Ottawa Observations: Saturday/Sunday, November 17 & 18, 2018

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Saturday, November 17 & 18, 2018


Globe and Mail 

Canada's brain-injured Cuba diplomats speak out about Ottawa's silence
Retailers urge federal government to end rotating Canada Post strike
Trudeau defends keeping LGBTQ rights in USMCA, saying it represents 'Canadian values'
Canada facing dilemma on suspending aid to Tanzania, minister says
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan warns voters that Russia will meddle in 2019 Canadian election
Canada needs leadership to address our oil patch crisis
Congressional ratification of the USMCA is the least of Canada's trade worries
Postal workers ask Ottawa to appoint mediator in contract dispute
Soul searching underway as Parti Quebecois leaders meet to discuss election loss
U.S., China trade barbs on tariffs as Trudeau meets with Pacific Island leaders


CBC

Government to pledge $400 million for transport projects in Canada's North
Western allies focus on crisis of leadership at Halifax security forum
Why the U.S. could lose the next big war - and what that means for Canada
Trudeau 'deeply disappointed' by cuts to Ontario French services
Scammed senior citizens being recruited as drug mules CBSA
Scheer urges Liberals to set date for balanced budget
Next Canadian federal election will be target for Russian meddling: Sajjan
APEC talks conclude without communiqué amid U.S.-China trade tensions
Republican lawmakers question protection for LGBTQ and pregnant workers in USMCA
Canada's defence spending questioned at NATO parliamentary meeting
Why Doug Ford's Franco-Ontario cost cutting could spell trouble for Andrew Scheer
Canada seeks strategic allies as U.S.-China trade war dominates APEC
Defence Minister confirms Mali Mission will not be extended
Setbacks hit water treatment projects for Ontario First Nations


Toronto Star

Federal minister blasts Ontario Tories over cuts to francophone services
Scheer vs Bernier: Unfinished business spills into 2019 election
Premier Doug Ford and the politics of spite
APEC summit ends without consensus due to U.S.-China trade dispute
Olympic bid failure another sign voters reject elites' big projects


Toronto Sun

Trudeau champions rights, everywhere except China
Libs making gun ban election wedge issue
Canadians treating waterways as toilets
Is there no honour in words anymore?
Liberal deficits apparently, work for everyone


National Post

A life of spying puts Iraqi double agent in a Canadian conundrum
The next Canadian federal election will be a target for Russian meddling: Sajjan
National Parks proving less popular once Canada 150 free entry ended
Future of World Trade Organization splits leaders at Asia-Pacific summit


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Global

Federal Liberal Party convention wraps up in Kelowna
Russian extremism in Middle East the biggest threats facing NATO: Deputy Secretary General
Canada's defence spending questioned at NATO parliamentary meeting
Scheer compares Trudeau debt to parents leaving 'unpaid credit card bill' to children
Trade war looms as U.S. leaders spar with China over tariffs at APEC summit
Okanagan Conservatives Facebook poster denies he's racist


Miscellaneous 

New poll gives Justin Trudeau's Liberal's a big lead over other parties