Ottawa Observations: Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for    Wednesday , August 18, 2021

 

Election Campaign 2021

O'Toole highlights his pro-choice views in pitch for Quebec votes

O'Toole says unvaccinated candidates to take daily COVID-19 tests, as Ford threatens to boot two MPPs over refusal to get vaccines 

Early campaign days throw party leaders curveballs

After witnessing Asian financial crisis, former money manager running for Tories in Quebec will look to rein in debt

Canada's inflation rate jumps to 3.7 per cent in July, political opponents point finger at Trudeau

Elections chief says voting will be safe despite lack of mandatory vaccine rule for poll workers

O'Toole pushes for more military aid to battle BC wildfires 

Parent's weigh child-care options as federal parties put policies in election window

Canadians will see less politics on Facebook during election

We need our politics to be much, much better than this 

Vancouver Island's federal candidates say climate change is a top priority 

Liberals drop three points, fall to near tie with Conservatives in public support, Signal analysis says

Why haven't the Liberals released their election platform? They're still working on it

Erin O'Toole is right that life is getting more expensive. But his proposed solutions would make thins worse 

The coming leaders' debate will be the make-or-break event of this federal election

Elections Canada aims to ensure BC voters cast ballots despite wildfires

Justin Trudeau shrugs off Liberal loss in Nova Scotia as federal Conservatives try to share in the glory 

Trudeau criticizes Conservative plan to repeal Liberal ban on 'assault weapons' 

Singh promises 20 per cent tax on foreign homebuyers in bid for BC votes 

Trudeau shows he doesn't understand inflation or your cost of living woes 

O'Toole promises to give ethics laws teeth, clean up Trudeau mess

Health funding is a promise the Liberals like to break

Inflation, the economy matter this election 

Trudeau falls into his own forced vaccination trap that he set for O'Toole

The divisive issue that might penetrate your sunny day? Subsidized child care

NDP and Conservatives better positioned to respond to Canadians top election concerns, poll suggests

Nova Scotia election shows how Trudeau could meet his doom

The Liberals' vaccination wedge collapses -  thank goodness

NDP platform promises a spending revolution with no credible plan to pay for it

Trudeau's vanity election would be silly, if it weren't so shameful

Sorry, you cut out there: Electioneering in the COVID era

Nova Scotia proves an unhappy test run for the Liberals 

'Disgusted and angry': Justin Trudeau condemns antisemitic vandalization of campaign signs 

Here's what's different about this year's federal election in Canada

Trudeau doubles down on mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for domestic travel 

Nova Scotia election a warning sign for Liberals, Opposition leaders say

O'Toole places blame on Trudeau, criticizes Singh amid rising inflation numbers 

Conservative candidates warned: vaccinate or test daily, party email shows

Liberal candidate with no arms, no legs takes on NDP giant in Vancouver East

The Gambler: risk-loving Justin Trudeau puts his career on the line with a summer election

Afghanistan

Canada poised to resume evacuation flights from Afghanistan as window of opportunity shrinking

Intelligence agencies did no predict immediate Afghan collapse, officials say

Afghanistan may be put under council rule, "Islamic scholars' to decide women's rule, Taliban leader says

Afghan Paralympic athlete pleads for help to leave the country

I may never hear my cousin's voicer again. Will you speak for him and my family in Afghanistan?

What Canada and the US can learn from the Afghan debacle

Conservatives would match Liberal commitment to resettle at least 20,000 Afghans, Erin O'Toole says

I saw Afghanistan under Taliban rule. Women there have good reasons to brace for the worst now 

Afghanistan's resistance looks to be on its own in the wake of the Taliban takeover 

'Terps' have one chance to get through Gates of Hell to taste freedom

20 years of progress for Afghan women will soon be lost

Trudeau didn't say he would never recognize the Taliban 

This betrayal of Afghanistan is beyond belief

What does Afghanistan mean for Canada -- and the election?

What would Richard Nixon have to say about the fall of Afghanistan

'We have to be patient': Britain's army chief says world should give Taliban 'space to form new government'

Afghan leadership retreats with special forces in defiance of Taliban

Left to the Taliban: 'Nobody from Canada has contacted us'

Canada has reached a deal for 2 military planes to resume 'flying regularly' into Kabul

US soldiers will stay to evacuate all Americans in Afghanistan, Biden says

'No special hotline': Canadians hurdles keep Afghan refugee offer out of reach, lawyers say

Canadians held in China / China tensions                 

Decision on Meng Wenzhou extradition rests with judge as marathon hearing concludes 

High-profile extradition case of Meng Wanzhou wraps up with reserved decision 

Ruling date in Meng's case coming October 21 as US extradition hearings end

Meng Wanzhou's extradition hearing enters final day in BC Supreme Court 

Chinese state media launches online petition demanding Meng Wanzhou's release from 'illegal' detention 

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Trudeau says people who are not fully vaccinated won't be able to travel on domestic planes or trains

People who are fully vaccinated still have high potential of spreading COVID-19 Delta variant, British study says

The fourth wave is here - what does this mean for kids heading back to school?

