Ottawa Observations: Friday, October 22, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Friday, October 22, 2021

 

Canada / China tensions                 

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The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Fourth COVID-19 wave hits BC care homes as vaccine protection wanes

Canadians who had allergic reaction to first vaccine dose can safely get second, advisory committee says

Looking for a COVID-19 booster shot? Most Canadians will have to wait

BC reports 13 deaths and 649 new cases, posts nearly 200 fatalities in a month

Globe and Mail

Ontario lays out long-term plan to lift all COVID-19 restrictions by end of March

Canada will face a new frontier of hesitancy when it's time to vaccinate kids

Vaccinated Canadian senator in hospital with breakthrough COVID-19 infection

Quebec Premier says Trudeau must ensure Quebec does not lose a seat

MPP resigns from Tory caucus disputing she misrepresented COVID-19 vaccination status

No one considers Canada's immigration record to be a bi deal, and that's remarkable

Conservatives, just get your shots already

Trudeau's cabinet shakeup means a new defence minister and an 18-month term

I used to joke that Canada's sex workers need a union. No one is laughing now

Can Cowtown avoid becoming a ghost town? What Calgary can learn from rust-belt cities

Complaints about federal public service vaccination requirement investigated by privacy car

Defence Department probes claim Canadian Forces trained extremists in Ukraine

Green Party executives to end legal action against retiring leader

Trying to defend the rights of unvaccinated MPs only makes the Conservative Party look stupid 

Queens's students: Kingston's 'educated idiots'

CBC

Taxpayers spent up $720K on salaries for military leaders sidelines by sexual misconduct crisis

Health-care worker fined for drinking can't challenge termination using Human Rights Code: Supreme Court

Canada quietly lifts blanket travel advisory related to COVID-19

Don't expect EI if you lose your job for not being vaccinated, minister says

Where's Kevin Vuong? Embattled MP still silent on dropped sex assault charge following election

Simmering Canada-US trade dispute erupts into the open

Major-General Fortin appeals judge's ruling on reinstatement to COVID-19 vaccine campaign

Senior soldier returned to leadership role after investigation into alleged use of racial slur

$3.5 million provincial inquiry into 'anti Alberta' activities struggles to find a bad guy

Toronto/Vancouver Star

BC Liberals deny leadership bid by Aaron Gunn for views 'inconsistent' with party

Unionized LifeLabs workers in British Columbia to take job action

BC School boards told to determine their own vaccine policy for staff 

Senator Forest-Niesing hospitalized despite being fully vaccinated against COVID-19

Safe houses for Afghans who helped Canadian military and NGO's will be 'scaled back'

Major General Dany Fortin appeals court decision in bid to return as head of Canada's COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Memorial to residential school victims removed from Parliament Hill

Defence Department vows to examine extremism in Canadian-trained foreign troops

Canada approves Nunavut's request for military help with Iqaluit's water emergency

Privacy Czar probing complaints about federal public service vaccination requirement

Toronto Sun

MPP urges Toronto Santa Claus parade organizers to reconsider going virtual again

Capacity limits for Ontario restaurants, gyms to lift Monday

Ontario's reopening plan gives public light at the end of the tunnel

Feds mandatory vaccine rule for employees facing court challenge

Canada considers what to do with millions of unused COVID-19 vaccine doses

Toronto restaurants hail long-awaited return to full capacity

Trudeau Liberals aere petty in denying EI to unvaccinated

Natural gas phase out spells energy disaster

Canada vs US: How Joe Biden is screwing over our auto industry

Let's quit with this vilification of the unvaccinated

National Post

At last, an end to the no-exit limbo Ontario has suffered for months

Ensuring Quebec doesn't lose a seat in riding redistribution a 'test' for Trudeau, Legault says

O'Toole does about-face on vaccine mandate for MPs in Commons, now says decision 'infringes' on their rights  

Federal Government orders Google to turn over documents for Competition Bureau Investigation

Federal government not saying if it would consider paying ransom for Canadian kidnapped in Haiti

Anti-vax Ottawa mother banned from giving teenage son COVID vaccine advice

Major General Dany Fortin appeals ruling throwing out his bid to reverse his firing from PHAC job

Greens to drop legal action against Annamie Paul as party's financial woes continue

Impact of online harms bill includes 'spectre of censorship.' library group warns in submission

A new International passport, the end of recovery benefits, and a plan for hardest hit businesses

Maclean's

Chrystia Freeland kills COVID-19 income supports and announces replacements

Jyoti Gondek and Amarjeet Sohi: An interview with Alberta's new progressive mayors

Global 

Workers let go over vaccine refusal may not get EI: What it means for BC

'Bomb Cyclone': Concerns grow over potentially stronger 2nd storm headed for BC coast

40 shipping containers have fallen into the ocean after ship hits rough water off BC coast

BCGEU workers at LifeLabs in BC to begin job action Friday night

BC restaurant ad offering $50K salary for dishwasher sparks labour shortage discussion  

BC outlines steps for school districts wishing to mandate vaccine for staff

Conservationists press BC government on old-growth logging ahead of COP 26 climate summit

BC Liberals deny leadership bid by Aaron Gunn for views 'inconsistent' with party

Kelowna reviewing snow clearing rules in wake of Supreme Court slip-and-fall decision

First Nations group calls for law review after floatplane crashes in Tofino

Kelowna RCMP stuck in 'catch and release' pattern: Superintendent 

Feds remove memorial for residential school victims from Parliament Hill 

'Handful' of Conservative MPs remain unvaccinated: sources

Quebec Premier says Trudeau must ensure the Quebec Nation does not lose a seat

Green Party to drop legal action against outgoing leader Annamie Paul

 

Miscellaneous            

Aaron Gunn never had a chance of winning the BC Liberal leadership

On immigration, Doug Ford is full of baloney

Buyer pays more than $1.3 million for East Vancouver property in 'very poor condition' 

Allan inquiry clears enviro groups, but Blasts Kenney's War Room

Naomi Klein hopes this is the stage before the breakthrough

BC changes law to let oil and gas companies delay well cleanup

Despite new measures, callers still face long waits for Ambulances