Ottawa Observations: Thursday, May 10, 2018

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for Thursday May 10, 2018



Globe and Mail 

Stephen Harper, other world leaders endorse Trump's withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal
Alberta's Notley launches pro-Trans Mountain pipeline advertisements in B.C.
Jim Balsillie urges MPs to regulate 'surveillance capitalism' of Facebook and Google
Elizabeth May cleared in workplace-harassment probe, Green party says
Google says it will collect sales tax if required
Scheer's proposed parental tax credit would cost  more than $600 million PBO
New Quebec Liberal chair Alexandre Taillefer aims to 'reinvent' party
Feds expect to brand less than 1 per cent of Access to Information requests as vexatious


CBC

The Liberals spent $233,000 to learn their budget messages aren't getting through to Canadians
New Brunswick Speaker Chris Collins won't reoffer for Liberals, plans to sue premier for libel
Freeland gets briefing from U.S. lawmakers on tight window for passing NAFTA
Ottawa overhauling military justice system to give victims a larger role
Bains says U.S. security agents asked him to remove turban, prompting apology from U.S. officials
'You are right about Iran,' Stephen Harper and other former PMs tell Trump in ad
Supreme Court to decided whether sons of Russian spies are Canadian citizens
Harassment claims against Elizabeth May don't meet Ontario's legal bar
Hockey legend Mark Messier, Great Big Sea frontman Alan Doyle invested into Order of Canada


Toronto Star

A Stephen Harper endorsement of Trump gives the Liberals a foreign policy opening
Elizabeth May says she's a nice person. But so what if she isn't?
Canada should board Korean peace train


Toronto Sun

Costs growing for feds open door border


National Post

Iran's missile strike in Israel but they can't pierce Trudeau's naiveté
The Elizabeth May case? That's called life, not harassment
Truth is, the tide is turning against Vancouver's Mayor and his anti-pipeline allies
What will rising oil prices mean for Canada? - not what they used to


Maclean's

The Secret Shame of the Canadian Senator


Global


Crossing the border? Try your best to avoid questions about pot, Goodale suggests
Trudeau caps 10 days of Pork barreling in vacant Quebec riding
Stephen Harper, former world leaders praise Donald Trump's Iran decision in NYT ad
NAFTA members consider environmental investigation into Canada's oilsands tailings
Canada has 'fallen behind' in powers to do battle over privacy with tech giants: UK official


Miscellaneous 


Liberals' 'Collective Insanity' over Trans Mountain creating new Western Alienation, say BC politicians