Ottawa Observations: Thursday, September 16, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Thursday, September 16, 2021

 

Election Campaign 2021

Trudeau, O'Toole point fingers at each other over Alberta's COVID-19 response, Liberals' decision to call mid-pandemic election 

Even in the middle of a federal election, in Quebec, all politics is local

In Brampton, federal campaign pledges to boost immigration are creation friction among classes and generations 

Federal campaigns need to go all out to get supporters to polls

Federal Conservatives are dodging questions on coal mining in Alberta Rockies, critics say

The pre-fab Erin O'Toole is sticking to the script 

Campaign climate promises undergo scientific reality checks 

Activists confront Singh over                                                                                                                                           NDP's environmental stance on Fairy Creek, TMX

Face to Face 2021: Annamie Paul met 4 undecided voters. Here's what happened

Controversial question in English debate may have galvanized Bloc voters

Canadians isolating due to COVID-19 will be unable to vote on Election Day

Another minority government looks likely, but it could be very different from the last one 

Green Party climate platform is both ambitious and unrealistic 

An Erin O'Toole-led pandemic plan would look like Alberta's COVID crisis, Trudeau says

Tories try again to crack vote-rich Toronto-area ridings 

O'Toole wants this election to be a referendum on Trudeau. Trudeau needs voters to see a stark choice

Does Justin Trudeau want a Liberal majority government? I he does, he isn't saying so

Liberals ask Toronto candidate to 'pause' campaign after dropped sexual assault charge was revealed

How one debate question sent Justin Trudeau and Erin O'Toole scrambling for votes in Quebec

Leaders' constituency offices charged taxpayers pennies in expenses for photocopies

Afghanistan, fatigue blamed as veterans issues go missing in action on election trail 

Comparing vaccine passports to residential schools 'repugnant' BC chiefs

Erin O'Toole has a big Jason Kenney problem 

This unhappy and rarely pointless election campaign is nearly over

Revenge of the journey: putting in a good word for an awful debate 

Voting for Bernier will only elect Liberals 

Trudeau's wrongdoings knows no bounds

Federal leaders point fingers over Alberta's COVID-19 health emergency 

Trudeau's 'Just transition' might transition you out of a job

Eventful federal campaign might settle nothing

Is Trudeau a real or faux feminist? Breaking down the PM's record on women

Justin Trudeau doesn't waste time on nickel-and-dime issues

Trudeau doesn't understand increased living costs

Obama endorsement of his 'friend' Trudeau might not prove helpful, politics professor says

Jagmeet Singh's crafted play on 'selfish' Trudeau may serve NDP well in election

If B.C. were Canada, it would be between Singh and O'Toole for prime minister 

Jason Kenney's COVID crisis hits federal election campaign trail

Tales from the front lines of Trudeau's vanity election 

From carbon taxes to deficits, how much government is too much? 

Would Trudeau have to resign if he wins with fewer seats and does O'Toole have a second act?

After last week's debate, O'Toole's pitch to Quebecers is far more complicated

Erin O'Toole: Not today Jason Kennedy, not today

BC voters urged to 'pack their patience' to vote on Monday due to staffing issues

Calls mount for ouster of PPC candidate who compared vaccine mandate to residential schools

NDP's Singh faces Fairy Creek protesters during campaign stop in Toronto 

Indigenous housing promises in election platforms fall short, advocates warn

'Gaslighting, Misogyny and Marginalization'

Wilkinson defends the Liberal climate record: 'We've changed the trajectory'

Why the Greens' Housing platform is the best

Where they stand: The Parties on Indigenous Child Welfare

Not part of the Club

China, France angered by Australia's nuclear sub pact with US, Britain

Canada's snub by allies on new defence pact is all on Trudeau

Trudeau's China record becomes security concern

Canadians held in China / China tensions                 

Chinese Major-General worked with fired scientist at Canada's top infectious disease lab

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Alberta halts surgeries as Saskatchewan plans vaccine passport amid rising  COVID-19 cases 

Comirnaty? SpikeVax? Health Canada authorizes brand name change for approved COVID-19 vaccines

BC Health Minister Adrian Dix says province won't  take COVID-19 patients from Alberta

Canada must 'learn from' the pandemic crisis in parts of the west, Tam says

Alberta patients may be transferred to Ontario as hospitals bear down under COVID-19's 4th wave

Goodbye Pfizer, hello Comirnaty: Top COVID-19 vaccines given brand names in Canada

BC says it can't take patients from Alberta's overwhelmed ICUs

British Columbia won't take COVID-19 patients from Alberta: Dix

These health care workers have informed thousands of patients they have COVID-19. Why breaking the news is different in the fourth wave

'Time for patience is over' says Moe; mandatory masking, vaccine passport being implemented in Saskatchewan 

Four new deaths, 706 new cases in BC

No room in BC hospitals for Alberta COVID-19 patients , says province 

Over 700 new cases, active and hospitalized cases increase

Globe and Mail

$40 million Suncor-Indigenous partnership 'a sign of things to come' for oil sector

Non-profit Ocean Cleanup struggles to fulfill promise to remove plastic from Pacific

All roads in Alberta's latest COVID-19 crisis lead back to Premier Jason Kenney

Activist shareholder's bid to oust CN Rail executive, board members is misguided  

CBC

'Enough is enough': Black civil servants vow to press on with discrimination suit as Liberals promise change

Summer travel surge has WestJet and Air Canada asking for volunteer help

Toronto/Vancouver Star

 

Ongoing protests, arrests at Fairy Creek over logging 'not working,' says Judge 

Vancouver police say fatal daylight shooting in downtown hotel parkade was targeted

All the main places in the SNC-Lavalin saga acted badly. Jody Wilson-Raybould's conduct is the least explicable

Forget the anti-vaxxers. The real story is the thousands in Toronto each day changing their minds and getting the jab

Toronto Sun

The feminist movement is disjointed -- and that's not helping 

National Post

Manitoba to have first female premier: Two candidates vying to replace Pallister are women

Western University's dangerous orientation week: School on defensive as students allege sexual assault, druggings  

Jason Kenny kills game night in Alberta even for the vaccinated 

Why Ford would be wise to refuse Trudeau's offer of subsidized daycare 

Alberta paid almost $100,000 to protect chief medical officer following 'threat assessment'

Maclean's

The push to fill Canada's critical PSW shortage

Global

BC's South Coast in for a 'soaker' as rainfall warning issued 

Security company sees bump in demand amid rollout of BC Vaccine passport

Protesters claim vehicles being illegally towed from area near BC old growth blockade  

Vancouver Police redeploying officers to 'hardest-hit' areas of downtown

Suncor, Indigenous partners to buy TC Energy stake in Northern Courier Pipeline

Vance is 99% match with child born after he said Brennan relationship ended: paternity test

Miscellaneous            

Heavy rain and wind warning issued for Lower Mainland ...

For BC's complex learners back in school, it's not just about vaccines

Canada joins all the other nations that fell in the sands of Afghanistan 

Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver forecasts 'upward pressure on prices in the fall'

Resign, Kenney, Resign

Sorry, Not Sorry! Jason Kenney's COVID-19 disaster