Ottawa Observations: Monday, March 26, 2018

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for Monday, March 26, 2018



Globe and Mail 

Documents detail Canadian data firm AggregateIQ's role in Brexit, lawyers allege
B.C. bows to housing-tax furor, cuts rates for Canadians with vacation homes
Canada expels four Russian diplomats, U.S. ousts 60, over poising of ex-spy
Trudeau exonerates six B.C. First Nations chiefs unjustly hanged 154 years ago
Lawyers ask judge to declare African-Canadians deserve special consideration in sentencing, like Indigenous people
Assessment of former hostage Joshua Boyle to take two more weeks
Freeland criticizes Indian diplomats for interfering in Ontario cultural festival
After 154 years, a new narrative for the Tsilhqot'in and Canada
No reason legalized marijuana should prompt tighter screening at U. S. border: Goodale
Quebec, Ottawa and the steady erosion of government transparency
Liberals prepare big push on bills to reform how elections fought, conducted
Federal government to limit preliminary inquiries in effort to speed up clogged justice system


CBC

Conservative MPs get into tense, snarky exchange with Morenau at finance committee
Quebec man tortured in Mexican prison wants answers from federal government
'We are truly sorry': Trudeau exonerates Tsilhqot'in chiefs hanged in 1864
Canada to expel 4 Russian diplomats, reject credentials of 3 more
Canadian customs facilities in the U.S.? Americans say it could happen soon
No reason legalized pot should prompt tighter screening at U.S. border: Goodale
Ottawa making it easier for doctors to prescribe methadone and heroin
Liberals' $40B national housing plan to treat shelter as a human right
Federal government's total 'market debt' now tops $1 trillion, documents show
Referendum on Martine Ouellet's Bloc Quebecois leadership set for June 1-2
St. John's woman says military failed to help her after sexual assault
Liberals prepare big push on bills to reform how elections fought, conducted


Toronto Star

Welcome to Justin Trudeau's nightmare
Canada expels Russian diplomats in response to spy poisoning
Apology for hangings was both necessary and painful
Ottawa takes an important first step on Inuit welfare


Toronto Sun

Justin Trudeau has jumped the shark
Trudeau's Harlequin romance becoming a Grimm's Fairy Tale
Women sour on Trudeau's feminist act?


National Post

Liberals' effort to blackmail churches over abortion opposition backfires
Man's Canadian citizenship in danger after his past as killer in Serbia is revealed


Maclean's

How to expel a Russian diplomat
Justin Trudeau exonerates Tsilhqot'in chiefs: Watch the PM's full apology


Global

Trudeau, Trump discuss Russian spy attack, NAFTA in phone call
B.C. government exempting vacation homes from speculation tax
B.C. asks for feds' help to track cash sales of luxury vehicles
In legal fight with his own party, Conservative MP Trost seeks donations to cover bills from a Liberal lawyer
CBSA could open pre-clearance facilities in U.S. soon
Another Conservative filibuster in the works over Jsapal Atwal affair
Justin Trudeau exonerates Tsilhquot'in chiefs hanged in 1864 'Chilcotin War'
Liberals keen to push through voting reforms ahead of 2019 federal election
Irregular border crossings see slight increase in February
Canada expels four Russian officials in retaliation for U.K. spy attack


Miscellaneous 


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