Ottawa Observations: Monday-Wednesday, January 1-3, 2018

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for Monday-Wednesday, January 1-3, 2018

Globe and Mail 

Federal Government hired NGO to help former hostage Joshua Boyle's family readjust
Officials scramble as Atlantic Canada braces for 'weather bomb'
Sajjan outflew colleagues on government jets, racking up more than $670,000 in costs
Andrew Scheer won't march in Pride parades, but says Tories are more tolerant than Liberals
More than half of Canadians against legalizing pot by July 1, poll finds
Feds spending $27-million on high-speed Internet for 1,500 Newfoundland houses
MPs reveal experiences with sexual misconduct on Parliament Hill in survey
Federal government targets black - and grey - markets with legal cannabis
What will it take for Trudeau to split from Harper?
Andrew Scheer's weird tolerance level


CBC

Boyle's Parliament Hill meeting raises questions about who meets the PM
Joshua Boyle. former Canadian hostage, appears in court on 15 criminal charges
Old Russian fighters and smartphone hacking: What the Canadian military learned in 2017
Jane Philpott doesn't see 'eye to eye' with Manitoba on First Nations child welfare reforms
Canadian ambassador deletes tweet, photos of New Year's Day visit to Myanmar beach
Iranian-Canadians call for change after protests in Iran claim at least 21 lives
MPs share stories of sexual misconduct on and off Parliament Hill
With key allies at risk of defeat, 2018 could be tough year for Trudeau's Liberals
Create new watchdog to review border agency, RCMP, federal report recommends
Canadian newsprint makers fear U.S. about to slap duties on its exports
New year rings in changes to laws, taxes, wages
Feds to search social media using AI to find patterns of suicide-related behaviour


Toronto Star

Minimum wage increases could lead to 60,000 fewer jobs by 2019: Bank of Canada
Joshua Boyle makes court appearance via video link, remanded in custody until Monday
Black Canadians mobilize nationally for the first time in decades
Tackle sexual harassment on Parliament Hill
The curious case of Joshua Boyle and Justin Trudeau


Toronto Sun

'Deprogram' radical Islamists. How?
Trudeau's carbon scheme already a $16 billion failure
Dangers of government control
What the Dawson Report reveals about Trudeau's mentality
Fighting drunk driving by decriminalizing int?
Trudeau's Boyle meeting showed lousy judgment
2018 shaping up to be a doozy


National Post

Charges or no, it was odd for Trudeau to meet with Boyle family
Trudeau office not saying what it knew about Joshua Boyle before granting private meeting
Two jail guards hit inmate with pepper spray until he died - and Corrections Canada lied about it, investigation finds
If Canada's back, like Trudeau says, we should be supporting Iran's protestors
Iranians have the right to revolution
Parent sponsorship program still deeply flawed despite changes, immigration lawyers warn
More than half of women MP's have been targets of sexual misconduct while in office: survey


Maclean's

What really happened to Joshua Boyle and his family
Is price fixing a major problem in Canada?


Global

Warning labels on alcohol in Yukon removed after pushback from liquor companies
Senator Lynn Beyak publishes 'outright racist' comments about Indigenous people on her Senate website
Canadian ambassador praises 'pleasing beach in Myanmar - where military accused of ethic cleansing
Former hostage Joshua Boyle arrested, facing 15 criminal charges
Canada's female MPs speak out on sexual misconduct: 'The best friend of violence is silence'
No more plastic bags in Montreal; first major Canadian city to implement ban


Miscellaneous 

Ottawa's last chance to end the gutting of Canada's Newspapers
Government report shows that among second-generation immigrants, Chinese fare best economically