Ottawa Observations: Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for Wednesday, October 18, 2017.





Quebec bans face covering in public services, raising worries among Muslims
Quebec's niqab ban: Muslim women are an easy political target
With Bill 62, Quebec attacks religious freedom
Morneau told former company he would use blind trust
Liberals set $50,000 a year threshold on taxing investments in corporations
Bill Morneau and a new sort of Liberal arrogance
Revised passive-income rules discourage small-business growth, critics say
Trudeau's government is defeating itself. The Liberals need to refocus if they want to win in 2019
On supply management, the Americans should be careful what they wish for
Trump's zero-sum game has likely doomed NAFTA
Magnitsky-style law will target Russian, Venezuelan human-rights abusers: source
Opposition parties to hammer proposed changes to Access to Information law
Trudeau forced to defend Morneau's decision not to put business shares in a blind trust
Magnitsky human rights law, protections for journalists' sources get royal assent
'We are less as a country': Politicians pay tribute to Gord Downie
Liberals continue tax change tour, narrow scope of passive-income measure
Jagmeet Singh hopeful Quebec's controversial Bill 62 will be overturned
Outspoken Mountie who won't shave goatee removed from regular duty
For Scheer and Singh's 1st byelection tests, winning isn't everything - but it helps
'I should see your face, and you should see mine' Quebec premier says of new religious neutrality law
800-pound gorilla thwarted by Bombardier's savvy move
Bill Morneau asks to meet with ethics watchdog as controversy swirls
Two years in, Trudeau's rookie ministers have accounted for much of the government's grief
Trudeau defends Morneau over failure to put assets in blind trusts
Quebec and its niqab legislation should have stayed out of women's closets
Federal ministers ignore MP's advice to help local news media
To judge the Trudeau government at mid-term, look at the big picture
Quebec passes Bill 62 forcing public to uncover faces to give or receive services
Jagmeet Singh plays the race card
Only Bill Morneau can make right this hypocrisy
Some fears of Islam justified, human rights lawyer tells M103 committee
Cowardly Quebec Liberals pretend disgraceful niqab ban isn't really a niqab ban
CSeries planes - controlled in Europe, built in Alabama, subsidized in Canada
Liberals tax reforms' most lasting impact may be on Morneau's reputation
Jagmeet Singh speaks out against Quebec neutrality bill as Liberals promise not to interfere
Bill Morneau has done nothing wrong and those accusing him of doing so are playing gutter politics, Trudeau
Bill Morneau discovers an elite, tax-dodging loophole exploiter: Himself
Quebec's niqab ban is probably unlawful and certainly nonsensical
Feds have until end of year to decide on Boeing Super Hornet fighter jets
Kinder Morgan Canada says Trans Mountain activity slowed by permits
Bill Morneau benefiting from loopholes while closing others on 'honest' workers, Conservatives charge
Could Bill Morneau benefit from his decisions on overseas tax treaties?
'Wouldn't be the end of the world' if NAFTA disappears, Canada's original negotiator says
Justin Trudeau continues to fend off questions over Bill Morneau's finances
Airbus has the option of buying Bombardier's entire C-Series. What then?
Small business tax cut won't mean more jobs, says Analyst