Ottawa Observations: Monday, September 13, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Monday, September 13, 2021

 

Election Campaign 2021

O'Toole, Trudeau trade bars as election campaign hits home stretch

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh promises to end boil-water advisories on First Nations, offers few specifics

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh criticizes Trudeau's 'broken promises' on drinking water for First Nations 

Despite election promises, federal parties do not control many factors affecting availability, cost of homes

Blind lawyer says lack of accessible, private voting options is a violation of the Charter

Trudeau lashes out at protester who made sexist slur about his wife

O'Toole pitches election as a referendum on Trudeau, Liberal leader targets Conservatives on vaccines

Swinging for the fences, Singh's NDP tries to outbid Trudeau

Nearly 1 million Canadians expected to vote by mail as deadline to request ballots looms

Greens' Annamie Paul says PEI a 'proof of concept' as she makes Island campaign stop

With one week to go before Election Day, here's what to watch in the final stretch

Face to Face: Erin O'Toole met 4 undecided voters. Here's what happened

Election campaign reveals Canada's dirty little secret

This election could leave our nation divided and Justin Trudeau is making it worse

Will François Legault's support for Conservatives move the needle in Quebec?

Voting by mail? It's not easy as you might think 

O'Toole hits Trudeau hard where it counts

Former Liberals openly criticize Trudeau 

Meet three GTA Conservative candidates who don't fit the stereotype

O'Toole's new plan to help grieving parents

The phoniness of Justin Trudeau's 'I am a Quebecer'

Voters shouldn't forget Lavscam

Child care on the ballot, but is unlikely enough to swing the vote

For Trudeau, it is always the women, like Wilson-Raybould, who are to blame

Blanchet-Trudeau man spreading contest captured weirdness of the debates

Waiting for surprises, a week before the vote

The travails of a Green Party leader: Winning her own riding is not Annamie Paul's only challenge

Why election 44 is becoming the closest race in a generation

Them's fighting words. We've reached the trash-talk phase of the campaign

Trudeau resorts to "Project Fear' for his rescue: 

Why we need to talk about food insecurity - in this election and beyond

The working class has had enough

Trudeau, Singh want to criminalize protests that block hospitals. But can they?

Trudeau to protesters: Isn't there a hospital you should be going to bother right now?

'I agree with the impatience': Trudeau says he understands frustrations of Indigenous leaders, Afghan war vets

Trudeau, O'Toole in war of words as election campaign enters final week

BC AFN regional chief raises reconciliation doubts after federal leaders snub annual meeting

'It's not right': Trudeau vows to criminalize blocking access to hospitals amid protests

O'Toole vows to let new parents earn up to $1,000 per month without losing EI benefit 

The Conservatives want to abandon trans children

The Parties on renewable energy

How bad does the overdose crisis have to get before Leaders make it a priority?

O'Toole embraced Kenney's 'Resistance' Child Care Politics. Why?

Jagmeet Singh: 'I'm afraid of Justin Trudeau'

Afghanistan

Afghan boy reunited with his father in Toronto after two weeks alone in Qatar

UN warns that Afghans face 'their most perilous hour', one million children could die if needs not met

Former Afghan Air Force pilots renew plea for Canada's help

Canadians held in China / China tensions                 

For Xi Jinping, Chinese online culture is increasingly seen as a threat

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

What you need to know about COVID-19 immunity, third doses and booster shots

Chief Medical Officers of health can't be all things to all people

British Columbia imposes mandatory vaccines for health care workers

BC's COVID-19 vaccine card system takes effect amid fourth wave of pandemic in province

British Columbia introducing COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all health-care workers

Toronto Public Health investigating 23 schools for possible COVID-19 cases

Days after schools open, COVID-19 outbreaks force many across Canada to close

Almost 2,000 new cases; this doses, mandatory healthcare vaccinations

Globe and Mail

Alberta doctors warn province's health system may soon fail 

Saskatchewan re-enacts emergency order to combat record COVID-19 cases 

At Fairy Creek, a war in the woods as police seek more power to clear blockades

BCE opposes Rogers' takeover of Shaw in CRTC filing, citing broadcast market dominance

Who will pay for the pandemic? Don't ask our politicians

CBC

Raj Saini stands to gain $92,900 severance but no pension after standing down

Toronto/Vancouver Star

 

Nervous workers, defiant businesses and a fistfight: Here's how Day 1 of BC's vaccine passport went

BC COVID-19 vaccine card could help loosen some pandemic restrictions: Henry 

British Columbia to end state of emergency caused by wildfires on Tuesday night

Will vaccine mandates make health-care workers and teachers quit? That might be the wrong question

WE Charity sells downtown Toronto properties for $36 million and some went for a loss

BC drops budget deficit forecast, but points to uneven, uncertain pandemic recovery

Toronto city staff given more time to reveal vaccination status

On a cross Canada hiring spree, Amazon boosts wages for warehouse workers - while eliminating bonus program

Toronto man arrested and charged in what B'nai Brith says is a third anti-Semitic attack

What pandemic-battered Toronto needs from the next federal government

Toronto Sun

Trudeau wasn't open or transparent in SNC-Lavalin affair

Air Canada crew held in Hong Kong after 'positive' COVID test

Trudeau refuses police access to documents related to SNC-Lavalin scandal

Jody Wilson-Raybould unleashed: Three biggest bombshells from tell-all Indian in the Cabinet

Federal politicians turning a blind eye to waste in Ottawa

National Post

Trudeau's hollow progressivism behind refusal to raise federal flags

Liberal MP who stepped down after harassment allegations will get $93,000 severance, but no pension

Maclean's

This Nunavut grocery receipt shows just how pricey food is in the North

Global

Third COVID shot needed for severely immunocompromised people, BC officials say

COVID-19 hospital protests 'a morale blow' to Canada's exhausted health-care workers

Small group of nurses protests against mandatory vaccines outside Montreal hospital

What are the political, moral impacts of anti-vaccine protests at hospitals?

Miscellaneous            

Anglo-Canadian Warehouse set for designation as a protected building in Yaletown

As workplace COVID spread, Labour calls for paid sick leave