Thursday, March 31, 2016

Ottawa Observations: Thursday, March 31, 2016



Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene from March 31, 2016.

Economy off to 'roaring start' as Canada sees biggest gain since 2013
Ottawa's human rights report on Saudi Arabia to be 'sanitized' for public
'Zero-fail' environment hard on force, RCMP Commissioner Paulson says
NDP President Rebecca Blaikie sets sights on party's future
Full review of Access to Information law won't come until 2018: Liberals
Trudeau plays down worries Trump, Sanders would reopen trade deal with Canada
NDP lost election because of weak pitch to voters, internal report says
Syrian refugee sponsors scramble to meet one-day application deadline
Fighting terrorism: When is a war not a war?
International student work program creating low-wage work force: report
Naiveté abounds in Canada's policy approach to China
The inevitable debt crisis Canada's not talking about
Liberals' gloomy budget punctured by rosy StatsCan report
Richard Fadden, Stephen Harper's top national security adviser, is retiring
McCallum promise to boost privately sponsored Syrian refugees spawns confusion
Shared Services Canada must provide RCMP with dependable tech support, Goodale says
ISIS seen as growing threat to Canadian peacekeepers in Sinai
NDP election post-mortem finds party's strategy 'out of sync' with Canadians
Independent oversight needed to monitor border agency, advocates say
Justin Trudeau touts economic goals ahead of D.C. nuclear summit
Liberals push Access to Information overhaul back to 2018
Syrian refugee sponsors left scrambling  to meet new 24 hour deadline
NDP unprepared for niqab debate fallout during campaign, party report says
Break a campaign promise? No problem, says Trudeau
Pikangikum should wake us up but it probably won't
MPs, Senators get pay hike as Canadians struggle with stagnant wages, rising unemployment
Absent from national debate in Canada, Mulcair resorts to bashing Donald Trump
Normally candid RCMP commissioner turns cagey over speeding incident
Kandahar memorial to fallen Canadian troops to be reconstructed at new DND headquarters
Is Quebec no longer the most corrupt province in Canada?


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