Ottawa Observations: Friday, November 16, 2018

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Friday, November 16, 2018


Globe and Mail 

Postal strike faces Saturday midnight deadline as Ottawa looks to legislation
Family fears Canadian Falun Gong practitioner tortured for confession
Trump's nationalism rhetoric not in line with U.S. actions, senators tell Halifax forum
Ottawa preparing upbeat economic update, but no major changes to deficit trend, official says
Hockey is fine. It doesn't need protecting. Governments should stay out of the way


CBC

Tara Singh Hayer and the 'incentive to kill'
Morneau unlikely to match Trump's tax moves in economic update
ASEAN summit over, PM Trudeau arrives in Papua New Guinea for APEC summit
Canada considering sanctions against Saudis over murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
Scheer backs Brexit despite chaos, says it's giving Britain back control of itself
Federal fall update expected to offer more support for struggling news industry
Stop sending mail and parcels, Canada Post asks foreign services


Toronto Star

Canadian farmers want equipment writeoff in fiscal update
Language used in federal hearing should be personal choice: top court
Is oil exploration sinking efforts to protect marine areas?
Federal fall update expected to offer more support for struggling news industry
Andrew Scheer gets clipped by Doug Ford's budget cuts
Ottawa to deliver competitive boost for Canadian companies


Toronto Sun

Canadians paying bills for birth tourism
Canadians should be wary of fake news


National Post

Foreign tech brings cash and jobs, but at what price?
Canadians appear to have dodged that housing crash that everybody's been so afraid of for 10 years
What's in a name? With 'Climate Change,' a lot of reckless misuse
Canada Post asks for halt to international shipments as parcel backlog grows
Furious Naheed Nenshi snaps at Ottawa and province over Olympic bid loss
What would possess Andrew Scheer to endorse this Brexit madness?
Trudeau has a chance to play statesman by bringing the U.S. and China together on trade


Maclean's

Halifax International Security Forum 2018


Global

Refugee claims to Canada on track to hit highest levels in nearly 30 years
Plans to boost support for struggling Canadian news industry expected next week
Federal Liberals holding two-day convention in Kelowna
No deal: latest Canada Post offers won't be put to striking workers as deadline looms


Miscellaneous 

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