Ottawa Observations: Saturday/Sunday, September 11 and 12, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Saturday, September 11 & 12, 2021

 

Election Campaign 2021

NDP last of three main parties to release platform costing as campaign enters final week

Ousted Conservative candidate Lisa Robinson denies writing racist posts, says party is 'throwing me under the bus'

NDP's Jagmeet Singh releases costing for multibillion-dollar platform as advance voting gets underway 

Party leaders argue over how to pay for promises as voters head to advance polls

Erin O'Toole pledges support for subways and rail projects, acknowledges Conservative platform offers no new cash

O'Toole makes pitch to women voters, vows to hike benefits for grieving parents

Leaders find ways to make voters laugh and smile in a gloomy campaign

Liberals bristle at Legault's suggestion he would prefer a Conservative minority government

NDP platform calls for $200 billion in new spending on health care, climate change, Indigenous reconciliation

The federal climate platforms: What's in them and what sets each apart 

Maverick Party looks to Bloc Quebecois as an inspiration to ensure western interests

Are the Conservatives worried about the People's Party of Canada - or should they be?

O'Toole won't stop partially vaccinated candidates from campaigning in seniors' homes if they follow rules

Justin Trudeau's got my vote to get us through Mu

Trudeau on the offence against Blanchet and O'Toole while campaigning in Quebec

Brampton was devastated by COVID-19. Community advocates are skeptical federal election will deliver what the city needs 

'It's a different animal': History shows there are no sure bets in Calgary Centre

Our election debates have become embarrassing failures. How did we sink so low?

Winning trust, not debates, will prove decisive in this election

An endorsement from Quebec's premier could hurt Erin O'toole as much as it helps him

Liberals hope to recapture Calgary Skyview from Conservatives 

Inside the election showdown in the Toronto suburbs that could make Erin O'Toole prime minister

Trudeau shouldn't be rewarded for bad behaviour 

Troubled Trudeau campaign focuses on strongholds 

Advance polls close Monday night, mail in ballot cutoff looms

Here's how major parties say they'll ease pressure on your pocketbook

A Liberal hidden agenda of tax hikes?

The Liberal's biggest problem may just be that it's not longer cool to like Justin Trudeau 

Questioning  controversial Quebec bills not racist 

Should we trust Liberal promises about no home equity tax?

Funding for Canada's Reserve Force should be election issue

Conservatives vow to put a crimp in China's slave market 

Housing on reserves another issue

Justin Trudeau Liberals post a direct threat to free speech in Canada

NDP looks to reclaim Layton's legacy - and the seats that come with it 

Jody Wilson-Raybould offers a ballot question in an election about nothing 

O'Toole is widening his base but risks alienating party members 

Trudeau weathers storm as campaign enters final week 

Was Legault's endorsement a blessing or a curse for Erin O'Toole?

Conservatives' Erin O'Toole has shot himself in the foot - twice with murky stance on gun control 

Former Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes throws support behind Tory in election 

Liberal candidate's car vandalized on his property while his family slept 

Feds haven't 'ruled out' intervening against Quebec's secularism bill, Trudeau says

'We're a big tent party': Erin O'Toole says he's not worried about PPC splitting votes

Activists 'frustrated' over party leaders dodging racism issue

O'Toole ousts one CPC candidate over Islamophobic tweets but keeps other on

Where the parties stand on housing, rent and mortgages 

Why the Canada Disability  Benefit should be a priority for everyone this election

Politicians exploit phrasing of Shachi Kurl's question to avoid very real issue of racism in Quebec

Afghanistan

Afghan women can study at university but classes must be segregated, Taliban decree

Cronyism, corruption and indifference: Insiders describe Afghanistan's fall

Canadians held in China / China tensions                 

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The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Boris Johnson to scrap UK vaccine passports for winter COVID-19 plan

Quebec reports 757 new COVID-19 cases, no additional deaths

COVID-19 cases in school settings: Toronto Public Health 

Ontario reports 784 cases of COVID-19

Globe and Mail

Wilson-Raybould says Trudeau should let RCMP probe possible obstruction of justice in SNC/Lavalin affair

'In that moment, I knew he wanted me to lie' Jody Wilson-Raybould recalls a tension filled meeting with Justin Trudeau

Justin Trudeau rejects claim that he wanted Jody Wilson-Raybould to lie about SNC-Lavalin affair 

Western University investigating reports of sexual violence on campus this weekend 

Kansas City Southern Railway returns to original suitor Canadian Pacific, deeming its offer superior to Canadian National option 

CBC

Trudeau says he has not been contacted by RCMP on SNC-Lavalin

Full story of SNC-Lavalin affair still to be told, Wilson-Raybould says in new book

Trudeau says he did not want Wilson-Raybould to lie in SNC-Lavalin affair

Why Kenney's government handed Albertans a nothing burger - not answers - amid a disastrous 4th COVID wave

Toronto/Vancouver Star

 

BC groups concerned over lack of compromise in COVID-19 vaccine card plan

RCMP make 27 more arrests at BC old-growth logging blockades

The key to Canada's economic recovery is obvious. Why isn't anyone talking about it?

Toronto Sun

Elites in Canada have an irrational fear of populists 

Say no to home equity tax before it's too late 

Trudeau again claims Jody Wilson-Raybould's story false

Housing affordability cirrus unlikely to improve any time soon 

National Post

The revenge of Jody Wilson-Raybould

Nurses who attended anti-COVID measure rally in DC, in January helping organize cross-country events in Canada 

Wilson-Raybould book revives SNC affair for Trudeau 

9/11 posed a unique threat  - America and the West met it head-on

The trauma of 9/11 gas left America wounded to this day

Maclean's

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Global

BC groups call for COVID-19 vaccine card compromises 

27 more arrests at BC old-growth logging protest

Trudeau deserved Jody Wilson-Raybould's revenge 

'I did not want her to lie': Trudeau rejects Wilson-Raybould's class about SNC-Lavalin talk

How BC's COVID-19 vaccine card will affect access to city-run facilities 

Advocates for Surrey policing referendum say bylaw ticket issued

Shots fired at Surrey RCMP officer during attempted traffic stop

BC Special anti-gang unit in Revelstoke to deter violence at biker event 

Miscellaneous            

It's time for BC renters to organize a provincial movement  

BC's human rights inquiry into hate incidents better late than never

Sales of Vancouver 'ultra-luxury' homes $10 million an dover continue to rise into 2021

Attorney General David Eby needs to educate Surry Mayor Doug McCallum on pro-RCMP canvasses' legal rights

Suspect allegedly fired gun at officer during traffic stop attempt: Surrey RCMP