Ottawa Observations: Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for Tuesday, October 10, 2017


Liberals blame CRA for fumble on plan to tax staff discounts
Trump muses about pulling out of NAFTA as Trudeau arrives in Washington
Why Justin Trudeau is on a Save-the-NAFTA tour
Trudeau in Washington: What's on his mind, and what's on Trump's? A guide
Taxing employee benefits is a truly terrible idea
End of the road for Sears Canada as retailer set to liquidate, close stores
Britain turns up heat on Boeing, warns of fallout over Bombardier
Jagmeet Singh's NDP would impose sales tax on Netflix
Metis say they should not have been left out of Sixties Scoop compensation
Trudeau shouldn't go after critics of cancelled Energy East pipeline project: Scheer
Canada navigating most uncertain time since Second World War: Freeland
Andrew Scheer says Trudeau playing catch-up on NAFTA
Revenue Canada to tax employee discounts but Ottawa says it's not 'targeting' retail workers
Boeing aims PR offensive at Canada to underline economic importance
Trade troubles face Trudeau on trip to Washington and Mexico City
Government hears support for making it easier, cheaper to obtain a criminal pardon
Liberals narrow list of contenders for 'supercluster' innovation hubs to 9
Netflix launches campaign to set record straight about $500M Canadian investment
Chaos inside the Phoenix pay centre is anyone's pay right?
Donald Trump's 'outrageous' demands put NAFTA negotiations at risk of collapse as talks resume Wednesday, experts say
For the Trudeau Liberals, a mid-term malaise
What does it mean to be anti-abortion in modern Canada
Creating space for a beginning
Why is Mélanie Joly ignoring the crisis in Canadian journalism?
On the decency of my fellow Canadians
Don't be surprised by Liberal taxation hypocrisy
Donald Trump asks Pittsburgh Penguins co-owner to 'help with NAFTA'
Scheer criticizes Trudeau, reaction to Energy East during Edmonton visit