Ottawa Observations: Wednesday, November 29, 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



Former envoy David Mulroney says official warning needed for Canadians doing business in China
Census 2016: Canadians in prime working years less likely to hold full time jobs
Supreme Court of Canada nominee Sheilah Martin an advocate for equality
Few residential-school survivors succeed with full income-loss claims
Nearly half of soldiers who killed themselves in 2016 were dealing with loved one's suicide
B.C. slams Ottawa's defence of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
Scheer's support for Trudeau's LGBTQ apology highlights a deepening consensus
Canada's troubling downward trend in work-force skills
CP head says NAFTA talks 'frustrating' but expresses little worry
Canada sets aside two bunkers at military bases amid global uncertainty, North Korean threat
Morneau's counterpunches miss their mark, as Conservatives go for the kill
Andrew Scheer calls on Finance Minister Bill Morneau to resign amid 'cloud of suspicion'
Trudeau strayed too far from historic wrongs in LGBT apology: Tory MPs
Extraordinary jurist': Sheilah Martin named new justice to the Supreme Court of Canada
Canadian workforce is more educated and sitting in traffic longer than ever before: 2016 census
$175M in federal money for working poor goes unclaimed
Sorry has been the hardest word for governments
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
CSIS's ask for telecom subscriber info of possible future targets denied
'Vulnerable' clients charged up to 30% for tax credit as CRA drags heels
Finance minister's nasty fight with Opposition over ethics spills out of the House of Commons
Absence of Indigenous candidate a 'great missed opportunity,' law expert says
Ottawa to help build care facility for mercury victims in Grassy Narrows
Trudeau defends Morneau as Tories call for finance minister to resign over ethics-related controversies
Justin Trudeau has unfinished business after Supreme Court pick
Governments can and must do more to tackle hate
Morneau must go
'Chill Out" about Jihadists? Nonsense
Surely Morneau's days as Minister are numbered
We already know Trudeau's ethical standards
'Town that fun forgot' lives on with rink of rules
Liberals stand by beleaguered Morneau in face of Conservative calls for his head
Take-it-outside theatrics continue a long tradition of House machismo
Better debates would bring better elections - so can the Liberals, for once, get reform right?
Housing chief sees dreams of ownership fading for Canadians
Andrew Scheer calls for embattled Finance Minister Bill Morneau to resign
Justin Trudeau appoints Sheilah Martin to Supreme Court of Canada
Ottawa seeks conflict resolution panel for Trans Mountain pipeline project
What Donald Trump's tax plan does for the rich, to the poor and Canada
Canada seen as less stressful location for summit on North Korea
Some of the cases involving new Supreme Court Justice Sheilah Martin