Ottawa Observations: Thursday, December 13, 2018

Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for   Thursday,  December 13, 2018

Canadians held in China in Huawei fallout

Freeland to hold talks with U.S. on Canadians detained in China
Canadians living in China worried they could be next to be detained: Feelling 'a tad less proud, and safe, with a Canadian flag on me'
Canada must stand up to China the bully
Canada becomes collateral damage in China-U.S. power struggle
Scheer calls Trudeau's China policy 'naive' after detentions 
Canada's relationship with Trump reaches a 'new level of frustration' over Huawei comments
China confirms detention of 2 Canadians
Canada caught between a rock and a hard place in the case of Huawei's Meng Wanzhou
Trudeau's 'naive approach' to China at fault in Meng mess: Andrew Scheer
'We've never been this alone': Canada finds itself caught between two powers, without any 'serious allies'
'There to break you down': Those who've been held by Chinese authorities paint grim picture
What China hopes to get by detaining Canadians
Trump's willingness to intervene in Huawei extradition another case of alienating Canada, U.S. Senator says
Canadians' detainment in China is retaliation for Huawei arrest, Trump adviser says


Globe and Mail 

China, the U.S. and Canada risk betraying their values in the Huawei case
Police investigating after bomb threats sent to locations across Canada, U.S.
On China, has Canada lost its sense of justice?
Supreme Court upholds Ottawa's right to reargue facts in assisted-dying case
Vice-Admiral Mark Norman was doing his job, hand not 'gone rogue' on ship deal: lawyers
Ethics probe into Tory Senators' expenses-paid China trip passes one-year mark


CBC

Liberals' election reform bill becomes law on last day of parliamentary sitting
Bad acoustics delaying opening of new temporary Senate Chamber
Canada starts clock on ratifying new NAFTA text
Vice-Admiral Norman's trial offers glimpses of cutthroat political turf battles in Ottawa
Unfounded bomb threats reported in cities across Canada, U.S.
Botched handling of gangster refugee claimant exposes Canada's screening weaknesses
Some hard truths for Western politicians on Quebec equalization and oil


Toronto Star

Acoustic problem delays Senate move to refurbished train station
Growth in federal spending should be tied to economic growth, Scheer says
Moody's downgrades Ontario's credit rating


Toronto Sun

Wave of hoax bomb threats across U.S. Canada


National Post

Mark Norman reduced to fighting prosecution for access to his own memos
'I didn't expect it to take this long': Omar Khadr in court seeking to ease bail conditions
'We survived the unjustified bs!" Patrick Brazeau crows in smiling photo with Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin
Canada should elect a gender-balanced Parliament in 2019


Maclean's

In Trudeauland, who makes all the decisions?


Global

Ottawa Councillor Tobi Nussbaum named new CEO of NCC
Expert panel doubts curtailment will help western Canadian oil prices after January 1
Lawyers for Vice-Admiral Mark Norman begin battle for secret government documents in court
'Lack of clarity' in Bill C-69  leads Senate to return act to committee: Simons
Huawei saga will freeze trade talks, hurt Canadian investment in China: experts
Andrew Scheer accuses Justin Trudeau of 'policy of appeasement' on China amid escalating arrest feud


Miscellaneous 

China tensions could be costly for school districts - and then some
Author Joy Kogawa writes to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau seeking support for Nanjing Massacre Commemorative Day