Ottawa Observations: Thursday, October 7, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Thursday, October 7, 2021

 

Canada / China tensions                 

Pandemic-driven fertility decline a challenge for Canada, a crisis for China

Canada won't come to Huawei's rescue with 5G decision

US Special forces secretly training Taiwan troops to repel possible Chinese invasion

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

The end of elimination: The abandonment of New Zealand's COVID-Zero strategy leaves few people pleased

Pfizer to seek approval for its vaccine for kids as young as five in about a week

BC reports 624 new cases, big jump in hospitalizations 

New BC modelling data show spike in COVID-19 cases among children in some health regions

COVID-19 surges shows continued need for protective measures: doctors

Rising COVID cases in kids is a risk, say analysts

Globe and Mail

Trudeau's Liberals send off defeated MPs, but punt post election debrief

Jagmeet Singh says NDP prepared to withhold votes in Parliament

Calls to Alberta's poison-control centre spike as anti-parasitic drug pushed for COVID-19 treatment

Alberta introduces more cash, new fines in its COVOID-19 passport program

Vancouver votes down key part of their climate plan

Atlantic Canada grapples with pandemic-fuelled population boom

Justin Trudeau 'regrets' his National Day for Truth and Reconciliation vacation. That's not enough

Bill 96 isn't even law yet, and it's already working exactly as Francois Legault planned 

CBC

Conservative MP, friends say they were stuffed by murder charges against party volunteer

Singh wants to see paid sick leave, vaccine passport from minority Liberal government 

External review finds 'toxic' workplace environment persists at Royal Canadian Mint

Ottawa urged to crack down on Facebook after bombshell whistleblower testimony before US Senate

Ottawa to consider vaccine mandate exemptions for some remote Indigenous communities 

Controversial whistleblower Chelsea Manning fighting to be let into Canada

Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc 'not interested in apologies' after Trudeau's snub, leadership says

Pandemic early warning system has issued only a handful of alerts since start of 2020

New Brunswick set partisanship to the side to deal with a pandemic. And it worked

Toronto/Vancouver Star

BC reaches $65M funding deal with First Nation after Supreme Court ruling

Opposition BC Liberals grill New Democrat responses to wildfire recovery, heat wave

No response from PM to Kamloops invitation an 'insult': BC First Nation

Vancouver council narrowly rejects climate emergency parking, vehicle levies

Get set for the real political battle of the year - Doug Ford's attempt to win a second term in Ontario

COVID-19 shot 'could save your life' RCMP boss says after federal vaccination order

NDP prepared to withhold votes in Parliament, including on the Liberal budget: Singh

Do Conservatives think conscience rights cover referrals? O'Toole, MP appear split

'Not interested in apologies' First Nation demands 'institutional and widespread change' from Justin Trudeau

Quebec premier to prorogue legislature, with new session starting October 19

'Reinforcements on the way': Quebec attracts 1,000 full time nurses after bonus offer

Toronto Sun

Trudeau's love for apologies makes them meaningless

Price at the Pumps reaches 7-year high

Trudeau owes us more than a weak apology for his beach vacation

Time to give small biz a fighting chance

New  credit card or payday loan not the answer

Yes, vaccines are still our return to normal

Trudeau's censorship laws are still a bad idea

National Post

Public importance of leaked military secrets crucial to US whistleblower Manning's bid to enter Canada

'We are not interested in apologies': BC First Nation tells Trudeau 'real action' is needed

Mark Carney's climate finance credibility questioned by dozens of environment groups

Doug Ford makes bland his brand as he kicks off election '22

Bank of Canada's Tiff Macklem urges calm, says price spikes still look transitory

Canadian soldiers are now in charge of guarding Queen Elizabeth II in Britain 

Sale of 'wrongful' Manitoba PC Party memberships during leadership race investigated 

CRA received double the unusual n umber of tips to its snitch line in first year of COVID-19, mostly due to CERB

Ottawa wanted US whistleblower Chelsea Manning to come to Canada so she could be kicked out in person 

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Global 

Restaurant in Hope has business licence pulled for defying vaccine passport

BC 911 callers left facing 'extensive delays' on Thursday

BC premier pledges access to 'expertise' before school trustees decide on vaccine mandates

BC Hydro will require staff, contractors to be vaccinated against COVID-19

BC restaurant worker awarded $30K in aftermath of pronoun dispute

BC Liberals criticize NDP's wildfire, heat dome responses

Okanagan Indian Band planning to expand use of prescribed burns  

UBC team designs Canada's first text service for education on parenting

A 'new threat to us': Kamloops Fire chief after BC's record wildfire season

BC reaches $65M funding dal with First Nation after Supreme Court rulings

Oil companies ask Canada to pay for 75% of carbon capture facilities

Provincial Emergency Operations Centre takes over Saskatchewan's COVID-19 response

Miscellaneous            

BCREA report says homebuyers outnumbered sellers by up to seven to one in Lower Mainland

Sun Towers 1 by Belford properties raises in residential heart of Burnaby's Metrotown 

Mayor Kennedy Stewart lines up with former NPA bloc to defeat proposed citywide parking permit and vehicle charge

The City of Vancouver's False Creek South development - still a model community after over 40 years

An Institute 'for Us, by Us and about Us' Not So Fast