Ottawa Observations: Friday, October 8, 2021

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

 

Canada / China tensions                 

Canada can't have it both ways when it comes to China. The government must ban Huawei from our 5G infrastructure

A joint naval exercise in the Pacific sent a stark warning to China

Chinese Communist Party paper trolls Michael Kovrig's return to Twitter 

Taiwan 'reunification' with China 'must be fulfilled' Xi says after week of tensions

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

'Long COVID' is painful, expensive  - and so far, impossible to cure

US will accept WHO-approved COVID-19 vaccines for international visitors 

COVID-19 modelling shows fourth wave could be on wane as vaccines, restrictions working

New COVID-19 cases on a downward trend for first time in months 

Canada has donated over 750,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses internationally since late summer

Lockdown comes as First Nation in Central BC declares COVID-19 emergency 

'Lessons have been hard-learned': Canadians urged to remain cautious as COVID-19's fourth wave begins to recede

'The curve is bending': Canada's struggle against COVID-19 is looking up, says Tam

How the pandemic re-wired our brains

BC's COVID 19 death toll tops 2,000 as province reports 743 new cases

BC to change indoor public mask mandate to ages five and up

4th wave of COVID-19 no longer growing, cases could decline in coming weeks: PHAC

Globe and Mail

Fuel prices surge across Canada, triggered by global pressures

Ontario government lifting capacity limits on theatres, spectator sport venues Saturday

Power has gone to François Legault's head

Why did the election not go the Conservatives' way? That's the wrong question

Canada not acting fast enough to help at-risk Afghans leave their country, former general says

The NDP is strong on TikTok but weak on the ground

CBC

Minister orders probe after ex-officer accused of sexual misconduct gets job at naval base

Questions on inflation, jobs and housing reveal US concerns on Canadian recovery

157,000 new jobs in September get Canada's economy back above pre-pandemic level

No decision yet on whether Chelsea Manning can visit Canada

RCMP union warns Mounties of consequences if they don't get vaccinated 

Equalization is a good constitutional bargain. Albertans should not vote to scrap it

Toronto/Vancouver Star

Metro Vancouver Park renamed to reflect Indigenous history

BC leads in job creation  numbers, but more work ahead, says recovery minister 

BC teachers urged to get vaccinated as union calls for provincial mandate

Letter signed by 200 leaders seeks protection for BC's Old-growth forests

The Liberals promised to make housing more affordable. What if their policies do the opposite?

The hugely controversial Highway 413 will cost Ontario taxpayers billions. But just how much the province won't say

British Royal Navy, Canadian Coast Guard sign deal on Arctic co-operation, training

Governor General Mary Simon helped feed hungry in Ottawa as demand for food help soars

Civil rights lawyer wants Quebec permit system for doctors declared unconstitutional  

How Canada's jobs market is changing, in 4 graphs

Toronto Sun

Ontario lifting capacity limits on theatres, spectator sports venues Saturday

Some homeless prefer camping in city parks over sleeping in luxury hotel suite

Another year of holiday restrictions

Toronto cop under investigation over rally speech

Ontario's election campaign about to get hot and heavy, for a few weeks

Trudeau's Tofino trip was many things - but wasn't out of character

The problem isn't raising taxes, it's spending, spending, spending

Why is it so hard for Trudeau to say he's sorry?

'Test to stay' is the plan that will really keep kids in class 

National Post

Does Canada consider Wikileaks a terrorist group, Chelsea Manning's lawyer asks at Immigration hearing

Ontario allows theatres, sports arenas, concert venues to return to full capacity

Western Canada's 'hinterland' vs metropolis vaccine divide

Former anti-lax woman in Alberta shares husband's COVID-19 horror story 

The Green folly about to unfold in Glasgow could leave you cold

COVID-income supports must end for the recovery to truly begin 

Fighting anti-semitism at the UN starts with dialogue

Has Trudeau finally broken faith, can O'Toole win over the suburbs?

Canadians deserve to know the wealth of all members of Parliament 

Maclean's

One year from re-election, Legault appears invincible 

Tkemlúps te Secwépemc First Nation to meet Trudeau but 'not interested in apologies 

Money won't fix our health care 

Global 

Hope restaurants vaccine defiance highlights region's lagging ionization rate

100 days after wildfire razed Lytton, still-scattered residents feel 'frustrated, isolated'

Environment Canada issues snowfall statement for mountain passes in BC's Southern Interior 

Vancouver woman pepper-sprayed by man in process of stealing her catalytic converter 

BC MLA says 'Alberta influence' a factor in lower COVID-19 vaccination rates in the north

BC charity touts diverse hiring as partial solution to labour shortage

Killiney Beach residents still struggling with services in wake of wildfire 

Miscellaneous            

McDonald's Canada will replace most single-use plastics with renewable, recycled or certified sources by December  

TransLink requests $2.5 million fund for design of electric SeaBus to replace MV Burrard Beaver

Tribunal rejects Vancouver realty firm's claim for compensation on unsold $490,000 property

Where do the Greens Go from Here?

Vancouver Council supports Compassion Club for Heroin, Cocaine and Meth