Ottawa Observations: Friday, October 13, 2017

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for Friday, October 13, 2017



No more NAFTA: How Canada could thrive without the trade pact
Trudeau seeks Mexican partnership against 'isolationism,' urges progressive labour standards
U.S. puts contentious auto demands on the table
Chilly NAFTA climate may offset warmer relationships
Morneau to hold special meeting of Liberal MPs on Monday to talk taxes
Lessons from the Liberal's tax mess
If NAFTA dies, it could be painful days ahead for the TSX and the loonie
Canadian who spent five years as hostage demands justice from Afghan government
General Motors reaches tentative agreement with striking plant workers at Ontario CAMI plant
RCMP questionnaire targeting Muslim asylum seekers 'unacceptable,' Ahmed Hussen says
Government removing hurdles to missing persons DNA data bank
Government releases legal limits for drugged driving but can't say how much pot is too much
Initial U.S. demands on dairy don't calm Canadian anxieties at NAFTA talks
Morneau to unveil changes to controversial small business tax proposals Monday
U.S. tables NAFTA's 'poison pill' with auto sector demands
Trudeau tells Mexico's Senate that gender equality is a key to prosperity
How a quiet change to the tax code became a PR problem for the Liberal government
Finance Minister Bill Morneau waited 2 years to disclose company that owns his French villa to ethics watchdog
Canada expects aggressive U.S. demands, but will not walk out on NAFTA talks
Ottawa returns $10M to Quebec after user-fee spat, but vows to uphold health act
Freed hostage Joshua Boyle says captors killed infant daughter, raped his wife
Joshua Boyle lashes out at kidnappers
Another Trump poison pill for NAFTA? Ottawa slams demand for 50% U.S. content in cars
Bill Morneau feels the heat as Liberal support slips
Bill Morneau's French villa controversy couldn't have come at a worse time
Ottawa threatens to sue railway owner over broken rail line to Churchill, Manitoba
Does Trudeau think we think taxes are too low?
A fool's homecoming
Trudeau's liberals make one blunder after another
The truth is the Liberals have been itching to tax discounts for decades
Refugee screenings shouldn't be guided by political correctness
$200,000 on a budget cover? That's exclusively Liberal tomfoolery
A moldy museum to the atomic age: Inside a Canadian DIY nuclear bunker built from 42 buried buses
Why a journalist's question to Jagmeet Singh about an Air India bombing made them both targets of criticism
In response to even Liberal critiques, Morneau set to announce changes to tax reform proposals
Canada's Catalonia? Careful Ottawa western alienation is beginning to rear its head again
The 'crown jewel' of NAFTA: Why Canada must fight to retain dispute resolution clause despite tough talks
NAFTA needs a true free trade champion
Justin Trudeau's money pit, and those working hard to join it
Canada set to resist U.S. dairy pricing proposal in NAFTA
Justin Trudeau laments 'unacceptable' state of women's rights in Mexico
Our monuments should reflect the Bad and the Good in our History