Monday, July 8, 2019

Ottawa Observations: Monday, July 8, 2019



Our compilation of some of the stories of note from the day, reviewing the political developments from the Federal scene for  Monday, July 8,  2019 


Canadians held in China / China tensions

Let's get Canada fired up about the two Michaels



Globe and Mail

Legault backs Education Minister's comment, says Malala Yousafzai 'couldn't teach' in Quebec with head scarf
Airbus, Boeing indicate they may pull out of Canada fighter jet race, sources say
Canadian aid worker Peter Dalglish jailed 16 years in Nepal for sexual assault of boys
Why Murray Edwards keeps investing in Alberta's oil sands
Ottawa's new Impact Assessment Act injects confusion into national unity
Quebec joins legal campaign against federal carbon tax
Scheer says a Conservative government would continue campaign for UN Security Council seat


CBC

New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs abandons planned carbon tax court fight
Scheer vows to scarp clean fuel standard, calls Liberal plan " secret fuel tax'
Environmental groups file new challenge to Trans Mountain pipeline expansion approval
New $100M settlement reached in RCMP sexual harassment case
Conservatives push for emergency meeting after Desjardins privacy breach
'This isn't about national security': Civil liberties group publishes CSIS reports related to alleged spying
Expect Bank of Canada to take heart from an improving US economic climate


Toronto Star

'Protest papers' lay out CSIS ties to oil sector - but redactions fuel mistrust
Andrew Scheer wants to scrap Ottawa's proposed clean fuel standards
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh to swing through Brampton, Toronto on a tour of Liberal-held ridings this week
Ottawa's Chateau Laurier renovation really has the town talking
Conservation groups file new legal challenge to Trans Mountain, citing endangered killer whales


Toronto Sun

Catherine McKenna's magical thinking
Canadians need government that works with provinces


Maclean's

Why the Liberals are gaining ground
National leadership, in cowboy hats


National Post

Why Conservatives have more at stake than Liberals in Canada's class war
Andrew Scheer promises to scrap Liberals' clean fuel standard, dubbing it a 'secret tax'
Another day, another retired conservative politician playing the weed game
Conservative Premiers gather at Stampede on eve of session before council of the Federation meeting


Global

Scheer promises to scrap clean fuel standards alongside carbon tax if elected
Lawsuit filed against the federal government's re-approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
5 premiers don cowboy duds, flip pancakes on Calgary Stampede visit
CSIS collected info on peaceful protests of Indigenous groups, environmentalists: documents


Miscellaneous

The not-so-hidden role of Racism in Canadian Politics
CPP sells shares in US Prison Companies after pressure campaign
The 'Moderate' NDP hasn't worked. Let's resurrect the Regina Manifesto
Ecojustice, Living Oceans and Raincoast Conservation challenge Trudeau cabinet's approval of pipeline project
BC Civil Liberties Association releases protest papers showing CSIS surveillance of pipeline activists
Federal New Democratic Party lurching along the road to irrelevance


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