Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Ottawa Observations: Tuesday, June 4, 2019



Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Tuesday, June 4, 2019 



Canadians held in China / China tensions

China wants to solve 'serious difficulties' with Canada by meeting halfway: envoy
Canada says China plans more meat import inspections, industry fears disaster
China to increase examination of Canadian pork imports
China puts the squeeze on Canada beef exports
What Tiananmen square means for Canada today
'Hard-nosed' Chinese ambassador Lu Shaye leaving Ottawa post for 'promotion' to Paris
China set to increase Canadian meat inspections, officials say in memo
Canada calls on China to 'break silence' on Tiananmen Square
China's ambassador to Canada to leave post later this month
Case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou returns to Vancouver court this week
RCMP and CBSA say Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou's phones never examined as claimed
'No one expected AK-47's': Journalist Jan Wong on reporting from Tiananmen Square massacre


MMIWG findings


The MMIWG report was searing and important, marred only by its inaccurate genocide charge
Trudeau accepts MMIWG inquiry's genocide finding, but says focus must be on response
Trudeau says deaths and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls amount to 'genocide'
'We accept the finding that this was genocide': Justin Trudeau acknowledges outcome of MMIWG inquiry
At MMIW report's heart, a contradiction that's impossible to ignore
'The g-word': Why it matters whether we call Canada's actions towards Indigenous people a genocide
MMIW inquiry's police review team waited until final months to request case files

Why 'genocide' was used in the MMIWG report
U.S. Congresswoman calls MMIW inquiry a 'significant step'
Okanagan Indigenous leaders react to 'hopeful' and 'powerful' report from MMIWG inquiry
Surprise guilty plea in BC Woman's murder 'shocks' friends at national MMIWG ceremony
MMIWG report divides instead of unifying


Globe and Mail 

Government urged to amend Copyright Act in bid to protect visual and Indigenous artists
Scheer promises internal-free trade deal while accusing Trudeau of 'picking fights' with provinces
Trudeau says federal carbon tax can help deal with extreme weather, wildfires
Trudeau announces hundreds of millions in foreign aid for women's health, amid 'attacks' on abortion rights
House justice committee votes to expunge words of Christchurch shooter from record after Tory MP reads from Manifesto
Trudeau hoping to convince former PQ minister to run for Liberals
Canadians frustrated with federation, but still support equalization payments to poorer provinces




CBC

Canadian ambassador's Cuba comment triggered a diplomatic flap with Washington before Pence's visit
Scheer accuses Trudeau of undermining national unity in policy speech
Trudeau pledges more funding for reproductive health services worldwide
Justice committee votes to scrub Conservative MP's 'hurtful' remarks to Muslim witness from official record
Former PQ minister Réjean Hébert considering a run for federal Liberals

Toronto Star

Trudeau doubles down on feminist credentials
Ottawa pledges $14 billion over 10 years for global women's health including abortion services
Blair says Ontario is yet to spend bulk of anti-guns-and-gangs money
Liberals to table bill providing more power to prevent flood of cheap steel imports


Toronto Sun

Why Canada's hate speech provisions were wrong then and still wrong now

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National Post

Prominent free-speech advocates clash with justice committee MPs studying online hate
Our Canadian war dead deserve the honour of their citizenship
Federal bureaucrats warned Irving Shipbuilding about journalist's questions - generating 200 pages along the way


Global

Trudeau pledges $3000M boost to sexual, reproductive health aid by 2023
Justice committee will expunge Christchurch shooter's words after Tory MP reads them into record




Miscellaneous

'The Time for Talk is Over': Survivors react to the Missing Women's Inquiry




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