Ottawa Observations: Thursday, January 4, 2018

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for Thursday, January 4, 2018

Globe and Mail 


Senator Lynn Beyak removed from Tory caucus over 'racist' post on website
Tens of thousands without power in Maritimes as 'weather bomb' hits
Change in U.S. marijuana policy casts uncertainty over Canadian industry
Poor route planning, no lookout led to ship grounding off Vancouver Island in 2016
Mr. Trudeau's judgment, and the company he keeps
Scheer lags behind
Federal government welcomes reopening of North Korean hotline ahead of Vancouver summit



CBC

Senator Lynn Beyak kicked out of Conservative caucus after refusing to remove 'racist' letters online
Mounties must respect independence of witness protection program, advisory panel says
Liberal MP Majid Jowhari's Iran tweets foil his heavily Iranian riding
Canada sent doctor to Cuba to examine ailing diplomats, new records show
Special Forces commander weighs recommendations on future of Iraq mission
Military short thousands of personnel despite small increase in ranks
Passenger advocates suing Air Transat over stranded planes


Toronto Star

Controversial Ontario Senator Lynn Beyak booted from Conservative caucus
The year Catherine McKenna must herd the cats for a national climate plan
Treatment of women in Canadian prisons a human rights travesty


Toronto Sun


Security review required after Boyle visit with PM say experts
Boyle claims captors tried to recruit him
Trudeau's carbon scheme already a $16-billion failure




National Post

Senator Lynn Beyak booted from Conservative caucus over 'racist' post on website
GST architect Stanley Hartt remembered as 'a guy who could handle crises with aplomb'
Canadian children were among those affected by sonic attacks in Cuba, documents suggest
Beware the Chinese dragon - investment by China's state-owned-enterprises will make Canada weaker and poorer

Maclean's

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Global

Lack of planning, failure to pay attention to blame for grounding of tourism vessel in B.C.
Bank of Canada expecting job losses as a result of new minimum wages
Andrew Scheer removes Senator Lynn Beyak over 'offensive' letters about Indigenous people
Canadian officials wondered if Cuba staff imagined symptoms from mysterious attacks
As Germany cracks down hard on online hate, is Canada next?


Miscellaneous 

CRA targets rich neighbourhoods
We ignore urgent global warnings at our peril