Friday, October 26, 2018

Ottawa Observations: Friday, October 26, 2018



Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for Friday, October 26, 2018


Globe and Mail 

Ottawa earmarks $1.5 billion to help smaller businesses adapt to carbon pricing
Federal Conservative Party and Leader Scheer increase criticism of media and reporters
Ottawa proposes partial easing of sperm donation, new surrogacy regulations
French court delays appeal decision in Hassan Diab case, orders new handwriting analysis
Federal finances in surplus so far this year, in spite of deficit forecast
Huawwei executives lobbied MPs to resist U.S. 5G boyocott effort




CBC

No NAFTA 2.0 signing before steel tariffs end, Mexico Says
Liberals pitch new rules on payments for surrogates, sperm donors
Supreme Court limits when accused drunk drivers can get breathalyzer logs
Canada prepared to stall trade deal with China until its behaviour is 'more reasonable'
Man who praised ISIS on social media ordered deported from Canada
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Trudeau discuss Saudi writer Khashoggi's death
Renewed calls for public inquiry as France pushes appeal decision in Hassan Diab case to next year
Bell and Rogers defends sales practices at CRTC hearing
Alberta Holocaust denier convicted in Germany for 'incitement to hatred'




Toronto Star

How Justin Trudeau and Doug Ford traded places on carbon pricing
Conservatives preparing to battle with reporters as they go 'for the jugular' in the 2019 federal election campaign
Canadians at forefront of global study seeking solutions to refugee crisis
U.S. and Canadian ambassadors to make first appearance since trade talks
Trump's tariffs will be lifted 'sooner rather than later,' ambassador says
More federal government services to be bilingual by 2023

Toronto Sun

Trudeau owns one pot mess
McKenna's praise for murderous Syrian regime no mistake
Polluters have climate solutions too
Carbon tax a plague on overtaxed Canadians

National Post

Trudeau's position on toxic $15B Saudi arms deal evolves and confuses
The Post couldn't last , we were told from day one - and yet, improbably, it has
Conrad Black: Why I created the National Post
Twenty ways the National Post shaped Canada (whether Canada liked it or not)
A place for outsiders - my (nearly) 20 years with the Post
Rebecca Eckler and Leah McLaren: The bad girls club of Canadian Newspapers
Stephen Harper: A distinctive media voice when Canada's conservatives were on our own
Christie Blatchford: Good times and burn times - 20 years later, the Post is still here
John Ivison: 20 years ago, the Post breathed new life into the Canadian newspaper business
Kelly McParland: For the Post, it's been 20 years of pissing people off


Maclean's

How the longest Canadian university strike in history changed life at York


Global

Trudeau says he discussed USMCA with Mexico's incoming president
Feds earmark $1.5 billion to help small businesses with carbon pricing
Federal government to commit up to $1.75B to Calgary Olympic bid
Freshslice Pizza owner urges Prime Minister Trudeau to stop Saudi Arms deal
Hassan Diab pushes for Canadian inquiry as French appeal court orders new review
Jamal Khashoggi praised Canada for 'raising the flag' on Saudi human rights abuses



Miscellaneous 


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