Ottawa Observations: Saturday/Sunday June 30-July 2 2018

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Saturday/Monday , June 30 -July 2, 2018



Globe and Mail 

Canada needs a 'Plan C" for NAFTA talks
Missing and Murdered Indigenous inquiry lawyer Ouellette resigns
Conservative status of women critic Rachael Harder challenges Liberal version of feminism
Canada's tricky dance with global trade
All Canadians deserve access to precious emergency care
Canadians prohibited from acting smug, and other decisions from Trump's Supreme Court
Trudeau reaches out to Lopez Obrador for united approach to NAFTA talks
Donald Trump, Justin Trudeau dig in for long trade fight over NAFTA
Liberals rally round the flag for a long trade war
Anishinaabe territory straddling Manitoba and Ontario named Canada's first mixed UNESCO World Heritage site
Trudeau addresses groping allegation from 2000, says he doesn't recall 'negative interactions'
Scorching heat wave tempers Canada Day crowds on Parliament Hill
Wife of imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi sworn in as Canadian citizen


CBC

Stephen Harper spotted leaving the White House's West Wing
MPs study barriers keeping women from politics, but is another study the solution?
'I don't remember any negative interactions,' Trudeau says of 18 year old groping allegation
Election of new Mexican president adds uncertainty to future of NAFTA talks
A handful of prison inmates floods grievance system, filing more than 8,000 complaints
Trudeau focuses on steel, aluminum on Canada Day as retaliatory tariffs hit U.S.
Donald Trump crashes the Canada Day party
Revellers brace the heat to celebrate Canada Day on Parliament Hill
Polls give Justin Trudeau's Liberals little to celebrate this Canada Day
Federal budget watchdog to take deep dive into costs of asylum seekers
Scheer sees role for Harper, notable Conservatives in trade disputes with U.S.
U.S. steel tariffs result in layoffs in Sault Ste. Marie Ontario


Toronto Star


Brain-injured diplomats feel 'abandoned' by Ottawa
Trudeau addresses groping allegation, says he doesn't recall 'negative interactions'
It's time to start paying for Canada's newspapers
Nationalism is being forced on Trudeau
On this Canada Day, we appreciate who we are more than ever


Toronto Sun

NAFTA and the varying degrees of holiday heat
Justin Trudeau addresses groping allegation 
Trudeau's weakness with centre-left swing voters is an NDP opening
Ford and Tory should oppose U.S. illegal migrants
Celebrate Canada Day with compassion for migrants
Some ways to celebrate Canada during these rocky trade war times
When's this Reefer madness going to end?


National Post

Stephen Harper criticized for speaking at 'Free Iran' rally hosted by 'cult' former terror group
Justin Trudeau addresses groping allegations, saying he doesn't remember any 'negative interactions'
How the election of a new Mexican president adds uncertainty to the future of NFTA talks
'Speeding towards failure': MMIW inquiry lawyer resigns citing government  interference
On Canada Day, Trudeau thanks Canadians for standing up for each other as counter-tariffs begin


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Global

Justin Trudeau congratulates Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador his victory in Mexico's presidential election
Justin Trudeau says he hopes to work with new Mexican president-elect to reach NAFTA deal
If Canada wants to fight Trumps' tariffs, it should target coal shipped out of B.C.: economist
No memory of 'negative interactions' Trudeau says of groping allegations from 18 years ago
Stephen Harper wraps up meeting with Larry Kudlow, Trump's economic advisor
Americans pay tribute to #CanadaDay, say sorry for Donald Trump
Donald Trump says he will wait until after midterm elections to sign new NAFTA deal
Canada's retaliatory tariffs on on ver 60 U. S. imports come into effect Sunday
Rallies across Canada protest separation of children from families in U.S.


Miscellaneous 

What Stephen Harper likely told Larry Kudkow during former Conservative PM's visit to the White House
Trade war gives Canadians a chance to enrich our own billionaires rather U.S. billionaires
B.C. coal terminal could be caught in crossfire of Trump trade war with Trudeau
Kraft Heinz wants Canadians to forget about Donald Trump's trade war