Ottawa Observations: Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for   Wednesday , September 8, 2021

 

Election Campaign 2021

Leaders square off over child care, federal spending, in first official French debate 

Conservatives' Erin O'Toole pledges lower deficits by cutting child-care  spending, doubling workers benefit

Jagmeet Singh on Animal Crossing? NDP to harness SnapChat, video games to attract young voters

Why Maxime Bernier and his noxious views should be at the leaders' debates 

Justin Trudeau is still the Liberal campaign's biggest asset, and now its greatest liability

If the campaign becomes a culture war, it's advantage Liberals

Erin O'Toole is the most Liberal leader the Conservatives have ever had 

If the COVID-19 pandemic isn't an emergency demanding real leadership, what is?

Health care, pandemic election call, climate change dominate leaders' French debate

Conservatives' $60B health care promise amounts to just $3.6B increase in first five years: PBO

Leaders' debates usually don't move the needle much - but this election could buck that trend

Liberals ask election watchdog to investigate allegation of Conservative collusion with gun lobby

Comeback contenders: The former MPs hoping to return to Parliament

Fact check: have GHG emissions risen under Trudeau?

Leaders clash over character and credibility in French Language election debate 

Justin Trudeau needs to turn voters against Erin O'Toole. In the French debate, he failed

Security, anti-hate expert urge Trudeau to use caution with campaign 'mobs'

Conservatives promise more than $51B in new spending over 5 years - and deficits almost as big as the Liberals' 

Leaders gather in Gatineau, drill Trudeau about ill-timed election

What needs to happen during the debate?

Only the NDP is standing up for Canada's needy right now 

With time running out, what will Justin Trudeau do to save his campaign?

Trudeau's promised prescription plan just another lie 

Voters have many reasons not to trust Trudeau on home sales tax promise

Debate what matters, not desperate smears 

NDP determined to not fall victim to Liberals' Project Fear

Trudeau and O'Toole neck and neck with less than two weeks left in campaign: Leger poll

Lacklustre second leaders debate short on emotion, heavy on talking points

Conservative budget deficit would start at $168B and drop to $25B in five years, PBO costing shows

Can someone please stop that buck?

Are televised debates really the best way to pick our future prime minister?

Rebel News wins court battle to cover leaders' debates, will accredit 11 journalists

O'Toole's conservatism isn't a shift to the left

The folly of O'Toole's flip flop on guns

It's a hollow election without national purpose

In 2019, the Greens were poised for a breakthrough, Now their woes may impact the wider election

The Tories know the Liberals are disingenuous on guns. They should be better prepared.

Two debates for Quebec. One for the other 30 million of us

Erin O'Toole's missed opportunity to move voters to the right on cost of living

The first leaders debate: The battle for small advantages  

O'Toole's plan to axe daycare deals under fire in French election debate

West Island Liberal candidate unfettered after campaign signs defaced with racist slurs

Federal leaders trade barbs on COVID-19 Indigenous rights in French election debate

Experts point to must-watch Manitoba ridings as federal election campaign heats up

Conservative lead growing slightly as Liberal, NDP election campaigns hit wall: Poll

Green Party of Canada targets foreign homebuyers in 2021 election platform

Erin O'Toole's dog whistles are no match for Maxime Bernier's Alpo

The election so far through the lens of a top pollster

Where they stand: The Parties on Child Care

Afghanistan

US Senator Richard Blumenthal urges Canada to help evacuate stranded Afghans

Ministers, government have failed those fleeing Afghanistan

Federal officials praised their progress on gender equality in Afghanistan months before Taliban victory

Canada can still help the women of Afghanistan. Here's how

One family's odyssey from Kabul to Toronto 

The return of the Taliban" We can solve an eternal problem like Afghanistan

The Biden Administration's many lies on Afghanistan

Canadians held in China / China tensions                 

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The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

BC reports 814 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths

BC reports 814 new COVID-19 cases, no additional deaths

Over 800 new cases, active cases resume increasing

Globe and Mail

Canada urged to stop fuelling war in Yemen with Saudi arms sales, UN report says 

Legal questions around rights linger as some provinces bring in COVID-19 vaccine passports 

Theo Fleury's recent comments on COVID-19 vaccine passports are 'a stain on his legacy' Brandon University says

Anti-vaccine protest is fine. Abuse is not. Shut it down

Even Indigenous theatre has fallen victim to wokeness

House of Commons agrees to review harassment policy in wake of Saini allegations

Liberal whip Mark Holland warns unfair 'trial' taking place over Raj Saini harassment allegations 

CBC

Co-chair of Liberals' Indigenous commission resins after questions emerge about ancestry 

House of Commons agrees to probe workplace review involving embattled former Liberal candidate Raj Saini

How Kenney's political ideology is out of touch with Alberta values 

Toronto/Vancouver Star

 

BC's COVID-19 vaccine card system good first step, medical group says

I'm fed up with anti-vaxxers and politicians too afraid to get tough with them

Toronto Sun

Government committed to in-class learning: Lecce

National Post

Ontario government committed to in-class learning during COVID, education minister says 

Maclean's

Educators are inspiring a new generation of social justice warriors 

Global

BC's hospitality industry concerned about anger over COVID-19 vaccine cards 

Video shows vaccine protesters calling BC RCMP officers "Nazis' and 'brownshirts'

Kamloops woman, 70, dies while waiting at Royal Inland Hospital emergency room 

Anti-vaccine passport rallies held in BC communities Wednesday

11 Vancouver officers attacked, assaulted during violent long weekend: police 

Security concerns shutter candidates' debate in Northern BC

Miscellaneous            

During violent incidents on Labour Day long weekend, 11 Vancouver officers injured or assaulted

Six seconds, five shots. Did Chester Libo-On have to die?

Alberta's War Room is Hiring!

Starting Monday, Some Doors will close for Unvaccinated People