Ottawa Observations: Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Wednesday, August 25, 2021

 

Election Campaign 2021

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh pledges to 'cap fees' on cellphone and internet service

Liberals propose corporate tax hike on banks and insurance companies with profits over $1 billion

Liberals' anti-flipping tax chips away at exemption for principal residences

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Jewish Liberal candidates face racist attacks during election campaign

If shamelessness is the key to success in politics, O'Toole is looking good 

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole pledges mental health support, attaches no strings for provinces, territories

From housing to cellphone bills, campaigns appeal to making life more affordable for voters

Trudeau promises to hike taxes on Canada's big banks, insurance companies

O'Toole unveils plan to address COVID-fuelled mental health distress 

Protesters against old-growth going rally outside Justin Trudeau's hotel

Students tell Elections Canada to do more after it cancels Vote on Campus program

Liberals promise to make profitable banks contribute billions to economic recovery

Leaders face heckles and hate as polls tighten

Jagmeet Singh says ending for profit long term care will be 'less costly,' Why it's not necessarily that simple

Canadians were asked which election issue they cared about most. Here's what they said

Conservatives lead in popular support, but Liberals would still eke out a diminished minority win today: poll 

The Bloc Québécois wants 'green equalization' Experts say that's not likely to happen

Is there still a pandemic? Campaigning politicians don't seem to have noticed

'This is impacting our lives': Voters want to talk about getting their jobs back, not partisan politics

Canada's global pandemic strategy is missing from election dialogue

Trudeau's campaign in critical condition

Uncle Erin has an everyman quality 

Jagmeet Singh spreads fake news about oil and gas subsidies, that don't exist

Leaders should think about monetary policy and jobs

Taxpayers wait for credible plan to balance books

Protesters, disingenuous negativity may be Trudeau's way out of drab campaign

Trudeau's housing plan is incoherent and embarrassing

Sorry Trudeau, thinking about monetary policy is thinking about families

Muslim Minister for women, gender equality faces backlash after calling Taliban 'our brothers'

A pro-labour Conservative party invading NDP turf is hardly surprising

What's bleak is that no one, including Erin O'Toole wants to shrink government 

On health care, the song remains the same

Will NDP's past performance in BC jeopardize Trudeau's bid for majority government

Taliban takeloer extends to Trudeau's campaign

Jagmeet Singh wouldn't back Scheer but he could back O'Toole

How credible are the election promises on housing?

During Canada's 44th election, it's a card game for Trudeau - and a delicate one 

Filipino woman rejects NDP giant's apology for 'offensive' comments in fiery Vancouver Kingsway campaign 

Vancouver Granville Greens search for sufficient number of signatures to get Imtiaz Popat on the ballot

How to Future-Proof Canada? Pay Parents!

Beware of Conservatives Bearing Gifts

Afghanistan

Last Kabul flight carrying Canadian nationals, Afghan refugees to leave Thursday, five days ahead of US withdrawal deadline 

US embassy alert advises US citizens not to go to Kabul airport

Ordinary Canadians can help Afghans settle successfully in our communities

Biden keeps digging himself a hole on Afghanistan

The US is out of Afghanistan, and China wants in, hunting for green revolution minerals

Afghan interpreter pleads for help as last Canadian flight out of Kabul expected to depart on Thursday

Federal minister Maryam Monsef calls Taliban 'our brothers,' stresses she views them as a terrorist group 

As the evacuation window closes, Trudeau should focus on the Afghan crisis 

Liberals' Maryam Monsef calls Taliban 'our brothers'

Turned down by Canada, embassy worker and family safe in Britain 

Afghan veterans fume over Taliban as 'our brothers'

Shame on Monsef for calling Taliban 'our brothers' 

Terrorist Taliban are not 'our brothers'

Trudeau's betrayal of the Afghan people

Afghans betrayed by Trudeau's woke folk

The West has abandoned Afghanistan to slavery

Canada's evacuation flights from Kabul could end in hours stranding 1000s of ex employees, advocates say

'Get our people out': BC veteran fears reprisals against Afghans who helped Canada

Maryam Monsef called the Taliban 'brothers' Here's what you need to know

Canadians held in China / China tensions                 

Chinese state-owned shipbuilder tapped to supply ferry for Crown corporation as Canadians remain jailed

Trudeau 'concerned' by China ship deal; Conservatives vow to end it

Families of Michael Spavor, Michael Kovrig to walk '7,000 steps for freedom' to call for their release

Michael Spavor, Canadian jailed in China, appeals spying conviction and 11 year service

Here's a COVID threat Justin Trudeau might want to address - pronto

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Alberta, Saskatchewan not planning to follow BC and Manitoba on broad mask mandates

WHO experts say search for COVID-19 origins has stalled

BC sees jump in COVID-19 vaccine bookings and registrations 

COVID-19's fourth wave is here. Where is Theresa Tam?

BC reports another 698 COVID-19 cases and one new death, vaccine bookings climb

Day 1 of mandatory masks again in BC's indoor public places 

BC First Nation offers $1,000 cash to fully vaccinated members 

Unvaccinated staff blamed for COVID-19 outbreaks at Kelowna

China criticizes US, says its being 'scapegoated' over COVID-19 origin report

Federal COVID-19  briefings stopped during election, sources say. Experts concerned 

Sudden surge in vaccinations; almost 700 new cases

Globe and Mail

Law firms embrace COVID-19 vaccine mandates

BC universities and colleges mull next steps as province fails to institute COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students

CBC

RCMP conducting 'character' checks on staff as former top intelligence official's trial approaches

Travellers to Canada doubled after border reopened to Americans 

Health care without conscience is a dangerous contradiction 

Toronto/Vancouver Star

 

One presumed dead, one injured in collapse at BC construction site: RCMP

Police watchdog clears Vancouver officers in fatal shooting in Downtown Eastside 

Evacuation orders and alerts drop in BC as number of wildfires holds steady

It started as a blockade. Now, BC's Fairy Creek protests are putting old-growth logging and RCMP enforcement, on the 2021 political agenda

Kieran Moore gets a master class in dishonesty and cowardice from Doug Ford

Should the vaccine be mandatory for Ontario cops? Police chiefs and officer unions take sides

Toronto police helped evict homeless sleeping in parks for 'public safety' So why did they give anti-vaxxess harassing diners a free pass?

Toronto Sun

Public health doctor says Ontario vax passport coming soon as Ford Still says no

National Post

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Maclean's

What Canadian college students can expect during another pandemic school year

Global

Planned ignition expected to pave the way for White Rock Lake evacuee return

One dead after North Vancouver structure collapse 

Vicious attack on homeless man in Yaletown captured on camera 

BC police use cruiser to stop speeding car with no functioning brakes

Miscellaneous            

 

North Vancouver building collapse: one person hospitalized, second person presumed dead

Unprovoked attack on Vancouver homeless man captured on video

BC students' campaigns for COVID-19 safety protocols on campus yield some results 

Vancouver personal-injury lawyer Manjot Hallen advocates for diverse judiciary in BC

Restoring the Family ties broken by Residential School 

The Ultimate Act of Letting go of privilege" Giving up Land

At Fairy Creek, the Real Emergency is the climate emergency