Ottawa Observations: Saturday/Sunday, September 15 & 16, 2018

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for   Saturday/Sunday, September  15 & 16, 2018


Globe and Mail 

Federal prosecutors using expanded powers to target terrorist propaganda web content
Russian-Canadian Pussy Riot member showing improvement in Berlin after suspected poisoning, father says
Ottawa must follow up on alleged poisoning of Canadian member of Pussy Riot
How the 2008 meltdown rewrote the crisis playbook for Canada's banks
Immigrants plead with Quebec politicians to calm their heated rhetoric over language
Freeland faces pressure to go back to Washington to reach NAFTA deal by U.S. deadline
Trudeau faces major decision on NAFTA as Parliament resumes
The War for Toronto is generational. The last one was much worse
NDP's Jagmeet Singh set to run in B.C.'s Burnaby South riding after nomination


CBC

Canada-EU trade, one year on: Canada's imports are rising faster than exports
Trade disputes, lawsuits driving up Ottawa's legal bills
Remembrance Day ad gets mixed reviews for making test audience 'feel guilty'
NDP's Jagmeet Singh set to run in Burnaby's B.C.'s Burnaby South riding after nomination
The Liberals balanced the budget, but will it cost them the election?
From the dustbin of history, a warning for Max Bernier
Canada betrays its own citizens. Hassan Diab's case is among its most egregious


Toronto Star

Legislature sitting all night to speed passage of controversial Toronto council bill
Legal professionals urge Caroline Mulroney to vote against use of notwithstanding clause
More than 5,800 youth suicides across Canada signals mental health 'crisis'
Never mind the charter, Doug Ford has diminished our democratic norms


Toronto Sun

Trudeau NAFTA plan outsmarting Canadians out of jobs
No worries, Chrystia Freeland is apparently 'formidable'
Ford wasting energy on Council fight
Maxime Bernier's new party a dead end


National Post

After a not-very-restful summer break, six things to watch this fall as Parliament returns
Now is not the time - why I can't support Maxime Bernier's new party
NDP's Jagmeet Singh set to run in BC's Burnaby South riding
'The elephant in the room': New Brunswick's fiscal reckoning looms as the province heads to the polls


Maclean's

Election 2019: The battle lines are already drawn


Global

Maxime Bernier says even the NDP might want to join his new People's Party
Trudeau Liberals leave $372M meant to help veterans unspent since taking office


Miscellaneous 

Canada's first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel meets water for the first time