Ottawa Observations: Saturday/Sunday, November 18 & 19

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for Saturday/Sunday November 18 & 19, 2017



Ottawa sets date for LGBTQ apology, but compensation not yet settled
Ukraine issues call for Canadian defensive weapons
Top Afghan government official says Taliban should have a place at peace talks
Liberal failure to make key federal appointments is a disappointment
Has Trudeau sunk Canada's chances of joining East Asian Summit?
Disability rights advocates fight 'demeaning' immigration criteria
Afghanistan looks to Canada for more training support
Ottawa to apologize for persecuting LGBT public servants
In Maxime Bernier's not-quite-tell-all book, he promises to reveal how he can 'fix' Canada
Canada's top general pushes back against critics of peacekeeping plan
Former Mexican president warns Trudeau not to be 'Judas' in NAFTA talks
Slow start to fifth round of NAFTA talks in Mexico City
Charity with ties to Trudeau excluding Quebecers from contest
Head of NATO tells Canada to gear itself up for Russian cyber threats
'Canada does not engage in death squads,' while allies actively hunt down their own foreign fighters
Bob Rae on Rohingya crisis in Burma: "It's more than an emergency'
U. S. releases updates list of tough NAFTA negotiation objectives as talks resume
Singh does not need a seat in Commons
False promises in climate change goals
Trudeau's spending on path to fiscal calamity
Liberal green agenda needs a little humility
Canadian troops in Latvia warned their social media accounts and cell phones could be 'manipulated or misused'
The Liberals' housing plan unlikely to help first-time buyers
Justin Trudeau set to head to China in December to open free trade talks
Nebraska to announce Keystone XL pipeline decision Monday
U.S. being a bully on NAFTA: Unifor boss Jerry Dias