Ottawa Observations: Saturday/Sunday, December 9 & 10, 2017

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for Friday, December 8, 2017



Legal marijuana deadline may be up in smoke as Tory Senators stall bills
Bill Morneau insists Trudeau government has no plans for a Netflix tax
Veterans in limbo amid backlog of applications for disability benefits
Provinces to confront Morneau over dividing legal-marijuana proceeds
Trudeau's shiny stars have a lot of scuff marks now
As Australia ousts MPs with dual citizenship, Canada's Parliament embraces many in its ranks
Airbnb warns federal government about overregulation
'We need to get at this': Morneau to push for changes to mystery corporations at finance ministers' meeting
Trump says Trudeau left out lumber, energy while talking trade numbers
Quebec Liberals promise guaranteed minimum income for some residents
Trudeau to name new top judge for Supreme Court next week
Wanted: A disabilities minister sensitive to the needs of others
Canada is playing the long game with China
The blunt facts about Morneau's tax cut for the rich 
Let's bring Free Trade benefits home
China's Aecon purchase not a win-win for Canada
Trudeau now needs to make NAFTA top priority
Brad Wall, a true champion of a politician
Trump tells crowd Trudeau wrongly told him there's no trade deficit with Canada. His own stats prove him wrong
Finance ministers to rethink CPP changes, will also look drop-out clauses and death benefit
Trade deal with China 'impossible' and NAFTA remains 'a mess': Unifor president Jerry Dias
No 'one sticking point' holding up trade talks with China: Lametti
Melanie Joly says she never agreed to exempt Netflix from any sales tax on its service