Ottawa Observations: Saturday-Monday, September 4-6, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Saturday-Monday, September 4-6, 2021

 

Election Campaign 2021

Protesters throw small rocks, debris at Trudeau as he leaves Ontario campaign stop 

Video shows moment Justin Trudeau hit with stones at London campaign event

Protesters throw gravel at Trudeau in London

Protesters pelt Trudeau with rocks outside London campaign stop 

Conservatives won't disclose vaccination rate, despite setting 90 percent national target 

Voters concerned about child care, private health care: polls

'Anti-vaxxer mobs' can't dictate policy in Canada, Trudeau says of campaign protests

Trudeau risks losing this election both to O'Toole and to Singh

Trudeau will not reveal new allegations against Liberal MP Raj Saiini who withdrew from race

To avoid shooting himself in the foot, Erin O'Toole is trying to holster the gun issue

Erin O'Toole pivots on gun policy in increasingly tight election race

The Liberals' tax plan has some valid proposals, but several distortions

Gun Control advocates unimpressed with Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole's policy change on Liberal gun ban

O'Toole breaks with election platform, pledges status quo on firearms bans

Liberal candidate Raj Saini drops out of federal election race following allegations of sexual misconduct

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole promises national proof-of-vaccine system in pandemic campaign pledges

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh promises dental care coverage for families earning less than $90,000

O'Toole risks electoral gains with stance on gun control

O'Toole amends platform on gun control, but questions remain about what change means

Trudeau ratchets up talk on mandatory vaccinations, says he'll protect businesses, people from lawsuits

People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier attends Steinbach rally, doesn't quarantine upon entering Manitoba 

Green Party will release its election platform this week 

Electoral Reform: Is Trudeau's borken promise on any party's agenda?

O'Toole reverses course on guns, will maintain Liberal ban during review of classifications

Trudeau says he's 'pretty frustrated' by the Raj Sini Scandal 

Inuit leader says federal election offers stark choices on reconciliation

How a $7B tunnel complicates the race for federal candidates in Quebec 

O'Toole vows to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates above 90%, pressed for clarity on gun position 

Embattled Liberal candidate Raj Sini ends bid for re-election

Singh renews pledge of federal dental care, says Liberals take Atlantic Canda for granted

Annamie Paul leading the Green Party's national campaign - but hasn't left Toronto once

In Quebec, no party has an easy path to victory

Look to Conservative platform to 'fill in the plans' on gun policy: O'Toole

Conservative plan to cost more than $100 billion over next decade, Star analysis finds

Gun control advocates unimpressed with O'Toole's policy change on Liberal gun ban

Let's hope Elections Canada realizes the cost of letting first-time voters slip through the cracks 

How should party leaders manage loony and craven candidates

Justin Trudeau's political style swept him into office. It may now see him out 

Prime Minister Erin O'Toole. Try that one on for size 

Canadian Labour Congress president says parties need plan to protect gig workers 

Essential workers kept Canada going during COVID-19. What's on offer for them in the federal election?

Election candidates take licking, keep ticking 

As campaigning Trudeau want of COVID, our borders open wider

Trudeau no 'law and order' candidate on gun crime

How Trudeau is losing the support of voters

O'Toole's misfire may cost him the election

Think voters tune out politics in summer? You may be an elitist

A lot has changed in the first 3 weeks of the election campaign

Canadians are ready to move on from Trudeau's now tired schtick

'Hidden agenda' smear backfires on Trudeau Liberals

Trudeau vulnerable as leadership emerges as election's defining issue

Change may be in the Atlantic Canada air

If Justin Trudeau can't have your love, he'll settle for fear

Home ownership is becoming a lost cause and the Liberals did worse than diddly squat

O'Toole's reversal on gun policy may save his campaign 

Why O'Toole would be a more effective prime mister than Trudeau

Erin O'Toole's platform is imaginative, but Maxime Bernier is the most impressive leader

Diehard Just Trudeau supporters will ignore any sin, however disgraceful

The Liberals stop the bleeding, at least

Questions for Erin O'Toole the Frontrunner 

Voters getting split between Liberals and NDP, creating path for Tories: election poll

