Ottawa Observations: Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Wednesday, October 20, 2021

 

Canada / China tensions                 

'Chairman of everything': Xi Jinping prepares to rewrite Chines Communist Party history

Ottawa needs to develop a modern policy for Taiwan

Retaliation against China is exactly what the world doesn't need

Are Chines goods made by the forced labour of Uyghur being imported into Canada?

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Saskatchewan's chief medical officer breaks down while presenting COVID-19 modelling

BC doctors group calls on province to focus on COVID-19 aerosol transmission

Health Authority takes over Vancouver care home, site of deadly COVID-19 outbreak

Toronto Public Health gearing up to vaccinate kids 5 to 11 years old

British Columbia reports six deaths, 696 new cases

Globe and Mail

Doug Ford is completely wrong in his suggestion that immigrants are aiming to laze around

Enbridge briefly shut down Line 5 after protesters tampered with pipeline in Michigan

Land acknowledgment by Montreal Canadiens 'may be a mistake,'  Quebec Indigenous affairs minister 

Conservatives object to new mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy for House of Commons

Ontario to mail out new property assessments after next provincial election, sources say

Canada's banks join Mark Carney, signalling a shift from the West's fossil fuel dependency and delighting OPEC

House of Commons redistribution proposal is a time bomb for Justin Trudeau

CBC

Ottawa to revel details tomorrow about international COVID-19 vaccine passport

Conservatives say they oppose 'secret' move to introduce mandatory vaccine rule for MPs

Federal immigration department employees reporting racist workplace behaviour, says survey

Mary May Simon promises 'positive' workplace at Rideau Hall in 1st interview as Governor General

With Mounties due for a pay bump, cash-strapped municipalities seek reprieve from Ottawa

After years of war in Kandahar, Taliban leaders now seek aid from former enemies

Minister introduces bill to 'reshape' forest management in BC

It's been nearly 20 years since inflation has been this high in Canada

Toronto/Vancouver Star

Vancouver Police Board told to change handcuff rules after arrest of Indigenous man

BC Forests minister introduces bill to overhaul forest practices

Job action threatened as unionized staff at BC LIfeLabs outlets issue strike notice

Canada committed to partnership with Novavax despite report of production problems with COVID-19 vaccine 

NDP will vote against the Liberals ;if they do something that hurts Canadian' Jameet Singh says

The CRB is on its way out, as a suite of pandemic benefits are set to retire

Conservative MPs are putting personal privilege ahead of their duty to Canadians

Closed six weeks: Yellowknife schools to reopen Monday as COVID-19 cases decline

More needed to prevent deaths from climate-change driven heat waves, fires: report

Health-care workers demand Trudeau fast track paid sick-leave policy

Toronto Sun

Ontario stops providing information about COVID-infected flights

'Stubborn inflation, persists in deflating peoples' moods

Bank of Canada plays chicken with inflation as poultry prices spike

Cost of living rises once again

Remember when Trudeau promised to balance the budget?

Poll shows parents split on whether to COVID jab kids

National Post

Canada doesn't know how bad its doctor shortage is, let alone how to fix it

Former Manitoba reservist didn't intend to commit terrorism, defence argues before sentencing

The bizarre mall-tampering scandal threatening the political career of Calgary's new Liberal MP

Former Liberal MP Raj Greval committed to stand trial on breach of trust and fraud charges after preliminary hearing

House of Commons vaccine mandate tramples over rights of MPs

Calgary's new Mayor says the city needs to 'move past'oil and gas

Majority of Canadians believe equalization is unfair to Alberta: poll

Calgary mayor urges councillor to quit after reports Allee sexual touching of minor 

Maclean's

Will this flu season be worse than usual?

Alberta votes against equalization in a province-wide referendum

Global 

'Alarming': Vancouver police say city averaging 4 random assaults per day

Grassroots group of BC doctors aims to close COVID-19 info 'gap' between public, province

Cleanup crews return to BC marking 'major milestone' in mission to rid oceans of trash

BC's lifting of capacity limits met with optimism, questions from hospitality sector

BC Children's Hospital reports spike in respiratory infections among kids

Surrey wedding celebration, including Ferris wheel, draws complaints and tickets

BCGEU workers at LifeLabs issue 72 hour strike notice

Lake Country woman voices concerns over unvaccinated care workers in private homes

BC NDP introduces bill to overhaul province's forestry sector

Undocumented health workers want access to permanent resident program

Quebec plans to end pandemic state of emergency in 2022, but some measures could remain longer 

Miscellaneous            

Urban planning without Planners

Two replica pipe bombs found inside Vancouver supervised-injection site

Vancouver Police Department defends decision not to arrest city councillor for distributing drugs at protest 

BCGEU issues 72hour strike notice to LifeLabs, which conducts COVID-19 tests

If you've seen one wheelchair, you've seen them all ...?

SFUs Cleaning and Cafeteria staff should be In-house employees

Canada's Peatlands save us from Wildfires and Floods