Ottawa Observations: Tuesday, November, 28, 2017

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for Tuesday, November 28, 2017






As North Korea threat grows, foreign ministers to meet in Canada
'We were wrong': Trudeau apologizes for decades of LGBTQ discrimination
Ottawa starts healing process with LGBTQ apology
Trudeau's LGBTQ apology: A Globe guide to how we got here
Trudeau urged to delay trade talks until China frees two Canadians
CSIS secretly capturing phone-identifying data of terrorism suspects: ruling
Trudeau to name new Supreme Court judge, maintaining gender split
New mortgage rules could disqualify 10% of buyers with big down payments: Bank of Canada
Canada takes softwood lumber fight to WTO
Critics paint 'bleaker picture' amid Alberta's jobs optimism
Morneau threatens to sue critics over attacks on his personal financial decisions
Canada vows to assist Montreal woman and her children who escaped Islamic State
Feds have no alternative to Phoenix pay system: Lemay
Canada to co host meeting on North Korea crisis with United States
'A turning point': Power of apology lies in building the future, not tearing down the past
'Our collective shame': Trudeau delivers historic apology to LGBT Canadians
Finance minister's nasty fight with Opposition over ethics spills out of the House of Commons
Household debt, home prices biggest risk to Canadian economy, Bank of Canada says
MPs begin two days of secret ballot voting in NDP bid to revive derelict vessel bill
Canada taking fight with U.S. over softwood lumber duties to WTO
Single mom says she's battled the CRA for 6 months over child benefit - with no result
British design first to be submitted in Canadian navy's warship contest
MPs begin two days of secret ballot voting in NDP bid to revive derelict vessel bill
TransCanada says it is engaging with landowners on new Keystone XL route
Trudeau is apologizing to LGBT civic servants: Here's why
NAFTA's potential end would hurt, but BMO says it's a 'manageable risk'
Ruling over translation contract could cost CRA millions
Government won't scrap Phoenix, Commons committee told
Trudeau to name new Supreme Court judge
Heritage minister accused of doing 'nothing' for newspapers after Torstar-Postmedia deal
CBSA says Muslim asylum seekers' answers to targeted questions were never used
On our 150th, a quiet celebration and a quiet strength
Monsef's papers still aren't in order and the media still hardly cares
Not his father's son: With apologies for historic injustices, Trudeau goes where his dad wouldn't
Despite Gates funding, Canadian startup nearly bankrupted after NRC ignored rent-leniency pleas
New powers for U.S. border guards would be rarely used: minister
Lockheed Martin leads team of companies in warship bid
Canada, U.S. to co-host summit to discuss diplomatic response to North Korea threat
Economic recovery in oil provinces helps lower national vacancy rates
In full: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's speech apologizing for government's past discrimination against LGBT people
Justin Trudeau delivers historic formal apology for Canada's past LGBT purge
New politicians wanted: No Gerontocrats Need apply