COVID-19 affordability, reconciliation among topics in Canada election debates

Tories distance themselves from controversial firearms group and amend platform promise on guns

O'Toole not ruling out future reversal of 2020 gun ban pending Stakeholder review

Trudeau says he 'won't back down' from anti-vaxx protesters 

Ex-media magnate Conrad Black describes Maxime Bernier as 'probably the most impressive of the party leaders' 

For Broadcasters, a great deal is ridings the outcome of the Canadian election 

Where they stand: The Parties on Guns

Liberals 'vulnerable on both flanks' in BC

Afghanistan

Canada, allies watch carefully as China steps into void left in Afghanistan

Canadians left in Kabul running out of food, time, hope

Canadians held in China / China tensions                 

Diplomats join march to mark 1,000 days, press China to release Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig

Families mark 1,000 days since China's detention of Canadians Spavor, Kovrig

Canada's federal party leaders demand China release of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor

What the winner of this election must do about China, Meng and the two Michaels 

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Hospitals faced with new capacity crisis as unvaccinated Canadians reduced public health measures drive COVID-19's fourth wave

Alberta's use of British COVID-19 data was a miscalculation 

Toronto hospital workers share fourth wave anxieties with Justin Trudeau

Jagmeet Singh aims to boost OCVID-19 vaccine, curb violence against healthcare workers

True delta wave begins after Labour Day, Americans warned "That was a delta warning'

Globe and Mail

Nursing schools can't accommodate increase in demand at time when profession faces shortage

How Quebec's response to COVID-19 left 4,000 dead in long term care homes

Canada bet big on real estate. Now, it's an economic drag

COVID-19 brought back Big Government. How will we pay for it?

Slim majority of Canadians open to paying more tho help cut Canada's emissions, poll shows

Universities are open for in-person classes, but much of the curriculum is still only online

BC teachers want data on COVID-19 in schools publicly available

Newfoundland health officials call to delay school start over COVID-19 cluster

CBC

Protesters throw gravel at Trudeau in London

Computer glitch led to false reports about earthquake in BC, says seismologist 

Toronto/Vancouver Star

 

BC teachers, parents want data on COVID-19 in schools to be publicly available

Forest company, RCMP, old-growth  defenders due in court this month for four hearings

Seismologist says computer glitch led to false reports about earthquake in BC

Mayor of Surrey, alleges he was run over by vehicle after being accosted 

Business owners, police group call for clarity on BC Vaccine card program

9/11 terrorist attacks, ensign war propelled Canada's military into 21st century

Toronto Sun

It's thanks to the ant-lax mob that we now have vax passports

Vaccine passports and the workplace 

Lessons in courage for back-to-school

National Post

Brian Mulroney on the rising hostility between Canada and the United States

Alberta's payoff for getting COVID vaccination is a panicky bribe for the undeserving 

Vaccine passports a necessary evil that must remain temporary

Maclean's

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Global

'It's not just for you': BC double transplant urges everyone to get the COVID vaccine

Reports of earthquake in BC Monday appear to have been sent in error

Surrey Mayor says he was 'assaulted and run over' at pro-RCMP petition event

Vernon City Councillor Dalvir Nahal dies after lengthy battle with cancer

Canada is easing travel rules on Tuesday. Here's what you need to know 

Military personnel heading home as deployment on BC wildfires comes to an end

All evacuation alerts rescinded for Hedges Butte and Skaha Creek wildfires

More White Rock Lake Evacuees returning home after month-long displacement

'Good to have hope': Businesses prepare for Vancouver's first ever 'Light up Chinatown'

Miscellaneous            

Mayor Doug McCallum says he was verbally assaulted and his foot was run over by motorist 

Buyers snap up private BC islands as 'very rich escape risk of big city' due to COVID-19 pandemic 

A salute to all the workers who've kept us going

'These workers have proven their worth time and again'

We backed BC's Climate Plan. Now we see it's not enough

The day Jason Kenney lost Alberta