Ottawa Observations: Monday, November 27, 2017

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for Monday, November 27, 2017


Feds to spend $145-million to compensate victims of past LGBTQ discrimination
Words are powerful but LGBTQ2 equality requires more than a Trudeau apology
Green party's Hannah Bell wins provincial by-election in P.E.I.
Trudeau urges Canadians to speak up about sexual harassment
Federal marijuana legislation approved by House of Commons, moves on to Senate
Bob Rae says he was unaware of mercury contamination while was Ontario premier
Top PMO staff cannot help pick ethics czar due to role in Bahamas trip probe
Audits of Indigenous programs get little attention, watchdog says
Predicting life after NAFTA: 'It would not be a disaster'
Tories attack Morneau with allegations over 2015 sale of Morneau Shepell shares
Federal marijuana legislation clears House of Commons, headed for the Senate
$100 million for gay purge victims as PM apologizes for LGBTQ discrimination
Apologies to Labrador residential school survivors must be followed by resources, say Inuit
Live at a tony address? Taxman targeting Canada's richest neighbourhoods to nab tax cheats
Feds face new pressure to help hobbled newspaper industry amid more shutdowns
Trudeau says Canadians need 'mindset change' to tackle sexual assault
New airline passenger rules allow small knives, ban bath salts and baby powder
Former MP to ask International Criminal Court to investigate Canada's Afghan war conduct
Trade, human rights on the agenda for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's China visit
From Calgary to Kabul: Former Alberta premier Alison Redford lands job in Afghanistan
Finance Minister Bill Morneau silent on stock sell-off before tax changes
Trudeau says his father was an 'academic' when it came to apologies
TransCanada asks Nebraska to reconsider Keystone order that approved alternative route
Economic boom helping Canada's debt problem
Why Justin Trudeau will eventually join the new Trans-Pacific Partnership
A reefer lesson for Peter Kent
Andrew Scheer should take a leap of faith on free trade with China
In new attack on Bill Morneau, Conservatives question 2015 sale of shares in his former company
Conservatives accused of free speech double standard after Catholic University blocks abortion film
Liberals won't appeal veto of $1,000 deposit for election candidates
Chinese bullish on free trade with Canada, but feeling misunderstood
The slippery politics of pipelines: Canada's biggest projects and the political lives that depend on them
Why Trudeau will be his best advertisement - and worst enemy - in 2018
Trudeau's LGBT apology and the sacrifice that made it possible
Tories threaten to hold up marijuana Bill C-45 as it heads to Senate for approval
Trudeau's government scrambling to fill Irving's scheduled gap between patrol ships, warships