Ottawa Observations: Wednesday, August 15, 2018

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


Globe and Mail 

BC declares state of emergency as more than 500 wildfires burn
Wildfires will only get worse unless we learn how to live with them
Federal government to declare new statutory holiday to mark painful residential-school legacy
Is statutory holiday really an appropriate way to mark the legacy of residential schools?
Feds launch consultations with Canadians wrongly flagged by no-fly list
Canada violated rights of irregular migrant by denying her essential health-care: UN Human Rights Committee
Montreal set to press Ottawa for national handgun ban
Latest data show Canada doesn't have a border crisis, but there is a chronic problem
Time to kick maverick Tory MP Maxime Bernier out of caucus, Scheer urged
Removing statues not the solution to addressing a troubled history: McKenna


CBC

Andrew Scheer joins caucus members in condemning Bernier's 'identity politics'
Liberals promise to repeal restriction on charities' political activity
Canada's police chiefs to study recent spike in gun violence
Trudeau says he's 'listening' as Montreal mulls push for national handgun ban
Trudeau government started pressing Saudis to release Badawi long before Twitter flap
Ottawa to declare federal holiday to mark legacy of residential school system
Ottawa will look at police chiefs' call for pill press controls: minister
Winnipeg firm defends $1M deal to send sniper rifles to Ukraine
Jagmeet Singh tours Quebec, where the NDP faces a fight to hang on
The Liberals want to 'refresh' the shipbuilding strategy. What does that mean?
Asylum claims by irregular migrants increased in July after 2 months of decline
McKenna says you can't erase troubled history by removing statues
The Saudi temper tantrum could land one devastating blow - to Canadian health care
Climate change likely to cause more sewage leaks, McKenna says
Aecon to participate in Gordie Howe International Bridge project


Toronto Star

New federal holiday will honour residential school survivors
It may seem unfair, but Doug Ford has the legal right to shrink city council


Toronto Sun

Canada has a proud history worth defending
Getting high without the downer of taxation
Removing Sir John A statute doesn't change past


National Post

The truth is no one knows where the guns that kill are coming from
Scheer pressured to kick Maxime Bernier out of Conservative caucus over 'divisive' multicultuarlism tweets
How it took a 'City Family' to remove a statute of Sir John A
Liberal MP Iqra Khalid accused by Jewish group of giving award to purveyor of anti-Semitism
Does this Conservative MP think John Adams and Diefenbaker were unfit for office?


Maclean's

The Liberals promised to fix the no-fly list. It's still broken
This is what afternoon darkness looks like in the smoke filled heart of BC


Global

Jean Swanson among 7 protestors given a week in jail for violating Trans Mountain injunction
Quebec government offers $863M to agriculture sector to mitigate impact of U.S. tariffs
Feds considering stat holiday to mark legacy of residential schools. Can it be more than 'just another day off?'


Miscellaneous 

If we can't stop Hot House Earth, We'd better learn to live on it
Don't forget John A Macdonald - but don't honour him
Trinity Western Covenant Change Good, but nor far enough, critics say