Ottawa Observations: Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Tuesday, May 29, 2018


Globe and Mail 

Trudeau government to buy Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain for $4.5 billion
Kinder Morgan walks away from Trans Mountain a little richer, bur real prize is cash that would flow from tariffs
Ottawa has 'limited options' among field of potential Trans Mountain buyers
With Ottawa's purchase of TransMountain, Trudeau goes from environmental ally to protest target
Justin Trudeau's Faustian bargain
Trudeau is all-in on oil sands expansion
Trudeau takes big risk with Trans Mountain deal - but it was his only decent option
Ottawa has no one to blame but itself for the Trans Mountain saga
China's envoy accuses Ottawa of unfair discrimination in rejection of Aecon takeover
Canada 'very ready' to fire back if U.S. imposes steel tariffs, Freeland says
Phoenix pay system an 'incomprehensible failure' Auditor-General says
China is not a threat to Canada
Conservative, independent senators on collision course over cannabis amendments
Social media giants should be forced to reveal political ad details, whistle-blower tells MPs
Hussen floats ideas for modernizing safe third country agreement with U.S.
Liberal MP's private-member's bill would lift restrictions on third-party reproduction


CBC

Bill Morneau's Kinder Morgan surprise comes with hug price tag, lots of political risks
Liberals to buy Trans Mountain pipeline for $4.5 B to ensure expansion is built
Hussen floats ideas to modernize Safe Third Country Agreement with U.S.
Canadian Facebook whistle-blower: I did no voter targeting for Liberal entities
Foreign minister too often left in dark about overseas torture cases, says auditor
Phoenix problems evident, but not brought forward due to work culture, auditor general says
Military cops and prosecutors too slow to charge and try cases, says auditor general
Buying and expanding Trans-Mountain pipeline not a violation of Indigenous rights, says minister
Michaelle Jean under fire over expenses as she heads into Francophonie election
Big banks under investigation by financial watchdog
Freeland returns to Washington as NAFTA, tariff tensions mount
Liberal MP calls Bernier's approach to systemic racism in Canada foolishness


Toronto Star

Justin Trudeau's $4.5 billion Trans Mountain pipeline purchase met with a storm of criticism
This changes nothing': B.C. politicians and activists to fight Trudeau government's decision to buy Trans Mountain
Justin Trudeau becomes the Pipeline Prime Minister
Liberal government to buy Trans Mountain pipeline project, seek new investors
On Refinery Row, pipeline debate more personal than political
Canada hints at retaliation if U.S. imposes steel and aluminum tariffs
Nationalizing Trans Mountain pipeline a big mistake
Justin Trudeau has bet his government on the Trans Mountain pipeline


Toronto Sun

Trudeau's Social Licence for pipelines is dead
The only certainty is that Trans Mountain is still a mess
Trudeau made a colossal mistake with the pipeline
Imagining Canada's Judgment Day
Conservative Senators gear up to hit back at Trudeau's aggressive push for Independence


National Post

Liberals took only possible route out of mess they created
The Liberals try to buy their way out of a pipeline mess of their own making
A short look at the governments long history of investing in troubled projects
'A key player in Indigenous cultural genocide:' Historians erase Sir John A. Macdonald's name from the book prize
Canadian health care is telling us you can only be healthy if you're white and middle class
Fundamental flaws in Ottawa's attempts to improve quality of life for Indigenous people: Auditor General


Maclean's

Can protestors still stop the Kinder Morgan pipeline?
Who could possibly buy the Trans Mountain pipeline - and how soon?
In Alberta, Trans Mountain is the country's great national(ization) project
The faulty math behind Trudeau's reasoning for buying Trans Mountain from Kinder Morgan
Why Trudeau decided to buy Kinder Morgan - and hopes to sell it again soon


Global

Ottawa to buy Trans Mountain pipeline project, what does this mean for BC?
B.C. premier continues to fight 'it does not matter who owns the pipeline'
Drone Wars: Is Canada's military prepared for weaponized drones?
Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi keeping B.C. premier on the hook for Trans Mountain purchase price tag
Why marijuana legislation will likely inlcude bans on home grows
Conservatives accuse Goodale of 'hiding the number of deported asylum seekers
Senator introducing bill to ban payments for blood donation
Ottawa to buy Trans Mountain pipeline project, what does this mean for BC?
'An incomprehensible failure': Auditor general slams Phoenix pay system rollout 


Miscellaneous 

Canada's Dirty $20 Billion Pipeline bailout
BC Will continue legal strategy to Oppose Pipeline after Federal purchase, Premier says
Kinder Mogran through the eyes of The Tyee
Site C Injunction request has strong argument but poor odds
Rally against Trudeau government's purchase of Trans Mountain pipeline scheduled for Vancouver May 29
New book called Unprecedented Crime should send shudders up and down the spine of Justin Trudeau
Trudeau government will buy Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline system
Mayor Robertson 'appalled' at feds ' $4.5 billion purchase of pipeline
Technology a 'tool of the revolution' says protestor of pipeline buy-out
Trans Mountain pipeline opponents to 'physically intervene,' step up protests in Burnaby