Single-day increase in Alberta COVID-19 cases highest in three months 

Why it's now more likely you'll face coronavirus - even if you're vaccinated against COVID-19

'Need is urgent': Northwest Territories asks for federal help dealing with COVID-19 outbreak

Porter Airlines, other companies to require COVID-19 vaccine or negative test for all staff

Upward trend continues as BC records 553 new cases of COVID-19 and 1 more death

Gap between older and younger people getting fully vaccinated wider in BC Interior 

Ontario hospitals taking tougher action against unvaccinated staff

BC reports one death, 553 new COVID-19 cases as active infections rise

Hospitals face crisis, BC must toughen COVID restrictions: Experts 

In one day, cases of COVID-19 more than double in Northwest Territories 

It's time to learn to live with COVID

By raging against the hesitant, Liberals are undermining our vaccination campaign 

BC on track for record new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations by September: scientists 

BC reports one new death, 553 new cases

Over 550 new cases, 15 flights with cases; Site C outbreak

How Wildfire Smoke Supercharges the Coronavirus

Globe and Mail

Potential Algonquin Power deal may have American Electric singing a different tune

Fraser River tunnel to replace aging crossing in Metro Vancouver 

Major General Dany Fortin charged with one count of sexual assault 

CBC

Charged with sexual assault, former head of vaccine rollout says he lost his job to 'political calculation'

Lytton resident files lawsuit alleging CP, CN rail caused the fire that destroyed her village

Ontario PC fundraising letters labelled 'invoice' blasted as a 'scam' as calls mount for investigation 

BHP approves plan to build Jansen potash mine near Saskatoon 

Firefighters warily watch the forecast as wet weather calms BC wildfires

BC man braves highway inferno to help evacuate family farm

8 lane tunnel under Fraser River to replace George Massey Tunnel by 2030 

Toronto/Vancouver Star

 

How Nova Scotia's Premier-designate Tim Houston made sure no one could mistake him for Erin O'Toole

Opposition MPPs demand probe after Ford's Tories send 'fake invoices' to previous donors seeking cash

TDSB's careful rules for school reopening go beyond what Ontario requires

Dozens of Canadian companies quietly tweaked formulas to make sure CEOs still got their bonuses during the pandemic, report finds

Flight cancellations rise and airport delays increase as airline industry struggles with staff shortages and new safety measures  

BC Human Rights office's first public inquiry will examine white supremacy and hate 

'Significant day': Tsleil-Waututh Nation and Canada sign Burrard Inlet stewardship agreement 

Massey replacement to be eight-lane tunnel 

Toronto Sun

Opposition raise concerns over apparent Ontario PC donation letter resembling invoice

National Post

Smug Liberal Canadians should realize Joe Biden is no friend of the world

Maclean's

Murray Sinclair on reconciliation, anger, unmarked graves. - and a headline for this story 

Global

'There could have been more done': debate over BC wildfire response heats up after document leaked

Lytton resident launches lawsuit against CN and CP Rail for allegedly sparking wildfire 

'What do I do? Where do I go?': BC woman loses everything to White Rock Lake Fire

Crews making progress on Mount Law wildfire say officials

Mount Law wildfire: West Kelowna residents return home, grateful to firefighters 

White Rock Lake Fire still out of control, now estimated at 81,139 hectares

RCMP  urge BC wildfire evacuees to post a note so officials know they are safe

Eight-lane immersed-tube tunnel set to replace aging Massey Tunnel

Should BC change its flag? Indigenous artist aims for debate with new design

Crash victim calls lost wages gap in ICBC no-fault insurance coverage 'unfair'

Human rights office to probe 'disturbing surge of hate' in BC during pandemic

Live Nation Canada to require vaccination proof or negative test at concerts 

Key lesson from Tim Houston's triumph in Nova Scotia is that campaigns matter 

Opposition contacts Elections Ontario, OPP after fake invoices with PC Party logo sent out 

Miscellaneous            

 

Temporary modular housing planned at Downtown Eastside industrial site in Vancouver 

Nurses and Doctors take aim at BC's LNG Ambitions