Ottawa Observations: Wednesday, December 6 2017

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for Wednesday, December 6, 2017


First Nations demand control over cannabis sales
UN says Canadian funding for reproductive health agency critical after U.S. cuts
Canadians urged to exercise caution in Mideast after Trump's Jerusalem announcement
Fisheries Minister Dominic Leblanc won't feel sorry for himself as he battles leukemia
Justin Trudeau warns against protectionism
While Western allies criticize Trump's Jerusalem move, Canada remains muted
Canadian detained in China for 2 years urges caution on trade talks
In public and in private, Trudeau takes familiar sales pitch to world's elites
Federal Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc diagnosed with leukemia
The day after Boeing filed its trade complaint, Australia offered Canada its used fighter jets
Thalidomide disaster: background to the compensation debate
Making sense of the drama in China
Canada spurns Boeing, eyes purchase of second-hand Australian fighter jets
Canadian delegation leaving China without kickstarting trade talks
PM's pick for top court a bitter disappointment for those seeking Indigenous judge
Kent Hehr, ought to know his own audience
Trudeau government two faced on Iran
Amidst trade talks Canada needs to be wary of the Chinese Community Party
Trudeau's government just plain cruel
The problem with military procurement in Canada is the military always comes last
Liberal minister's thalidomide disaster an insult to Canadians' intelligence
Canada conspicuously careful after Trump's Jerusalem announcement
Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc to undergo treatment for leukemia. "I will continue a normal routine"
The whole Liberal establishment covets closer China relations ... and for what?
China's Communists can tolerate any level of scrutiny - as long as its fawning
All I wanted was for the government to say 'Yes, it's true'
Early win for B.C. civil rights group in pipeline protest spying case heading to Federal Court
Government hiring outside contractor to create Canada's new citizenship test
Dominic LeBlanc, federal fisheries minister, diagnosed with leukemia
Rex Tillerson, Justin Trudeau to meet to discuss North Korea, says U.S. diplomat
Asked what country he most admires, Trudeau's answer is no longer China
Parliamentarians ignore Blockbuster paid Travel Revelation
Trump's refugees: Fleeing a xenophobic America
Sacrificing a bilingual Supreme Court to Indigenous reconciliation a questionable idea