Ottawa Observations: Thursday, March 15, 2018

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Thursday, March 15, 2018



Globe and Mail 

Trump boasts he made up trade facts in meeting with Trudeau
Trump paves way for a Trudeau resurgence
Jagmeet Singh attended 2016 seminar with Sikh youth leader who advocated political violence
Jagmeet Singh: I will never ignore the pain that lingers in the Sikh community
The strange loyalties of Jagmeet Singh
Feds spending $9.1 million on studies aimed at protecting whales
Group urges Canada to adopt clean-tech tax and regulatory breaks
Watchdog calls out Liberals for lack of details in budget plans
Trump's comments about lying to Trudeau only serve to erode Western alliance 
Doug Ford is off to a bad start as PC leader


CBC

Number of Canadian soldiers on UN peacekeeping missions hits new low
Jagmeet Singh now rejects glorification of Air India bombing mastermind
Father of British-Canadian accused of joining ISIS hopes to plead son's case in Canada next week
Lucien Bouchard 'very discouraged' by what's happening to the Bloc
Canada again points to U.S. numbers after Trump admits he concocted trade deficit claim
Canadians with a disability almost twice as likely to be victims of violent crime
Yvonne Boyer is Ontario's first Indigenous senator
Ottawa 'determined' to see Trans Mountain pipeline expanded: minister
Correctional Service to hire its own IT after being 'drastically' hit by Shared Services's data centre outage
Trump says he made up facts about trade deficit in meeting with Trudeau


Toronto Star

It's no surprise Trump boasted he made up numbers on trade with Canada - he's made at least 85 false claims about trade deficits
Canada on wrong side of Venezuelan conflict
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh evades questions on Sikh political violence


Toronto Sun

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh linked to Sikh rapper who promotes independence
Trump, when it doubt make it up and double down
Many questions left unanswered about Singh's rally participation


National Post

Canada Summer Jobs controversy is not dead - it was merely resting
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says he accepts the results of Air India inquiry and condemns Talwinder Singh Parmar
Turns out Justin Trudeau is more like Pierre than we feared
Restriction on summer jobs funding not the first time religious rights in Canada have been trampled on
Groups scramble for funding after dissenting on Canada Summer Jobs abortion attestation
'Wrong Justin': Donald Trump just bragged about making up facts during trade talk with Trudeau
As Jagmeet Singh condemns terrorism, second video shows him speaking alongside Sikh separatist


Maclean's

When Trump lied to Trudeau about trade stats, he was also telling the truth
Canada needs to rethink its approach to economic development
Why we need a pharmacare plan for Canada's chaotic world of drug prices
Russia is a mess but it's still playing the West


Global

Alberta environment minister came to B.C., talked pipelines and her colleague's 's**theads' remark
Liberals don't have plan for how to spend nearly $190B in infrastructure cash, budget watchdog says
Trudeau slams 'unlawful' Russian Spy attack; fed mums on status of 100 Russian diplomats in Canada
Donald Trump claims, again , U.S. has trade deficit with Canada - after admitting he made it up


Miscellaneous 


Canada ranks seventh in 2018 World Happiness Report; Finland leaps into first place