Ottawa Observations: Friday, October 20, 2017

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for Friday, October 20, 2017.


Bombardier 'just sold the future' What now?
C Series is Canada's last kick at aerospace greatness
Morneau assures tech community tax changes won't squeeze out investment capital
In Morneau's misstep, Liberals must find a cautionary tale
Morneau says he reports finances to ethics commissioner, not to journalists
Jagmeet Singh resigns seat in Ontario legislature after winning federal NDP leadership
Governments shouldn't tell women what to wear: Trudeau
'Weird' - looking Senate carpet cost $7,000 to replace (twice)
Pierre Trudeau ally Michael Pitfield was Canada's top bureaucrat
Canada playing 'political games' with Magnitsky law: Putin
Bill Morneau says he doesn't 'report to journalists,' bristles at questions about personal finance
Trudeau says federal government will 'look carefully' at implications of Bill 62
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh officially resigns from ontario Legislature
Supreme Court, CRA express concern about cellphone trackers after CBC story: documents
Putin brands Canada's adoption of new Magnitsky Act as political gamesmanship
Conservative leader Scheer decries 'irony' of small business tax plan
Federal finance minister Morneau pitches small business on tax reform
Airbus CEO expects to sell 'thousands' of C Series aircraft
Cannabis deadline, public education,  on health ministers' minds heading into meeting
Thousands of Canadians live in the U.S. on NAFTA permits. So what happens if Trump kills the treaty?
Inside the government's $200,000 budget artwork
How Ontario politicians avoided Quebec's burka backlash
Quebec's Bill 62 declares war on sunglasses
Morneau gets chippy as the light is shone on finances
Jagmeet Singh quits as MPP for Bramalea-Gore-Malton
New data show 69% of illegal border-crossers are being granted asylum
Ottawa should show courage on Quebec's Bill 62
Donald Trump is showing Canada the danger of relying too much on the U.S.
Bombardier shows the folly of backing grand projects
Three years after Parliament Hill attacks, terror threat persists
Honour can't be bought or rented - it's earned
Tories pile on Morneau after Bank of Canada contract revelation
Bill Morneau seems to resent even having to explain himself
Morneau's firm doing work for the feds
How Bill Morneau went from political star to Liberal liability because of loopholes
Trudeau stubbornly keeps Canada standing with Paris as everyone else bails
Liberal A Team works diligently to seem obnoxious, evasive out of touch
Quebec is now the beacon of astute economic policy in this country
Don't support the Liberals' tax plan? Then they think you're a nobody
Canada giving refugee status to border crossers at rising rates
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Rachel Notley take opposing sides on TransMountain
One-on-One with the new NDP leader Jagmeet Singh
Once again corporate welfare will end up costing taxpayers