they can fly - but still not drive to the US

Kelvin Goertzen to take over as premier and interim leader of Manitoba PCs

Canada's spy service once again admonished b court over duty of candour

Toronto/Vancouver Star

 

BC extends state of emergency due to wildfires for two weeks 

2021 had deadliest first half of a year for drug toxicity in BC, Chief Coroner says

BC's top doctor says get vaccinated to protect children as school starts

BC's police watchdog investigating after man dies in shooting

(Almost) back to normal for universities, colleges with vaccine mandates, province says

Assembly of First Nations Chief says keeping flags lowered honours children who died 

Doug Ford's political instincts are usually painfully wrong

Here's how the next federal government can eradicate Indigenous inequality 

Toronto Sun

Small businesses fight to get out from under COVID debt

Ottawa's gender pay 'equity' law will actually hurt female workers 

Ford moves ahead with revised vaccine passport plan 

National Post

Why the Canadian left believes kooky theories about coded messages to Nazis 

Maclean's

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Global

Man wanted for urinating on floor of a BC Dairy Queen after refusing to wear mask  

Toxic drugs are now the leading cause of death for people between 19 and 39 in BC

Coyote attacks force early closure of Stanley Park

 BC wildfires drop to 225 as some rain moves in but caution still urged 

BC's acting commanding officer open to independent agency oversight after Fairy Creek protests 

BC gave developer a 'sweetheart' deal for Little Muntain land, former MLA says

BC restaurant owner faces online abuse from anti-vaxxers over vaccine passport

Scientists warn glacier in Canadian Rockies is slipping away before their eyes at unprecedented rate

Hadju's interview comment cited by Fortin's lawyer in court case over his dismissal 

The opioid crisis is killing Canadians, but where is the political will to solve it?

Miscellaneous            

BC's Overdose failure; 'Each one of these deaths was preventable' 

Five ways to end the toxic drug crisis. From the frontlines

Every death is a policy choice 

'He was my grandson' 

Is anybody out there?