Ottawa Observations: Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Wednesday, November 3, 2021

 

Canada / China tensions                 

The Global Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Health Canada backtracks on claim children's COVID-19 vaccine approval will take months

Six more deaths and 40 active COVID-19 outbreaks reported in BC facilities

Ontario looks to offer booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines to all residents by early 2022

Country by country, scientists foresee the beginning of an end to the COVID-19 pandemic

BC reports 430 new cases as 4th wave continues downward trend

Globe and Mail

Quebec scraps vaccine mandates for health care workers, Ontario won't require them

Ontario and Quebec could not have chosen a worse time to embolden anti-vaxxers

Who would refuse the COVID-19 vaccine? Maybe someone who feels invincible and has little empathy for others

Ottawa pledges to end financing for foreign fossil-fuel projects in 2022

Non-profit group to put spotlight on Indigenous clean energy voices at COP26 summit

Maine voters reject hydropower line from Canada to New England 

Supreme Court appears divided on the issue of 'steal thing and consent

Alberta's Kenney denies scapegoating chief medical officer for COVID-19 failures

Significant number of Canadians experience discrimination because of race, ethnic background, says survey

Loss of GIS because of pandemic benefits is creating a 'financial crisis' for low-income seniors, NDP warns

O'Toole finds himself divided from Conservative base

How much we cut carbon emissions is less important than how we do so

CBC

Ottawa says 95% of federal public servants fully vaccinated as mandate approaches

NDP says it's time for House of Commons to scrap gender-based dress code

Cuba puts sick Canadian political prisoner on hard labour

Canadians increasingly pessimistic about progress on racism and equity, survey finds

Conservatives call for investigation into government data breach that may have put Afghans in danger

Military police investigate dozens of complaints of racism in the Canadian Army

Close Biden ally confirmed as America's next ambassador to Canada

Champagne in US to talk supply chain issues, push Canada's rare-earth mineral sector

Toronto/Vancouver Star

Officials track the origin of a 'murder hornet' possibly from the US, found in BC

Royal BC Museum starts decolonization of galleries this month, says acting CEO

Mayor of Williams Lake apologizes for residential school repost

Alberta Premier, Bloc Québécois leader get testy over referendum and climate change

Doug Ford's surprise minimum wage hike somehow angers both workers and restaurants - which warn higher prices are on the way 

Doug Ford is shirking his responsibility to patients by not making health workers get their shots

Doug Ford's shaky math, twisted logic block hospital vaccine mandates, and prolong the pandemic

The end of Doug Ford's time as Ontario premier may be starting to unfold

Rapid-test restriction just Ontario's latest rule that gets COVID wrong

Toronto Sun

Ford gets vax mandate for health workers right

Biden has show he doesn't take Trudeau seriously  

More nuance is needed around the kids' vaccine discussion

Let's face it, COP26 is a farce

National Post

American's don't want Quebec hydropower. Excuse me while I wipe away tears of laughter

Canadian flags on federal buildings to be raised next week: government source 

Twitter bans Ottawa law professor Amir Attaran for saying Trudeau should be 'tarred and feathered'

New US ambassador a 'critical link' for Canada to the White House

Officer who golfed with General Vance amid sexual misconduct probe receives award from Governor General

Maclean's

There's no you in Team Trudeau

Global 

First Nation chief accuses BC mayor of 'gaslighting' after racist Facebook post deleted

'A gut punch': Forestry sector pushes back against BC plan to defer old-growth logging

Royal BC museum to start process of decolonization with changes to galleries

Victoria Police will need to be vaccinated by November 15 or undergo regular testing

Province to close loophole allowing catalytic converter thieves inBC to cash in more easily

Polling the unvaccinated: Why Canadians say they won't get a COVID vaccine

'It's not a costume': BC teacher's alleged mocking of student's Indigenous regalia sparks protest

Concern mounts over fake vaccine exemption letters in BC

Cost to ride a BC Ferry to rise next month as company lifts fuel rebate

Halloween fire costs plunge in Vancouver in first year of firework ban

COVID-19 'most disruptive event' since 9/11 for Canadian intelligence: CSIS deputy director

What will it take to raise the flag?

Erin O'Toole claims Conservative MPs are united. But are grassroots supporters?

Miscellaneous            

The elements of the big seal, carefully disguised as climate action

Antivaxxer announces plan by Chris Sky to block traffic to Vancouver International airport 

Why Justin Trudeau talks about a global carbon tax rather than production cuts that could save humanity

Despite Code Red, governments continue to support fossil fuels

Jailed Wet'suwte'en Chief has a friendly warning for Coastal GasLink

When Police Responses  diverge 

Environmental Groups demand quick end to Canada's thermal coal exports 

The new living wage is making me feel dead

BC unveils plans to defer logging of old-growth forests 

How Jean Swanson and the militant moms fought to change Vancouver